How-to guide
A QS's earthworks bill breaks the volumes down the way they're priced: topsoil strip, excavation by maximum depth, disposal on and off site with landfill tax, filling by source, haulage and formation. Metre2 Earthworks Pro builds that bill from the model in the shape of NRM2 work section 5, prices it at your rates and exports it to Excel with the formulas live. Hollins Farm comes to £293,459 with 12% OH&P.
The Bill tab builds the bill from the model, grouped as site preparation, excavation, disposal, filling, haulage and surface treatments, with references to NRM2 clause numbers.
Excavation is split by maximum depth band (0.25, 1, 2 and 4 m), so deeper digging can be priced higher. Disposal off site is in tonnes with the landfill tax line alongside; filling from site arisings and imported fill are separate; haulage uses the site-wide haul plan's average distance.
Rates, plant and haul holds every rate (dig, haul per 100 m, place and compact, tip gate fees, landfill tax, imported fill, OH&P), plus plant outputs and haul distances. Change one and the bill follows.
Output > Excel writes the workbook: elements, depth bands, balance, the bill with qty x rate formulas and the totals, haul, valuations and a 5 m setting-out grid.
The RICS New Rules of Measurement for detailed measurement of building works; work section 5 covers excavating and filling.
Yes. The amounts are live formulas (quantity x rate), so changing a rate in Excel recalculates the total.
The bill and Excel export are in Earthworks Pro (£19.99 a month or £179 a year, with a 7-day free trial).
No. Earthworks runs in your browser: survey files, LIDAR tiles and PDF drawings are read on your computer and the project is kept in your browser until you save it as a file.
