ENSOFT

FORMULATOR

Project Quantity EstimatioN

Quantity Estimation involves a lot of cumbersome calculations using various formulae. The use of
calculators and Spreadsheets (like MS-Excel) for Quantity Estimation is a widely accepted practice.
These methods require a lot of back breaking tedious work involving Linking of cells in Spreadsheet.
It is now possible to reduce all these hassles by using the FORMULATOR, a revolutionary new
Quantity Estimation software developed by ENSOFT. The scope of the FORMULATOR is not just
restricted to Civil Engineering Projects but it also extends into other avenues such as
Mechanical, Chemical and even Electrical Engineering Projects.

Methodology

Project
Locations / Floors
Working Drawings
Objects
Items of Work
Materials

Machinery

Labours

OverHeads & Taxes

A Building Project comprises of various

Objects such as Living Room, Kitchen and
Staircase etc. In Bridge project there will be
Bridge Deck, Piers etc. These objects involve
various Items of Work, which need to be
quantified. The FORMULATOR has a unique
approach in calculating these quantities
In FORMULATOR the Project is defined in
terms of its Objects. These Objects may be
located at different locations in different
numbers. Project working drawings can
have multiple objects. Object involves different
Items of Work such as Concrete, Brickwork,
and Plaster etc. These Items of Work involves
materials, machinery, Labours, Overheads and
taxes (which is part of Rate Analysis), that
make up an Object. Each of these Items of
Work has to be quantified individually using

formulae.
FORMULATOR uses a new approach in entering Formulae for calculating quantities of various Items
of work for an object. These Formulae are completely USER DEFINED in terms of the variables
used in them. These variables can be used in any other formula of the same object. Variables
common to different objects can be defined as Common Variables. This offers flexibility and
simplicity in defining long and complex formulae used to calculate quantities.
The Objects that are defined becomes a part of the Library, which is available to the user for
Future Projects involving similar Objects and Items of Work.
FORMULATOR comes with its own Library of standard objects common to multiple projects. In
addition to the standard Library the Objects can be imported from the same Project or from another
Project. Multiple users working on multiple Projects can exponentially increase the number of
objects available to the user in the Library. This increases the speed and efficiency with which the
user can complete the enormous task of Quantity Surveying.
The FORMULATOR package is very user friendly and requires minimal amount of training for a
new user. This saves time taken to train existing and newly recruited Quantity Surveyors. The
FORMULATOR avoids the monotonous and repetitive calculations, as the user has to define
an object only once. This saves the time required in tedious manual calculations with a calculator.
This also benefits in terms of the work being done meticulously and with no errors. The element
of Human Error is completely eliminated and yet a complete hands on control is offered to the user
at every stage. The FORMULATOR is especially useful when the quantum of work is large and of a
repetitive nature.

Consider a Trapezoidal Footing as an example. To Quantify a Trapezoidal Footing one needs to

estimate Concrete Quantity, Formwork Quantity and Reinforcement Quantity.
Each of these Quantities can be calculated using
one or more formulae. To work out the concrete
quantity of the footing a number of equations can
be formed with user defined variables such as
FTLN (Footing Length) and FTWD (Footing
Width). Further more the preliminary values
calculated for intermediate variable such as A1
(Bottom Area) and A2 (Top Area) can be used
in another formulae. Similarly other quantities can
be worked out by forming equations using the
same variables or common variables. A host of
standard functions are available in the software,
for e.g. a standard function to calculate bar
weight/mt using the bar diameter is available.
These functions make it possible to calculate
quantities without the need for the user to
remember constants or even refer to handbooks.
Mathematical functions are also provided to make
the formation of complex formulae possible.

