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Stop spending 3–5 days on estimates that contractors charge £800–3,000 for. BuildPilot delivers RICS-compliant NRM2 cost plans in 24 hours — accurate enough that your own QS can stake their name on it.
All 8 NRM2 elements broken down to line-item level. Prelims, contingency, OHP all separated. Handed over as .xlsx you own.
847 line items priced against current London builder merchant data. Updated weekly. Includes material + labour split.
Every rate is cited with its source. Your QS can verify every number. Accepted by lenders, insurers, and planning authorities.
Submit your brief by 5pm, receive the cost plan by 5pm next day. Rush option available — same day, +£50.
BuildPilot flags items your brief didn't mention — Party Wall, structural engineer, prelims — so you don't miss them in your tender.
Change the spec, area, or scope. Re-run with updated inputs — revisions are billed at your current volume tier rate.
Upload PDFs, DWG files, or type a plain-English description. Includes property address, project type, spec level, and any drawings you have.
BuildPilot reads your documents, identifies scope, detects gaps, applies London market rates to each NRM2 element, and structures everything into a professional cost plan.
Your NRM2 cost plan arrives as a formatted .xlsx file. Every element, every line item, every rate — ready to attach to your tender or submit to your lender.
PROJECT: 4-bed Victorian terrace, Clapham — rear extension ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── NRM2 ELEMENT 1 — SUBSTRUCTURE 1.1 Strip foundations £8,400 1.2 Ground-bearing slab £6,200 NRM2 ELEMENT 2 — SUPERSTRUCTURE 2.1 External walls (brick cavity) £22,400 2.2 Structural steel frame £9,800 2.3 Roof (flat, EPDM) £12,600 NRM2 ELEMENT 3 — INTERNAL FINISHES 3.1 Screed floor £3,200 3.2 Plastering £4,800 NRM2 ELEMENT 5 — M&E SERVICES 5.1 Electrical extension £6,400 5.2 Underfloor heating £8,200 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Subcontract works subtotal £82,000 Preliminaries (15%) £12,300 Contingency (8%) £7,544 TOTAL (ex VAT) £101,844 Accuracy vs final cost: +2.4%
Actual output includes all 8 NRM2 elements, 847 line items, and full rate citations.
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Is the output really NRM2 compliant?
Yes. Every cost plan is mapped to the 8 NRM2 elements per RICS guidance. Prelims, contingency, and OHP are all separated and treated as per NRM2 measurement rules. The output is accepted by lenders and planning authorities.
Can my QS check your numbers?
Absolutely. Every rate in the cost plan is cited with its source — whether that's a builder merchant price, a trade published index (BCIS, SPONS), or a subcontractor quotation. Your QS can verify every single number independently.
What file formats do you accept?
PDF, DWG, DXF, DOCX, and plain text. If you have drawings, upload them — we extract dimensions and quantities automatically. If not, describe the project in plain English and BuildPilot will structure a full cost plan from that.
How accurate is it really?
Across 140+ London projects, our average variance is ±2.8% versus final build cost. Our best case was 0.4% variance on a £340k rear extension. Our worst was 6.1% on a project where the client changed the structural system after the estimate was issued.
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