SQL Estimating - Crews Multiple Rates Tables

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SQL Estimating - Crews Multiple Rates Tables

You can assign multiple rate tables to an estimate. For instance, if the project you’re bidding will take multiple years and labor wages will have increases after the first year, you can assign the wage rates accordingly. If you have taken the project off with one wage rate table, you’ll need to adjust your estimate by; at your spreadsheet, turn on the Labor Rate Table Column and adjust items accordingly to the year they will be built by selecting the correct rate table from the drop down list. Or if you know prior to taking off items, have the first year wage rate table on the estimate information page, complete the first year’s takeoff. Go to the Estimating Information page and adjust the wage rate table to the second years’ wage rate table. When closing the estimate information page, do not update the wage rates for the existing items in the estimate. Now, everything you take off from that point on will have the second years’ wage rates. Another way to address this issue is by utilizing an addon to allocate labor/wage increases over a given period of time, and you can even use a "range" addon to allocate increased labor costs to specific areas/WBS values of your estimate.