GAEB X81, X83, X84, X89 – which file is for what?
The GAEB exchange phases in plain language: which file comes from the client, which one you send back, and what happens …
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Tiefbau: between the trench and the invoice sits the Zettel
What the large systems cannot do is not a missing feature: a small firm has neither the weeks nor the staff to roll them out.
Everyday work
Between the trench and the invoice sits the Zettel
In civil engineering the quantities arise in the trench: excavation, backfill, metres of pipe. Whoever writes them down is standing in the mud, not at a desk.
Excavation, depth, metres – noted standing up.
| Item | Description | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 01.01.0020 | Break up asphalt, up to 12 cm | 18.40 m² |
| 01.05.0040 | Excavate trench, depth up to 1.50 m | 27.60 m³ |
| 01.06.0030 | Backfill and compact in layers | 25.10 m³ |
Quantities under REB 23.003
Every quantity stays attached to its item and to the Zettel it came from.
The flow
Four steps, that is all
1Read in the GAEB file
The tender’s bill of quantities becomes your item list.
2Price it and bid
Enter unit prices, return the bid in the format required.
3Capture the Aufmaß
Photograph the Zettel, check the quantities, attach them to the item.
4Issue the invoice
XRechnung or ZUGFeRD, from the same checked items.
In a small firm
What the large systems do not solve
- Roll-out takes weeks – you do not have those weeks
- A consultant day costs about what the annual licence does
- You use eight of a hundred features and pay for a hundred
- Somebody still retypes the Zettel in the evening
- When the one person who knows the system leaves, nobody understands the folder
Common questions
Questions from small firms
What size of firm is this for?
Between 5 and 50 employees. Below that, paper usually still works; above it, the scope of the large systems starts to be worth its price. The ROI calculator lets you check with your own numbers.
How long does setting up take?
In a firm this size it is a matter of hours, not weeks: master data, bills of quantities, a few templates. We do not charge a setup fee.
My German is limited. Can I still use it?
The interface is German, because the paperwork it produces is German. But the software checks the mandatory fields, so an invoice does not fail because of your German – and these pages, plus our correspondence with you, can be in English.
Can we get our data out again?
At any time: master data, bills of quantities, Aufmaß and invoices as CSV and GAEB. No fee, no request form.
Walk through one of your own jobs
Bring a bill of quantities and a few filled-in Zettel. Half an hour settles whether it pays for your firm.