Basic TBQC Consultant Online Training

G L O D O N M A L AY S I A O N L I N E T R A I N I N G 2 0 2 0
TBQC
Consultant
HOW TBQ C IS APPLIED IN TENDERING PROCESS
QS CONSULTANTS
BOQ QTO TDOC PTE ADDM EVA
1 2 3 4 5 6
Duplicate Excel BQ Manual Print BQ and bind Tender Evaluation

Fill in prices in Issue tender
into A New Measurement tender documents tender document to addendum to
Workbook TAS Compute
form PTE and submit Contractors for
TRB Comparison Table for
to Developer on tender resubmission
tender closing date Tender Report
Link Qty from QTO
Dimsheet to BOQ Update PTE for
Excel spreadsheet addendum items
Efficient Tendering + Team Collaboration Accurate Cost Analysis Secure Data Management
Report Addendum
Import Data Link Qty from Cost Estimate Tender Evaluation
Management
Model to TBQC Customize and print
BOQ to bind tender Link rates to BOQ
document and print PTE Intelligent
comparison of
Electronic
Schedule of Submissions (*.bqs)
Historical data in E-Tender
Excel / PDF / TBQ Rates
format
Generate Electronic
Flexible pricing mode
Tender Document
establish an enterprise-
(*.bqd)
level rate library
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TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 1
Installation & Quick Start

1. Product Overview
2. Product License
3. Installation
4. User Login
TBQC CONSULTANT
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
•Server management application

•One-click backup & restore data
•Set administrator
Cubicost TBQ C Server
Cubicost TBQ C
•BQ preparation & cost management application •Web-based tendering platform for Consultants &
•Interoperable with TAS C-II, TRB C-II & E-Tender Contractors
•Install in Client’s Computer
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INSTALLATION & QUICK START
Setup Guides – Product License
Step #5
Step #4
Administrator assigns
Step #3 Administrator product to each user
adds/removes by clicking Assign
Administrator user(s) emails in Permissions
login to Glodon Employee
Step #2 License Management
Management
Customer receives Center to check
a Glodon Account purchased
Verification email products
Step #1 to validate account
Customer provides
a valid email to
Glodon for
registration
Setup Guides – Product License
Step #2 - Glodon Account Verification

Product License
Step #3 - Glodon License Management Center
https://cloud.global.glodon.com/ • Login to https://cloud.global.glodon.com/ with

registered enterprise email
• Manage & assign product licenses to users in Employee

Management
• Add User: When a new employee joins, employer can

add new user email for TBQC login
• Assign Permission: Assign TBQC product licenses to user;

user will receive notification email
• TBQC does not support Lending Code
• TBQC can only work with internet connection

Product License
Step #4 - Employee Management + Step #5 - Assign Permissions

Setup Guides – Server
1 2
Company’s Server
Run installation by opening Select installation directory or keep

the default at C:\ & click Next
INSTALL
3 4
Progress bar is showing the Click Finish when installation done

installation progress
Setup Guides – Server
5 6
Company’s Server
SET SERVER
Enter enterprise email & password, Select a company administrator from
click Next user list shown, then click Next
7 • Company administrator can be reset

anytime.
• Server Settings Wizard starts

automatically upon installation
completes; if not, double click to
open.
START SERVER
Setup Guides – Start / Stop Server
8 9
Once server is bound with When it turns into green and

enterprise email, click Start in the word changes to Stop,
this window TBQ server has been started
successfully Company’s Server
Setup Guides – Unbind, Backup & Restore Server
• Must stop TBQ server first
• Click account name at top left to open

menu
• Unbind Server: Unbind company account

from server
• Important : In event of server migration,

please contact our service consultants for
assistance
Setup Guides – Client’s Installation
1 2
Client’s Computer
Run installation by opening Select installation directory or keep

the default at C:\ & click Next
3 4
Progress bar is showing the Click Finish when installation done

installation progress
User Login
User will receive an email with login

password upon registration done by their
employer in Glodon License Management
Center website
User Login
• Click on to open server list to select a

server to connect
• Ensure the selected server is bound with

company account
• User can manually enter IP address if

could not find the required server from
list
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 2
TBQC Management Tools

1. User Management
2. Project Management
USER MANAGEMENT
User Permission Settings
• There are two types of roles

➢ Administrator
➢ User
• Administrator can modify permissions

of its user by selecting the group name
• Click on to open the user manager
• Select the permission type to be

granted to the user
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Create a New Project
• Create new project, organize & manage

all projects in an organization
• User is required to fill in project
information upon creation of new
project
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Permission Settings
• Permission Settings: Provide

advanced settings for Edit, Cost,
Addendum Creation & Report
permission in each project
• Select the target project in the

project list.
• Click on “Project Permission

Settings’ and the project
permission settings window will
appear
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Permission Settings
• Only Creator/Administrator can modify

permissions
• Select the user name and click on the

add button
• Under Edit, select the permission from

the drop-down list, in which there are
"Read-Write" and "Read Only".
• Under Cost, select the permission from

the drop-down list, in which there are
"Read-Write", "Read Only" and "None" in
the drop-down list.
USER INTERFACE
Project List
File Menu
USER INTERFACE
BOQ Edit Interface
Ribbon Tabs Toolbar

