c401-post-tender-advanced
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c401-post-tender-advanced
Candy Post tender Advanced Course Post Tender Advanced Course Notes April 2008 i. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Contents ii. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Contents Chapter 1. Introduction .....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2. Starting Up .......................................................................................................................3 2.1 Starting Candy..................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Company Manager............................................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 Create a New Company................................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Job Manager ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.5 Create a new Job................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.6 Recover the CCS Demo Job ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.7 System Registration........................................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3. Candy User Interface .....................................................................................................11 3.1 Candy Navigation.............................................................................................................................................11 3.2 Document Navigation ....................................................................................................................................12 3.3 Right click menu functions ...........................................................................................................................13 3.4 Customising the System................................................................................................................................14 3.5 Keystrokes, Icons and Mouse Functions..................................................................................................17 Chapter 4. Post Tender Control ......................................................................................................19 4.1 Job Information.................................................................................................................................................19 4.2 Selling Rate.........................................................................................................................................................22 4.3 Balance the job back to the signed contract documents .................................................................24 4.4 Check and review reports .............................................................................................................................26 4.5 Resource Checks...............................................................................................................................................29 Chapter 5. Value Engineering or Re-modelling.............................................................................31 5.1 Price Plug and Split Rate items to Worksheets.....................................................................................31 5.2 Remodelling the job........................................................................................................................................31 5.3 Explode Macros.................................................................................................................................................33 Chapter 6. Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes.................................................35 6.1 Resource list .......................................................................................................................................................35 6.2 Defining the Cost and Group codes .........................................................................................................37 6.3 Allocating the Cost and Group codes to the resources ....................................................................37 6.4 Resource Analysis Reports............................................................................................................................39 Chapter 7. Buying Adjustment........................................................................................................47 7.1 Buying Adjustment Steps..............................................................................................................................47 7.2 View the Buying adjustment ........................................................................................................................49 Chapter 8. Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes ........................................................51 8.1 Defining the Task codes ................................................................................................................................51 8.2 Task code allocation........................................................................................................................................52 8.3 Task code analysis............................................................................................................................................56 8.4 Task code reports.............................................................................................................................................59 iii. