Guides
Pricing, contracts & compliance.
Practical guidance on the things that actually decide whether a tender makes money.
Pricing
What a fair P&G costs in 20266 min
Preliminaries & general (P&G) explained: what it covers, the typical percentage of a South African contract, what inflates it, and how it's handled on extensions of time.
How to read a tender Bill of Quantities7 min
A plain-language guide to the structure of a Bill of Quantities — preliminaries, measured work, provisional and PC sums, dayworks and contingencies — and the pricing traps to watch for.
How to price a construction tender6 min
From direct cost to submitted price: building up materials, labour, plant and subcontractors, then adding P&G, overhead, profit, contingency and VAT — with a note on pricing risk.