Resources for tendering and preconstruction
Resources for tendering and preconstruction
Resources for tendering and preconstruction
Resources for tendering and preconstruction
Checklists for the next project, guides to tendering in different markets, the patterns that turn up across the industry, and how Volve compares with generic AI. All free.
Checklists for the next project, guides to tendering in different markets, the patterns that turn up across the industry, and how Volve compares with generic AI. All free.
Checklists and tools
Checklists and tools
Checklists and tools
Checklists and tools
Checklists and tools
How to check a bill of quantities
Ten checks before you trust the numbers, whoever produced them. Excel workbook for estimators and quantity surveyors.
Checklists and tools
How to check a bill of quantities
Ten checks before you trust the numbers, whoever produced them. Excel workbook for estimators and quantity surveyors.
Checklists and tools
How to check a bill of quantities
Ten checks before you trust the numbers, whoever produced them. Excel workbook for estimators and quantity surveyors.
Checklists and tools
Tender Analysis
A free analysis of one of your tenders, showing the risks, gaps and obligations Volve finds before you bid.
Checklists and tools
Tender Analysis
A free analysis of one of your tenders, showing the risks, gaps and obligations Volve finds before you bid.
Checklists and tools
Tender Analysis
A free analysis of one of your tenders, showing the risks, gaps and obligations Volve finds before you bid.
Checklists and tools
Contract Review Checklist
A practical checklist for identifying contract risks, red flags and negotiation points before pricing or signing.
Checklists and tools
Contract Review Checklist
A practical checklist for identifying contract risks, red flags and negotiation points before pricing or signing.
Checklists and tools
Contract Review Checklist
A practical checklist for identifying contract risks, red flags and negotiation points before pricing or signing.
Checklists and tools
Tender overview checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing tender documents, identifying key requirements and organising findings before bidding.
Checklists and tools
Tender overview checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing tender documents, identifying key requirements and organising findings before bidding.
Checklists and tools
Tender overview checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing tender documents, identifying key requirements and organising findings before bidding.
Checklists and tools
The Three-Loop Bid Method
The linear "get the bid out" process loses margin before anyone has priced anything. This guide sets out how strong construction teams...
Checklists and tools
The Three-Loop Bid Method
The linear "get the bid out" process loses margin before anyone has priced anything. This guide sets out how strong construction teams...
Checklists and tools
The Three-Loop Bid Method
The linear "get the bid out" process loses margin before anyone has priced anything. This guide sets out how strong construction teams...
Checklists and tools
How to check a bill of quantities
Ten checks before you trust the numbers, whoever produced them. Excel workbook for estimators and quantity surveyors.
Checklists and tools
Tender Analysis
A free analysis of one of your tenders, showing the risks, gaps and obligations Volve finds before you bid.
Checklists and tools
Contract Review Checklist
A practical checklist for identifying contract risks, red flags and negotiation points before pricing or signing.
Checklists and tools
Tender overview checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing tender documents, identifying key requirements and organising findings before bidding.
Tender patterns
Tender patterns
Tender patterns
Tender patterns
Tender patterns
Top 7 risk shifts in construction contracts
Contract and risk. Where the standard form stops being standard.
Tender patterns
Top 7 risk shifts in construction contracts
Contract and risk. Where the standard form stops being standard.
Tender patterns
Top 7 risk shifts in construction contracts
Contract and risk. Where the standard form stops being standard.
Tender patterns
Top 7 risk shifts in construction contracts
Contract and risk. Where the standard form stops being standard.
Tender patterns
Top 7 scope gaps in construction tenders
Technical and design. Where scope falls between the documents.
Tender patterns
Top 7 scope gaps in construction tenders
Technical and design. Where scope falls between the documents.
Tender patterns
Top 7 scope gaps in construction tenders
Technical and design. Where scope falls between the documents.
Tender patterns
Top 7 scope gaps in construction tenders
Technical and design. Where scope falls between the documents.
Tender patterns
Top 7 quantity gaps in construction tenders
Cost and estimating. Where the bill, the drawings and the model stop matching before the price is set.
Tender patterns
Top 7 quantity gaps in construction tenders
Cost and estimating. Where the bill, the drawings and the model stop matching before the price is set.