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Contents Chapter 9. Forecasting the BOQ using Candy Planning ...............................................................65 9.1 Candy Planning Program Manager ...........................................................................................................65 9.2 Create a new Program....................................................................................................................................67 9.3 Create program activities using the Bill of Quantities .......................................................................68 9.4 Draw your program.........................................................................................................................................69 9.5 B.O.Q with Budget Forecast .........................................................................................................................71 9.6 Resource usage forecast................................................................................................................................72 9.7 Cost code budget.............................................................................................................................................73 9.8 Resource Histogram........................................................................................................................................74 Chapter 10. Valuations.....................................................................................................................77 10.1 Valuation Setup ................................................................................................................................................77 10.2 Primary Valuation Quantities.......................................................................................................................82 10.3 Copy the Final quantity from the Bill quantity......................................................................................82 10.4 Valuation Report Manager ...........................................................................................................................87 10.5 Valuation Trade Total Display......................................................................................................................93 Chapter 11. Cost Allowable Comparison .......................................................................................95 11.1 Allowable data...................................................................................................................................................95 11.2 Export the Data to an External file.............................................................................................................96 Chapter 12. Practical ........................................................................................................................97 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................97 12.1 Enter Valuation #2 Quantities .....................................................................................................................97 12.2 Enter & Price Site Instruction # 1...............................................................................................................98 12.3 Valuation reports........................................................................................................................................... 102 iv. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Introduction This course has been compiled to assist Post tender Users to :- • Determine how much time to be allocated to working on the job before going to site • Identify possible problems with the tender • Balance the job back to the signed contract document • Identify and deal with possible problems with the bill • To obtain information for better buying • Re-model the job and take into account better buying and better production • Introduce allowable omitted by accident from the tender • Allocate accounting codes for cost reconciliation • Set up the job for entering progress • Input progress quantities • Input variation items • Set up Sub-contract liability documents • Set up a Forecast budget 1. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface 2. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface Chapter 2. Starting Up 2.1 Starting Candy Start the System from the windows desktop by double clicking on the Candy shortcut. Complete the user Login with your User Name, Initials and Company name. 2.2 Company Manager This is the top level menu in the system where a maximum of 24 companies may be created. For example, if you are tendering in a joint venture with another firm, you can create a brand new company for that bid. To select a company, position the cursor on the required company and use Enter or Double click. 3. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 2.3 User Interface Create a New Company Do this Click the Company > New > Company menu. Edit the company name to read “CCS Training Company”, click Note: You may enter a Company Code and a Password for your company 4. . Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface The company “CCS Training Company” has now been created. 2.4 Job Manager Double click on the “CCS Training Company” to access the Jobs in the company. The job manager generates a new header and new job automatically. You may create up to 99 jobs within a company that may be copied, renamed, deleted and backed up using the Job menu or using the Right-click Menu. 5. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 2.5 User Interface Create a new Job Do This Click the Job > New Job menu. Edit the job name to read “Waste Water Treatment Works” and then click Note: You may designate a Job Code and Password for your job Open the job by double clicking on the job or by clicking 6. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 2.6 User Interface Recover the CCS Demo Job From the Job Manager click Job > Backup/recover job > Recover into a NEW job > from file Recover the Ventshaft and Substation Contract using the following directory on the Candy Installation CD <CD Drive>/FSCOMMAND/Demo Jobs/Ventshaft and Substation Contract 7. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Click Click on User Interface to confirm to access the Ventshaft and Substation Contract 8. