Free planning tools
Rough, editable estimates for water, roads and project readiness. Built for county officials, institutions and private clients in Kenya.
Borehole water-need calculator
Estimate a community’s daily water demand and the borehole yield you would need to meet it within your pumping hours. Change any litres-per-day figure to match your county’s design standard.
Default assumptions (all editable): litres-per-day values are illustrative starting points, not official standards. Pumping hours of 8 reflect a typical solar-pumping day; use 24 for grid or generator pumping. The safety margin covers losses and growth.
- Daily demand
- 0 m³
- With safety margin
- 0 m³
- Suggested minimum yield
- 0 m³/h
- Equivalent 20 L jerrycans / day
- 0
Actual yield depends on the aquifer and is only known after a hydrogeological survey and test pumping. That is the first step of every Apex Grove borehole.
Road project scoper
Work out the quantities for a road section and, if you enter your own unit rates, a first budget envelope. We don’t publish rates: use figures from your bill of quantities, a recent tender or your county engineer.
Assumptions (all editable): shoulders are surfaced with the same material; base volume = total width × length × thickness; the drainage and contingency percentages are starting values for you to set. Bridges, culverts, land and design fees are not included.
- Total width
- 0 m
- Base layer volume
- 0 m³
- Surface cost
- enter a rate
- Base layer cost
- enter a rate
- Budget envelope
- enter a rate
- Per kilometre
- –
A first-pass envelope only. Ground conditions, haul distances and drainage design can move costs significantly.
County project readiness check
Tick what is already in place for your road, bridge, borehole or supply project. Your answers stay in this browser so you can come back to them.
A general planning checklist, not a legal or regulatory requirement list. Check the requirements that apply to your project with the relevant authorities.