Tender patterns
Top 7 quantity gaps in construction tenders
Cost and estimating. Where the bill, the drawings and the model stop matching before the price is set.
Tender patterns
Top 7 quantity gaps in construction tenders
Cost and estimating. Where the bill, the drawings and the model stop matching before the price is set.
Tender patterns
Top 7 reasons compliant construction bids lose
Bid development. A compliant bid answers every question. A winning bid scores on every criterion.
Tender patterns
Top 7 reasons compliant construction bids lose
Bid development. A compliant bid answers every question. A winning bid scores on every criterion.
Tender patterns
Top 7 reasons compliant construction bids lose
Bid development. A compliant bid answers every question. A winning bid scores on every criterion.
Tender patterns
Top 7 reasons compliant construction bids lose
Bid development. A compliant bid answers every question. A winning bid scores on every criterion.
Tender patterns
Top 7 gaps in subcontractor bids
Procurement. Where subcontractor bids stop being comparable.
Tender patterns
Top 7 gaps in subcontractor bids
Procurement. Where subcontractor bids stop being comparable.
Tender patterns
Top 7 gaps in subcontractor bids
Procurement. Where subcontractor bids stop being comparable.
Tender patterns
Top 7 gaps in subcontractor bids
Procurement. Where subcontractor bids stop being comparable.
Tender patterns
Top 7 tender issues that surface in construction delivery
Project delivery. Where the tender comes back to bite you on site.
Tender patterns
Top 7 tender issues that surface in construction delivery
Project delivery. Where the tender comes back to bite you on site.
Tender patterns
Top 7 tender issues that surface in construction delivery
Project delivery. Where the tender comes back to bite you on site.
Tender patterns
Top 7 tender issues that surface in construction delivery
Project delivery. Where the tender comes back to bite you on site.
Market guides
Market guides
Market guides
Market guides
Market guides
Tendering in international construction
Learn how construction tendering works on bank-funded and FIDIC-based projects, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in international construction
Learn how construction tendering works on bank-funded and FIDIC-based projects, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in international construction
Learn how construction tendering works on bank-funded and FIDIC-based projects, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in international construction
Learn how construction tendering works on bank-funded and FIDIC-based projects, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in UK construction
A practical breakdown of how pre-award work runs in the UK, what the Procurement Act 2023 changed, and where construction bids are...
Market guides
Tendering in UK construction
A practical breakdown of how pre-award work runs in the UK, what the Procurement Act 2023 changed, and where construction bids are...
Market guides
Tendering in UK construction
A practical breakdown of how pre-award work runs in the UK, what the Procurement Act 2023 changed, and where construction bids are...
Market guides
Tendering in UK construction
A practical breakdown of how pre-award work runs in the UK, what the Procurement Act 2023 changed, and where construction bids are...
Market guides
Tendering in Norwegian construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Norway, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Norwegian construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Norway, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Norwegian construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Norway, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Norwegian construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Norway, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Danish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Denmark, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Danish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Denmark, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Danish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Denmark, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Danish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Denmark, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Swedish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Sweden, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Swedish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Sweden, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Swedish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Sweden, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Swedish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Sweden, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Finnish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Finland, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Finnish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Finland, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Finnish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Finland, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Finnish construction
Learn how construction tendering works in Finland, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Dutch construction
Learn how construction tendering works in the Netherlands, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Dutch construction
Learn how construction tendering works in the Netherlands, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Dutch construction
Learn how construction tendering works in the Netherlands, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Market guides
Tendering in Dutch construction
Learn how construction tendering works in the Netherlands, stage by stage, and the six parameters that decide where a bid is won or lost before you ever submit a price.
Comparisons
Comparisons
Comparisons
Comparisons
Comparisons
Volve vs generic AI
ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude are useful tools. Tender review is a different job. This comparison sets out where general-purpose...
Comparisons
Volve vs generic AI
ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude are useful tools. Tender review is a different job. This comparison sets out where general-purpose...
Comparisons
Volve vs generic AI
ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude are useful tools. Tender review is a different job. This comparison sets out where general-purpose...
Comparisons
Volve vs generic AI
ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude are useful tools. Tender review is a different job. This comparison sets out where general-purpose...