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 2.7 User Interface System Registration To use Candy, the system must be registered with CCS. If your system has not been registered, the system registration dialogue box will be displayed as a broken key. The registration process is completed telephonically using a set of unlocking codes. If the system has been registered the job selector will be displayed. CCS will allow prospective clients a free trail licence to assess the software. Please contact the nearest CCS office: South Africa Tel: 086-11-CANDY (RSA only) Tel: +27 11 455 1342 (International) Australia Brisbane: +61 7 5545 1857 New Zealand Auckland: +64 212 833 822 Portugal Lisbon:+351 (91) 724 1305 Porto:+351 (91) 861 9171 United Arab Emirates (Dubai) Dubai: +971 4 2676115/2676490 United Kingdom Bournemouth: +44 (1202) 582 653 Glasgow: +44 (1505) 506 118 9. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface 10. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface Chapter 3. Candy User Interface Candy Button General Toolbar System Toolbar Application Menu Title Bar Application Toolbar Application Tab Candy Version General Menu Customise Toolbar The Candy user interface consists of four main sections namely: Title bar, Application Tabs, Application Menus & Toolbars. 3.1 Candy Navigation Candy button To select the job manager, system settings and to exit the software System toolbar Job manager and system settings toolbar buttons Title Bar Displays the company and job you are working in Candy version Displays the software version installed on the computer and displays the system information Application tabs To select the Various Candy applications Application menu Displays the menus of the application selected General menu Menu for Utilities & Help including telephone list, daily dairies, card games, help files, licence registration, support information & a website link to Update the Candy version General toolbar Displays general tool buttons for use on all applications Application toolbar Displays shortcuts specific to the application selected. This tool bar changes when a different application tab is selected Customise Toolbar To select the toolbar buttons displayed on the different toolbars 11. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 3.2 User Interface Document Navigation Do this To add the Standard Bill of Quantities Document to the Document Manager click on and Select 1.1 Standard Bill of Quantities Documents>Estimating Documents then click and confirm to open the document. then click Document Title Document Menu Document Toolbar Split Screen Buttons Column Selector Escape Select all records Record Selector Page Navigation Buttons Function Buttons Document Title The name of the document Split screen buttons Resizes the document to the top or bottom half of the screen. Escape Go back to the previous menu. Document menu The menus available for this document Document toolbar Tool buttons for larger or smaller screen fonts, line deletion, find & replace, export to Excel and print screen. Select all records Selects all records in the Bill of Quantities. Function Buttons These buttons relate to the function keys on the keyboard. Namely; Calculate (F12), Worksheet (F11) and Go to Page (F10). NB: If the rates and heading totals require re-calculation, click the red calculate button. Record selector Selects the entire record. Right click to display the record menu Column Selector Selects the entire column. Right click to display the column menu Page Navigation Buttons Scrolls between different pages namely; first page, previous page, next page and last page of the bill. 12. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 3.3 User Interface Right click menu functions The menu functions in Candy are context sensitive; therefore, specific tasks can be performed directly on the documents cell, record, or column by right clicking for additional options. In a cell: In a record selector: 13. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface In a selected column: 3.4 Customising the System The (yellow gear) customisation. icon (or right-clicking on the Candy desktop, enables desktop Fonts Change the font, style and size for various areas of the system. You may find that the view is limited in a document, for example the Bill of Quantities, and may need to adjust your fonts later. 14. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface Documents Colours can be selected for cursors and input fields on documents and level headings. Tool buttons Frequently used shorcuts keys can be activated here by applying ticks or removing ticks Do this: Select utilities tool buttons to activate the system tools 15. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface Folders and Paths This sheet holds various folder paths used by Candy. The paths may be entered manually or located by using the Browse button. The Candy system can be configured on the network by setting up the folders and paths. The following paths can be set as below:Common backups – to set the path to the Common folder used by all the users wishing to backup data on the organisation’s network. (The backed up data can be recovered by other users) Archived backups - to set the path to the Archived folder for the individual user wishing to backup data on the organisation’s network. (The backed up data can only be recovered by the individual user) Candy network masters – To set the path for a master network company enabling users to access the master library job centrally Microsoft Excel - the path pointing to Excel for exporting Candy data directly to Excel. 16. