Cost Analysis

Cost Analysis

Cost Analysis

1. You can do your analysis according to your labour, material, plant and etc costs. However, you need to set up your R2 code table and applied the code into your built up rates or rate breakup sheet.

2. To set up a R2 code table; go to job summary level, click on File and select View R2 Code File.

3. You will see the following table come out, if not you click open. To create a new code file, type in the new code file name and click Open.

4. You will see the following table come out. You can key in the items that you want to analysis under the description column. Then you need to key in the code to representing it. You can key in the code up to 6 characters (must not have the same code for each item). After that, click on Close icon.

5. If you already built up your standard rates inside the Price List (library), go to your rate breakup sheet and go to select Screen Columns.

6. You will see the following screen and tick on Group R2. Then you will see the Group R2 column come out.

7. Double click the cell under group R2 which is beside the item and you will see the code table come out and double click the code that relative to that item. Otherwise, if you remember the code, you can directly key in the code.

8. Then you will see the code appear beside the item.

9. Exit the price list, and open the job that is link to that price list. Go to the Trade Breakup Level, click on the items rate cell, which you want to transfer the rate from your price list and click on Quick Copy from a Price List.

10. You will see your price list come out and go to select the rate that you want to transfer to

11. Click on the related item and make sure you tick on the Transfer Rate Breakups, then click on Transfer Current Rate.

12. You will see the rate had transfer to your job.

13. Double click the rate cell; you will see the rate breakups. If you want to see the R2 code, you can go to Select Screen Columns and tick on Group R2.

14. Repeat the step 10 to 12 for the others item pricing.

15. After you had done your pricing for all items, close the job.

16. At the Job Manager screen, make sure highlight the job, click on R2 Analysis.

17. You will see the following screen, type in the new job name and click OK.

18. You will see the following screen. You need to tick Yes for the Analyze rate breakup sheets? and Accumulate trade quantities? if you want to know the total quantities. Then click OK. The program will run the analysis then you will see a new job come out.

19. Open that job; at the job summary level you will see the codes with description. (You can edit/delete the description if you want. Uncoded are the items that you forgot or did not put in the code will come out under uncoded. You can go to next level to see what the items. You can see the total cost and quantity for the labour, plant and material from your job.

20. You can see the detail by going to next level. You will see the item description and with the individual rate (not composite rate).

21. You can print out the report by going to Print menu at the job summary level or trade breakup level.

22. If you want to print out in BoQ format, when you click on BOQ menu at job summary level, you will see all the sub menus are grayed out and you could not select.

23. So, you close the job and go to Job Manager screen, make sure you highlight that job, go to Defaults menu and select Reset Job BOQ Options and then click OK.

24. Open the job again and you should be able to print out in BOQ format.

25. If you are not built up your rates in your price list, you can straight away do your build up rates inside the job and apply the code under the rate breakup sheets such as the steps 5 to 8.

If the above table didnt appear, click on this icon.

Type in the new code file name and click Open.

Type in the description

Type in the code for each description.

Click on this icon

Tick this box.

Highlight the cell

Double click the cell or click on Transfer.

You can see the code

Highlight the cell

Click on this icon.

Select the trades and click OK.

Make sure you tick this box.

Then click on this icon.

The rate already transferred.

Click on this icon and tick on Group R2, in order to show the R2 code.

Click on this icon

Type in the new job name.

Make sure you tick Yes for this.

If you want to know the total quantity, tick Yes for this.

This code description will come out.

You will know the total quantity

You will know the total cost

The description from your previous job.

The labour rate and not composite rates.

Under Labour Cost

The Bill Reference is from your original job.

Make sure highlight the job.

Click on this.

Make sure highlight the job.