What an analysis contains
For one item of work, the analysis lists every input it consumes per unit of output — the coefficient — priced at a basic rate, totalled, with contractor's profit and overheads added to reach the published schedule rate.
- Materials — cement, sand, aggregate, bricks, steel, and so on, per unit of finished work.
- Labour — each trade separately, in days.
- Machinery and plant — priced per day or per hour and multiplied by the fraction used.
- Carriage — lead and lift, normally left blank because it is station-specific.
- Sub-analysis — a reference to another analysed item the work consumes, such as mortar.
- Sundries — small consumables, as a lump sum or a percentage.
Blank carriage lines mean "price this locally", not zero. Treating them as zero understates the analysed rate.
Why the coefficients matter beyond the rate
A coefficient is a quantity per unit of work — how much cement one cubic metre of concrete needs, how many mason-days a square metre of plaster takes. That makes the analysis useful even when the rate is already settled:
- Multiply coefficients by BOQ quantities to get a material requirement for indenting.
- Use the labour coefficients to plan gang sizes and programme durations.
- Check a contractor's consumption claim against the scheduled coefficient.
- Work out what a change in a material's market price does to a rate.
Where to read real analyses
QuickBOQ publishes the complete ingredient list — not just the cement figure — for a set of commonly used CPWD DSR Civil 2023 items, with the priced build-up and the 15% contractor's profit and overheads shown explicitly. No login is needed to read them: browse the material coefficient pages.