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 3.5 User Interface Keystrokes, Icons and Mouse Functions Mouse Functions Note: This table assumes that the mouse buttons are configured for a right-handed user. Mouse action Function Left-click On an Active Document - moves the cursor line to and positions the editing cursor at the mouse pointer. On an Inactive Document - Turns the document Active and acts as above. Right-click On an Active Document calls up the context menu. Double Click Fetch another document, i.e.: Double Click on a Nett Rate calls up the Worksheet. Row Record +Left-click Select a line of data for Dragging and Dropping. Row Record Shift+Left-click Marks the Start and End of a Range of records for Dragging and Dropping. Alt+Left-click Set an Alternate document. Keystrokes This is a list of the Editing and Cursor Movement Keystrokes, with a brief explanation of the function, and the equivalent Icon if available. Note: Normal Windows shortcut keys can be used e.g. Ctrl C – Copy, Ctrl V – Paste etc. Shift+Esc(ape) Returns to the job selector Esc(ape) Returns to the previous menu Ctrl+Tab Moves the document currently on top to behind all other documents. Ctrl+Insert Inserts a new line at the cursor position Ctrl+Del Deletes the current line at the cursor Tab Moves the cursor forward to the next Field. Shift+Tab moves the cursor backwards. Home Moves the cursor to beginning of the field End Moves the cursor to the end of the field Ctrl + > Move to the next page Ctrl + < Move to the previous page 17. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations User Interface Ctrl+Page Up Takes you to the first line of the first page of a document Ctrl+Page Down Takes you to the first line of the last page of a document Ctrl+Enter Split the line at the cursor position Backspace Deletes one character at a time Ctrl+Backspace Deletes one word at a time Ctrl+Left-arrow Bubble Up - move the current line up Ctrl+Right-arrow Bubble Down - move the current line down Ctrl+Up-arrow Collapse level headings (to hide all text under headings) Ctrl+Down-arrow Expand level headings (to show all text under headings) Shift+Ctrl+Downarrow Opens all sub headings within the cursor position heading Shift+Ctrl+Uparrow Closes all sub headings within the cursor position heading Ctrl+Space Bar Open all headings completely Shift+Ctrl+Space Bar Close all headings completely Ctrl+R Pick Up the current Line Shift+Ctrl+R (Ctrl+D) Drop (insert) Lines picked up using Ctrl+R at the current line Ctrl+U Turn current line to UPPERCASE letters Ctrl+L Turn current line to lowercase letters Ctrl+T Turn current word to Sentence case Ctrl+K Copy the Field above Ctrl+J Copy the Field above and moves cursor down one line Alt+Del Close the active Document. Shift+Alt+Del Close All Documents. Ctrl+Z Undo. Note: As soon as the cursor is moved off the line, the line is stored and the undo button will not function 18. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Chapter 4. Post Tender Control The estimate created in Candy Estimating at tender stage by the tender department can be used by the Site Team. Once the estimate is received, some checks should be done to prepare it for Post Tender use. Recover the estimate and do the following Checks. 4.1 Job Information Certain useful information like the Contract Value and Job Size can be viewed. Trade Totals Display Do this: Choose the Valuations application tab. The job total by trade can be displayed by clicking the Select the Bill Quantity Select Nett rates The Nett Trade Summary is shown. 19. (Trade Totals) icon. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control The Gross Trade Total and Selling Trade Total can be displayed using the same selecting the appropriate rate. icon and Confidence Check The Confidence check will list the following:- Check for Unpriced items Plug, split and worksheet pricing. If items are plug or split this means the Quantity Surveyor will have to build up worksheets so he can have resource based control Gross/Sell balance show possible front end loading and under/over measures Provisional resources - possible rate has not been checked Resources x-master - possible old rate No or zero selling rate - possible problem Individual markup - possible over/under measure/ front end loading. Do this: In the Trade Totals Display click Confidence check Select Perform full error check with report 20. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Job Size Display Gives an overall listing of the job and is an important indicator for the time factor allocated to the job. Do this: Click Check & Review > Job Size Display 21. Quantity Surveyor Workshop 4.2 Post Tender Control Selling Rate At Tender Stage the: Nett Rate + Applied Mark Up = Gross Rate There is a third rate available in Candy called Selling Rate. The selling rate is an additional rate column that contains the contractual rate. Adjusting the nett or Applied Mark Up will not affect the selling rates. Therefore, for Post Tender Stage the: Nett Rate + Calculated Mark Up = Selling Rate The selling is a fixed contractual rate by adjusting the Nett (job remodelling) the Calculated Mark Up will change. To control the job better we must ensure the job contains a selling rate. The confidence check shows 17 items do not have a selling rate therefore, the selling rate must be entered or we can copy the Selling rate from Gross rate. Do this: Open the Document Manager by choosing Documents > Valuation Bill documents. 22. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Now open this document 1.1 Gross to Sell Bill Note the selling rate column on the right side of the document. At Tender Stage the job was priced and the Mark up was applied, the selling rates can now be established by copying the Gross rate. Right-click in the selling rate column header, select Copy > Copy Selling rates from Gross. Check the option to lock selling rates after copy and click OK… …and confirm the message. 23. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Note the selling rates are displayed next to each bill item. NB:- Check the selling amount balances back to the signed contract document. 