Footing Sketch

User Defined Formulae

Formulae For Items In Object Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MainItem
SubItem
ItemDesc
Formula No/Title
AnswerName FormulaString
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONCRETE
FOOTING CONCRETE
FOOTING CONCRETE
1
2
3

BOTTOM AREA
TOP AREA
CONCRETE QTY

PCC
1

NO
WT
NO
WT

OF
OF
oF
OF

ITEMQTY

BARS
LONG BARS
SHORT BARS
SHORT BARS

ITEMQTY

FOOTING FORMWORK

= (FTLN+FTWD)*2*DMIN

FOOTING STEEL
LBARNO
ITEMQTY
SBARNO
ITEMQTY

PCC BELOW FOOTING

= (FTLN+2*PCCPROJ)*(FTWD+2*PCCPROJ )*PCCTHK

FOOTING FORMWORK

AREA OF FORMWORK

REINFORCEMENT
1
2
3
4

= FTLN*FTWD
= (CLLN+2*OFSET)*(CLWD+2*OFSET)
= (DMIN*FTWD*FTLN)+((DMAX- DMIN)*(A1+A2+SQRT(A1*A2))/3)

PCC BELOW FOOTING

VOLUME

FORMWORK
1

A1
A2
ITEMQTY

=
=
=
=

FOOTING BOTTOM BARS

CEIL((FTWD-2*CC-LBDIA*.001)/LBSP)+1
LBARNO*(FTLN-2*CC+2*LBEND)*BARWT(LBDIA)
CEIL((FTLN-2*CC-SBDIA*.001)/SBSP)+1
SBARNO*(FTWD-2*CC+2*LBEND)*BARWT(SBDIA)

Variables in Formulae
On defining the Equations for calculating various
quantities the software prompts for variable values.
These variable values are substituted in the formulae
and the quantities are worked out. Once the object
Trapezoidal Footing is created, it becomes a part of the
users library of objects. All other users can share this
object; modify this object as per their requirement. All
future projects where a similar object is used can make
use of this object. When the object Trapezoidal Footing
is used again anywhere the software would only prompt
for the variable values. This saves the time required to
quantify the object again as one has to only enter
variable values. All the user has to do is maintain a
systematic classification of all the objects in use.

Calculation Details
Quantities of Objects
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MainItem
SubItem
Item Description
Item Qty Unit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Object Name : F1
Type : Footing
Trapezoidal
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONCRETE
FOOTING CONCRETE
FOOTING CONCRETE
0.997
mt3
1
2

BOTTOM AREA
TOP AREA

CONCRETE QTY

PCC
1

PCC BELOW FOOTING

VOLUME

FORMWORK
1

1.800*1.600 = 2.880
(0.750+2*0.075)*(0.230+2*0.075)
=0.342
(0.200*1.600*1.800)+((0.500-0.200)
*(2.880+0.342+SQRT(2.880*0.342))/3)

NO OF BARS

2
3

WT OF LONG BARS
NO oF SHORT BARS

WT OF SHORT BARS

PCC BELOW FOOTING

0.599

(1.800+2*0.150)*(1.600+2*0.150)
*0.150
FOOTING FORMWORK

AREA OF FORMWORK

REINFORCEMENT

0.997

FOOTING FORMWORK

1.360

(1.800+1.600)*2*0.200
FOOTING STEEL

mt3

0.599
mt2

1.360

FOOTING BOTTOM BARS

34.802

CEIL(1.600/0.200-2
*0.050/0.200-12/0.200*0.001)+1=9.000
9*(1.800-2*0.050+2*0.100)*BARWT(12)
CEIL(1.800/0.150-2
*0.050/0.150-12/0.150*.001)+1=13.000
13*(1.600-2*0.050+2*0.100)*BARWT(12)

Kg

15.182
19.621

Even though the formulae are defined in terms of variables, the program generates a detail
calculation output by substituting the variable names with their respective values. Thus Quantities of
one object or multiple objects of same type can be worked out with ease. A final quantity report
containing the summary of quantities is generated.