USER INTERFACE
BOQ Edit Interface
Modules
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 3
Bills of Quantities Preparation

1. Manually Create BQ from Scratch
2. Identify Excel
3. Get Data from Other Projects
4. Get Data from BQ Library
BILLS OF QUANTITY PREPARATION
Manually Create BQ From Scratch
• In the element created, click on

Click on ‘Bill’ to Click on ‘Element’ to ‘Heading’ to create new heading
create new Bill create new element
• Create any ‘Subheading’ or ‘Note’
required.
• Create BQ items under the

heading/sub heading
Manually Create BQ From Scratch
Click on “Breakdown” Modify the

Double click to breakdown as per
to add Breakdown breakdown item and actual project detail
click here
Import From Excel
Select the file to identify

How to trigger
Import From Excel
Specify the content of table headers Users can also modify and set them
automatically according to their key manually after they are specified
words automatically.
Import From Excel
For Excel cells that are auto

wrapped or not, users can
deal with them in
Identification Settings.
Import From Excel
After configuring all identification settings, click Identify to

import Excel data into the data area of TBQ C
Get Data From Other Projects
Data available to copy :
Type
S/N
Description
Unit
Net Rate
Trade Code
Element Code
Remarks
Select a historical project

How to trigger
Select the bill items

to reuse and copy
and paste into the
current project
Reusable data of
the selected
historical project is
displayed
To reuse an entire
bill/element, select
it directly and copy
and paste into the
current project.
If a reused item
includes any price
data, its details will
also be pasted into
the current project
and the related
items will be
created in Build-up
Unit Rates
Get Data From BQ Library
Data available to copy :

Type
Description
Unit
Trade Code
Remarks
How to trigger
Select a BQ Library project

Import by Item:
Users can check

which bill item to
import and click
Import, then the
selected items can
be pasted into the
current project.
Import by
Category:
Users can select

the bill/element to
import and click
Import.
Then the selected
bill/element are
pasted into the
current project.
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 4
Quantity
1. Manual Quantity
2. Live Link from TAS C/TRB C
3. Get Data from Excel
QUANTITY
Manual Quantity
How to trigger
Enter related description and other Click ‘Link’ to add the

coefficients for a quantity and quantity into BQ item.
the sum will be calculated
QUANTITY
Link Quantity From TAS C / TRB C
How to trigger on TASC/TRB

software under BQ module
Key in user name and

password to log in TBQ C
QUANTITY
Select on the project

Click on ‘View
Quantity by Link the quantity by
Category’ dragging the quantity
to the cell or double
click on the quantity
QUANTITY
Click on ‘Close
TBQ project’ after
you have finish
link the quantity
Click on ‘Quantity Details’ to check on the

quantity that you have link to the BQ
QUANTITY
Get Data From Excel
How to trigger
Click on the icon and

select on the excel file.
QUANTITY
Get Data From Excel
Link the quantity by

dragging the quantity
to the cell or double
click on the quantity
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 5
Costing
1. Direct Pricing
2. Schedule of Rates
3. Build-Up Unit Rates
4. Link Unit Rate to BQ
5. Get Data from Excel
6. Resource Library
7. Cost Adjustment
8.Cost Analysis
COSTING
Direct Pricing
• Direct Pricing: Insert prices

in Net Rate
• Build up Net Rate using
Resource Columns in Bill of
Quantities: Insert individual
rate in respective resource
columns
COSTING
Schedule of Rates
To create item
for the base price,
click on ‘Item’
You can directly

input the description or
copy from excel file.
How to trigger
COSTING
Build-up Unit Rates
User can choose to build up Unit Rates in 3 flexible ways
Item with one All-In rate Item with rate breakdown (left-right)
COSTING
Build-up Unit Rates
Item with rate breakdown (top-down)

COSTING
Build-up Unit Rate
• To build-up unit Rate click on ‘Unit Rate’

• Click on ‘Item’ to create new item
• Click on ‘Subitem’ to create new subitem if
necessary
COSTING
Build-up Unit Rate
Right click on ‘Unit Rate’ to

