Civil Design - Materials quantities output/list

Hi!, Working in Civil Engineering Design (Roads, Stormwater Drainage, kerbs, etc etc) and using AutoCAD 04, is it possible, or how hard is it to generate a "materials list" and the corresponding 2D quantities (either lin m, m2 etc) based on lengths of kerbs, square metres of road, areas of brickpaving etc? What process would a designer have to do in order to achieve this? Thanks Troy