About UrbanCode
Cost intelligence for UK construction.
We replace weeks of manual cost work with AI that reads your drawings. Trained on UK construction data, fluent in NRM and BCIS. Drawings in, costed Bills of Quantities out.
Our mission
Developers, contractors and investors lose weeks to manual cost work — takeoffs, rate benchmarking, feasibility analysis. UrbanCode turns drawings into NRM-aligned cost plans in minutes. Built for the people who have to defend a number in front of a committee.
The platform
One workspace. The AI handles drawing intelligence, rate benchmarking and scenario analysis. Outputs you can ship — NRM2 BoQs, cost plans, cost forecasts — straight to Excel, PDF or Word. Built for developers, contractors and investors.
The data layer
Every answer is backed by real UK data — BCIS rates, MHCLG planning designations, Ordnance Survey site geometry, Environment Agency flood risk, BGS borehole logs — plus our proprietary cost database. A curated knowledge graph, not generic web search.
Backed by
UK authoritative data and our proprietary cost database
We don't scrape the web. Every answer is grounded in named, refreshed datasets that QS teams already trust.
BCISBuild cost rates (RICS)
RICSNRM2 measurement standard
MHCLGPlanning data + designations
Ordnance SurveySite geometry + UPRN
Environment AgencyFlood + ground risk
BGSBorehole logs + ground conditions
UrbanCode Cost DBProprietary build-cost dataBCIS rates rebased quarterly. Planning data refreshed daily.
Put cost evidence on every drawing.
Whether you're costing the next iteration of a design or underwriting an acquisition — move from drawing to costed BoQ in 30 minutes.