Select the resource rate that you want
open in the schedule
to link and drag to the unit rates
of rate in new window
COSTING
Link Unit Rate to BQ Items
How to trigger Select “Import from SOR” to Drag the rate code to Unit
open new window of SOR Rate details to link the price
COSTING
Get Data From Excel
How to trigger Click on the icon to Drag the rate or double

choose the excel file click the excel rate to link
to the rate column
COSTING
Resource Library
Create Resource Library
How to trigger Click on ‘Import from project’ to

import the schedule of rates
COSTING
Resource Library
Import price from Resource Library
Click on ‘Batch
Import from RL’
Open Schedule
of Rates
COSTING
Cost Adjustment
If you want to make

changes in the cost
adjustment, before
you proceed you
need to make sure to
restore the mark up
ratio to 1
How to trigger
COSTING
Cost Analysis
Click on ‘Element Code’

to get the analysis.
You may input the GFA

of the project to get the
cost per m2 GFA
Identify the element

code for every item
by select from the
drop down
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 6
Report
1. View Report
2. Report Edit
3. Share Report Template
4. Export BQ in Excel
5. Printing
REPORT
View Report
How to trigger
REPORT
Report Edit
Click on ‘Save’ after

make changes
How to trigger
There is multiple
option for user
to edit the report:
Layout, Text,
Format and
General
REPORT
Report Edit
Adjusting the page margin, Change the font of the BQ Change the page no format Adjusting the general
description area margin and settings of the BQ
also indentation
REPORT
Share Report Template
REPORT
Share Report Template
REPORT
Export BQ in Excel
Click on ‘Export to Excel and

choose the bill, element or
pages that you want to export
REPORT
Printing
After click OK, software will check the BQ and

How to trigger prompt the result if any.
You may need to modify the errors. If not

necessary you may click on ‘continue’
REPORT
Printing
If you click on publish and print, the tender content If you click on print only, you still able
will be locked. you can only edit the pre-tender to make changes in your BQ.
estimate or create addendums.
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 7
Addendum
1. Create & Mange
Addendum
2. Addendum Settings
REPORT
Create & Manage Addendum Version
Click on ‘Addendum version’
Select on “New” to create

new addendum version
Publish BQ
REPORT
Addendum Settings
Click on ‘General’ under

Edit tab to adjust
addendum template
You can quickly edit BQ

addendum items and pages
as they are automatically
identified and tagged.
TBQC CONSULTANT
CHAPTER 7
E-Tender
1. Generate Tender Doc
2. Tender Evaluation
3. Intelligent Analysis
E-TENDER
Generate Tender Document
How to trigger
Set the file password, this password required to The file type will save as ‘.bqd’
share to contractor in order for contractor to open
the tender doc
Named the file name according to project and

choose a location to save the File
E-TENDER
Tender Evaluation
How to trigger
The file type Click on “Import Tender

you will receive Sub” to import tender
submission from contractor
from contractor
is ‘.bqs’
E-TENDER
Intelligent Analysis
• Instantly analyze prices upon

import to give evaluation
overview
• Graphical presentation helps
user to understand easier
E-TENDER
• Adjust PTE Rate to detect

and mark inconsistent prices
in all tenderer prices
• Set parameter and highlight

color
E-TENDER
• Click on “Export” to export to

excel file
• User may use the excel file for

reference and presentation
purposes
• All marking and indicator

consists in E- tender can
identify in exported excel file

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G L O D O N M A L AY S I A O N L I N E T R A I N I N G 2 0 2 0

Duplicate Excel BQ Manual Print BQ and bind Tender Evaluation

TBQ C-II Copyright © 2020 Glodon (NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED)

Installation & Quick Start

•Server management application

Cubicost TBQ C Server

TBQ C-II Copyright © 2020 Glodon (NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED)

Step #2 - Glodon Account Verification

Step #3 - Glodon License Management Center

https://cloud.global.glodon.com/ • Login to https://cloud.global.glodon.com/ with

• Manage & assign product licenses to users in Employee

• Add User: When a new employee joins, employer can

• Assign Permission: Assign TBQC product licenses to user;

• TBQC does not support Lending Code

• TBQC can only work with internet connection

Step #4 - Employee Management + Step #5 - Assign Permissions

Run installation by opening Select installation directory or keep

Progress bar is showing the Click Finish when installation done

7 • Company administrator can be reset

• Server Settings Wizard starts

Once server is bound with When it turns into green and

• Must stop TBQ server first

• Click account name at top left to open

• Unbind Server: Unbind company account

• Important : In event of server migration,

Run installation by opening Select installation directory or keep

Progress bar is showing the Click Finish when installation done

User will receive an email with login

• Click on to open server list to select a

• Ensure the selected server is bound with

• User can manually enter IP address if

TBQC Management Tools

• There are two types of roles

• Administrator can modify permissions

• Select the permission type to be

• Create new project, organize & manage

• Permission Settings: Provide

• Select the target project in the

• Click on “Project Permission

• Only Creator/Administrator can modify

• Select the user name and click on the

• Under Edit, select the permission from

• Under Cost, select the permission from

Ribbon Tabs Toolbar

Bills of Quantities Preparation

• In the element created, click on

• Create BQ items under the

Click on “Breakdown” Modify the

Select the file to identify

For Excel cells that are auto

After configuring all identification settings, click Identify to

Data available to copy :

Select a historical project

Select the bill items

Data available to copy :

Select a BQ Library project

Users can check

Users can select

Enter related description and other Click ‘Link’ to add the

How to trigger on TASC/TRB

Key in user name and

Select on the project

Click on ‘Quantity Details’ to check on the