How it works

From tender package to order list, step by step.

Five steps. Modou does the reading and the working out. Every assumption waits for your approval.

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01Step 1

You upload the tender package

The specification, the drawings, the IFC model and the enquiry letter. Drag them into the project, or send them in chat.

PDFDOCXXLSXCSVIFCDXF

Tender package

Lindehof · 8 terraced houses · Timber facade cladding

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Drag your files into the projectOr send them in chat · PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, IFC, DXF
PDFBestek.pdfSpecification
PDFGevels_rev-C.pdfElevations, rev C
IFCLindehof.ifcModel
PDFAanvraag.pdfEnquiry
101 pages and 1 modelTender closes 14 October
02Step 2

Modou reads everything

Every page of the specification, every drawing and the model. It notes which revision each drawing is, and lists every requirement that affects your price with its article and page.

Requirements for your scope

Lindehof · 38 requirements, each linked to its page

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Requirements
Sill flashings RAL 7016§4.3.2 · p. 41
Fixings A2Specification
No spacing givenOpen point
Drawings and revisions
Gevels_rev-C.pdfRevision C
Lindehof.ifcModel
Bestek.pdfp. 41

The quoted passage, outlined on the page.

03Step 3

Modou marks where the documents disagree

It sets the specification, the drawings, the schedules and the model side by side. Where they disagree, you see both sources and Modou does not pick one. It flags genuine contradictions only: minimum 8 mm and 10 mm can both be true.

Two aluminium sill flashing profiles, one anthracite and one light grey, next to a RAL colour fan open at 7016 and 9007

Finding · Sill flashings

Lindehof · 8 terraced houses · Timber facade cladding

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Conflict between documents

Flashing colour differs between documents.

RAL 7016Specification §4.3.2Bestek.pdf · p. 41
RAL 9007Elevations, rev CGevels_rev-C.pdf · sheet 04
Modou shows both sources and does not pick one.Needs review
04Step 4

Modou works out the quantities and the materials

Quantities come from the IFC model, measured with the build-ups in your own library. Then Modou works out what each build-up takes: the boards, battens, flashings and screws, laid out on stock lengths with a cut list and rounded to what you can order. Every line shows how it was worked out and which assumptions it rests on.

Exploded build-up of a timber facade: backing board, black membrane, vertical battens, horizontal spruce boards, a sill flashing and screws

Build-up · South gable

Lindehof · From the model: 47.0 m² net facade, 5 openings

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Timber facade cladding, from your library
Spruce board 18×145
Batten 28×50600 mm centres
Breather membrane, black
Screw, stainless A2, 4.5×50
ItemQtyOrderStatus
Spruce board 18×145, 4.8 m8811 packsReleased
Batten 28×50, 3.0 m4040 lengthsProvisional
Breather membrane, black51.7 m²1 roll, 1.5 × 50 mReleased
Sill flashing, alu, 3.0 m6.1 m3 lengthsColour open
Window widths from the model 1.2 + 1.2 + 0.9 + 2.4 = 5.7 m+ 8 ends × 50 mm 0.4 m your rule= 6.1 m, cut from 3 lengths of 3,000 mm
Screw, stainless A2, 4.5×501,4803 boxes of 500Released
Assumption · From your rule packBatten centres 600 mmWaiting for you
05Step 5

You approve and export

You approve each assumption. To change or reject one, you give a reason. Where the documents disagree, you choose which source leads. Then you export the order list and the quantities as a file for your calculation package. Modou never sends a quote.

Approve and export

Lindehof · South gable · 9 lines, 2 provisional

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Open question · From your rule pack

Batten centres 600 mm?

Conflict · Sill flashings

Which source leads?

XLSXExcelAvailable
CSVCSVAvailable
CUF-XMLFor your calculation packagePilot
Modou never sends a quote.88 boards · 40 battens · 1,480 screws

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Chat

If you want to dig deeper, you chat

Ask where a quantity or an assumption comes from, in the dashboard or in Slack, Telegram or Discord. The answer points back to the document, the page and the working.

Project chat · Lindehof

South gable

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Where does the 6.1 m of sill flashing come from?

From the window widths in the model, plus your rule for the ends.
1.2 + 1.2 + 0.9 + 2.4 = 5.7 m+ 8 ends × 50 mm = 0.4 m your rule= 6.1 m, from 3 lengths of 3,000 mm
Lindehof.ifc · South gableRule · Ends
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What you decide counts

Every approval, correction and exclusion is kept with your reason, so a colleague can see why. Your build-ups and rules stay in your own library, so the next project starts from how you work.

Your own calculation package

You price in the calculation package you already use, with your own prices and hour norms. Modou hands over the order list and the checked quantities as Excel, CSV or CUF-XML files for packages such as Ibis, Kraan nCalc, Vakware, 2Jours, CIVIEL, Duncan and Bouw7. You import them yourself. CUF-XML is in pilot. Modou never suggests a price.

ExcelCSVCUF-XMLPilot

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