Quantity Summary
ENSOFT : Estimator
Item Wise Summary
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quantities of Objects
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SrNo
MainItem
SubItem
Description
TotalQty Unit
Object Name
Object Type
ItemQty
Nos
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1

CONCRETE

FOOTING CONCRETE

FOOTING CONCRETE

F1

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.997

1.995

5.694

F2

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.668

1.337

F3

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.591

2.362

FORMWORK

FOOTING FORMWORK

FOOTING FORMWORK

F1

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

1.360

2.720

7.880

F2

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.900

1.800

F3

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.840

PCC

PCC BELOW FOOTING

PCC BELOW FOOTING

F1

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.599

1.197

F2

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.484

0.969

F3

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

0.432

1.728

mt3

mt2

3.360
3.894

REINFORCEMENT

FOOTING STEEL

FOOTING BOTTOM BARS

F1

FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

34.802

194.431
69.605

F2
F3

FOOTING
FOOTING

TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING
TRAPEZOIDAL FOOTING

23.034
19.690

2
4

46.068
78.759

mt3

Kg

The software can calculate various types of quantities such as, Architectural, Plumbing,
Electrical etc. A Comprehensive Report of all the quantities in a project can be generated.

Abstract of Quantities
ENSOFT : Estimator

Item Wise Summary For Typical Floor

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quantities of Objects
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SrNo MainItem
SubItem
Description
TotalQty Unit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 CONCRETE
BEAM CONCRETE
M20 Grade Concrete
64.920 mt3
2 CONCRETE
COLUMN CONCRETE
M20 Grade Concrete
44.150 mt3
3 CONCRETE
SLAB CONCRETE
M20 Grade Concrete
29.150 mt3
1
2
3

FORMWORK
FORMWORK
FORMWORK

BEAM FORMWORK
COLUMN FORMWORK
SLAB FORMWORK

Beam Side + Soffit Formwork

Column Side Formwork
Slab Soffit Formwork

708.788
493.410
266.120

mt2
mt2
mt2

1
2
3

REINFORCEMENT
REINFORCEMENT
REINFORCEMENT

BEAM STEEL
COLUMN STEEL
SLAB STEEL

Beam Bottom,Top,Side,Face Bars,Stirrups 5262.360

Column Main+Laplength Bars+Links
5742.690
Slab Main + Other + Extra Bars
1540.700

Kg
Kg
Kg

1
2
3

BRICKWORK
BRICKWORK
RCC WORK

INTERNAL BRICKWORK
ExTERNAL BRICKWORK
RCC WALL

100 mm Brick Wall

150 mm Brick Wall
150 mm RCC Wall

2446.190
1362.460
192.130

mt2
mt2
mt2

1
2
3

DOOR
DOOR
DOOR

D1
D2
D3

Teak Wood Door main

Flush Door bedroom
Flush Door bathroom

5
8
10

nos
nos
nos

1
2
3
4

WINDOW
WINDOW
WINDOW
WINDOW

W1
W2
W3
w4

Alluminum Window
Alluminum Window
Alluminum Window
Toilet Window

5
5
7
9

nos
nos
nos
nos

1
2
3

FLOORING
FLOORING
FLOORING

F1
F2
F3

Spartex
Kota
Ceramic

195.730
49.400
21.000

mt2
mt2
mt2

1
2
3

SKIRTING
SKIRTING
SKIRTING

F1
F2
F3

Spartex
Kota
Ceramic

27.500
8.470
118.120

mt2
mt2
mt2

The Program generates Item wise Quantity Report with COST ESTIMATES. Floor wise as well as
Drawing wise Quantity Reports can be obtained. The Software is completely CUSTOMIZABLE
depending upon your requirements. Compatibility with MS-Excel in terms of Outputs generated
offers enhanced flexibility. The Software is Versatile in terms of areas of usage, as it is not just
restricted to Building Projects but also other Projects such as Dams, Bridges, and Tunnels etc.
FORMULATOR is designed such that it can be integrated with Ensoft Build-Master & BuildQuant packages or run as a Standalone program to suit YOUR QUANTITY ESTIMATION
requirements.
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