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In any construction activity, quality and quantity aspect are the two-basic thing intricate that lead to form or direct the estimate of the work. The estimate is a means for planning and controlling the construction commotion of any project with respect to quality, time and finance. Estimate is consequently the prediction of its probable cost. One of the most important duties of the engineer or an architect is to formulate or forecast the possible cost of the anticipated building. The problem of preparing estimates has become somewhat multifaceted because of various factors and at the same time it has been abridged by contemporary and advance techniques. With this, engineer can store the obligatory information in his well-equipped computer section and make the progression of estimating not only simple but also quicker. The purpose of this work is to develop a newfangled android application of a cost and quantity calculator using detailed estimation of the proposed building which is capable of calculating the estimated cost as well as estimated quantity involved in the construction activity using computer based programming. The idea is to assemble basic construction activity like excavation, concrete, brickwork, steelwork, plastering, distempering etc. and transmute them into an android application in order to determine the actual cost per unit of item; quantity of the item brought in use; and to examine the item for economic processes and economic uses of the materials involved in making the item. The application is going to present a vibrant picture of the process of cost and quantity analysis and various forces acting behind the performance of an item. At the same time, it is going to eliminate the manual calculations involved in the estimation of the shop of commercial building. The project is based on theoretical aspect of the detailed estimation of cost and quantity that are involved in construction or of an item. It will serves as a convenient guide to arrive at a judicious cost and quantity involved in the construction.