SectionStandards
Templated7 of 7
VersionBillMate 1.0
Reviewed26 August 2026

Measured the way your market measures

A bill prepared to the wrong method of measurement is a bill a client's surveyor cannot read. These are the standards BillMate works with — and, for each one, exactly how far that goes.

Measurement standards and their implementation status in BillMate.
Standard Region Section template AI instructed in it Compliance checked
BESMM4(R)The method of measurement Nigerian bills are prepared to. Nigeria Yes Yes Never — see below
RICS NRM1Elemental cost planning, from order of cost estimate to formal cost plan. United Kingdom Yes Yes Never — see below
RICS NRM2The UK detailed measurement rules for a tender bill of quantities. United Kingdom Yes Yes Never — see below
RICS POMIThe short international rule set used widely across the Gulf. International and the Gulf Yes Yes Never — see below
ASAQS SMMThe South African standard system of measuring building work. South Africa Yes Yes Never — see below
CPWD / DSRIndian public-works specifications priced against a published schedule. India Yes Yes Never — see below
CSI MasterFormatThe North American division and section numbering system. United States and Canada Yes Yes Never — see below

Also available without a standard attached: a general elemental template and a generic trades breakdown. Status as at for BillMate 1.0.

Three words we use carefully

Built-in template
The standard ships as a section structure you can start a project from, and the AI assistant is instructed in its wording and measurement conventions when you select it.
Workable
There is no preset. You can still prepare the work — build the sections yourself from the general elemental template — but nothing in the software knows the rules. We say which standards are in this category rather than letting a logo imply otherwise.
Compliant
Something we claim for nothing. BillMate structures a bill for a method of measurement. It does not audit your measurement, and no software can make an incorrectly measured bill compliant. That responsibility is the surveyor's and stays there.

We also do not reproduce or distribute the standards themselves. They are copyright documents; hold a licensed copy of the one you work to. More on how we decide what to claim.

One page each

What each standard needs, and what BillMate gives it.

BESMM4(R)

The method of measurement Nigerian bills are prepared to.

Built-in template

RICS NRM1

Elemental cost planning, from order of cost estimate to formal cost plan.

Built-in template

RICS NRM2

The UK detailed measurement rules for a tender bill of quantities.

Built-in template

RICS POMI

The short international rule set used widely across the Gulf.

Built-in template

ASAQS SMM

The South African standard system of measuring building work.

Built-in template

CPWD / DSR

Indian public-works specifications priced against a published schedule.

Built-in template

CSI MasterFormat

The North American division and section numbering system.

Built-in template

Pick a standard and start a project against it.

Free on 2 projects. The standard prints on the bill so a reviewer knows how to read it.

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