4.3 Balance the job back to the signed contract documents Do this: Trade Totals Selling Trade total can be displayed by clicking icon. Page Total Report Click on the Reports >Valuation Reports Manager, (or Click the New button to open the list of template documents Select 11.6 Page Total and confirm. 24. ), to open the Report Manager Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control This report is added to the Report Manager. Click Print report and select Selling and select Bill quantity. The page total can be balanced back to the hard copy. Unlock & Lock the Selling Rate If the totals do not balance then go back to the problem bill page and check the selling rate of each bill item on that page. Now open this document 1.2 Selling Bill of Quantities 25. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control indicator in the selling rate column indicates that the rate is locked. To fix the rate The we must first unlock it. Right click on the selling rate and select Lock/Unlock > Unlock selling rate. 4.4 Check and review reports Reports can be printed to assist in the accuracy of your job. Do this: Click on the Reports >Valuation Reports Manager, (or ), to open the Report Manager Page/ Item Checksum Report Click the New button to open the list of template documents. Select 11.1 Page Checksums and confirm. The quantity column is added ignoring the units and the bill document quantity column is added up, this checks that Quantities have not been entered into Candy incorrectly. This check is Normally completed at estimating stage. 26. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Pricing Check Report Select all price codes and select priced in plug and priced in split. Note:- unused Priced codes should be deleted before printing this report. Gross/Sell Balance Click the New button to open the list of template documents. Select 11.4 Gross/Selling Balance and confirm. This report lists any Price Codes where there is a difference between the gross and selling rates. Gross / Sell balance Shows the difference between the Gross and Selling rate, indicates possible front end loading and under /over measures. Cross reference Different cross reference can be done. Select Resources in Complexes & Pricing codes. Resource cross reference Lists the resources and in which worksheets resources have been used. Should the user change a resource rate, this report lists which worksheets would be affected. Select Variables used in worksheet Global variables are defined centrally. Reference whenever a Global variable is used on a worksheet in square brackets, the value of the global variable is substituted. This report lists the worksheet where the global variables have been used 27. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Price code quantity analysis Lists the number of occurrences of a price code and the quantity of each occurrence. If the Price code E100 has been used with a quantity of 5000, 5, 10000, it is likely that the first and last occurrence plant would be used due to the big quantities needed for excavation. . The middle occurrence labour should be used due to the small quantity. The middle item should be changed and a new worksheet introduced to suit the item. Worksheet calc line check Checks for mistakes on worksheet calculation lines. If there is a space between +5%waste then the wastage report would be incorrect. If *CONC] is used instead of *[CONC] the first occurrence would be seen as a comment and not a variable if 1.O9 is used instead of 1.09 then 1.00 instead of 1.09 will be used on the calculation line. Ensure accuracy at all times. Provisional Worksheets At tender stage the estimator may mark worksheets, resources and bill items as provisional. Locate the provisional worksheets, resources and bill items. Click the New button to open the list of template documents. Select 11.3 Provisional Listings and confirm. Value Analysis 80/20 rule of thumb, identify which items contain the value and which items should be concentrated on at pre and post tender stage. From Estimating report manager. open report heading Analysis reports and select report Value Analysis. 28. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control 4.5 Resource Checks Resources can be checked for potential problems like provisional rates or outdated rates. Resource List with Date Do this Open the Resource Document Manager by choosing Documents > Resource documents. Click the New button to open the list of template documents. Select 1.1 Resource List and confirm. Right click on 1.1 Resource List select rename document and rename it to 1.1a Resource list with Date Click Customise to customise the columns and add the column 4.3 Date and initials of Last Change and confirm. 29. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Post Tender Control Open the document 1.1a Resource list with Date. Look for resources that have old dates and check the rates. Provisional resources: The indicator where marked as provisional. or the filter can be used to find resources that Column Filter Right click on the Final rate column select Filter > Provisional Resources 30. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Value Engineering Chapter 5. Value Engineering or Re-modelling The site team can now re-visit each of the worksheets and adjust the productions to what they will be achieved on site. Plug rates and split rates must also be converted to Worksheets. Macro price code must also be exploded so that progress quantities may be entered. 5.1 Price Plug and Split Rate items to Worksheets The pricing check report printed earlier listed Items 1/A as a Plug Rate and Item 1/B as a Split Rate. To control your allowable the plug rate and split rate must be priced using worksheets. 5.2 Remodelling the job Remodelling the job, the site teams looks at the allowable. Better buying, better S/C rates are taken into account and the site team agrees on the productions in the worksheets. By doing this, the site team takes ownership of the tender and any losses can not be blamed on the estimating department. By remodelling, the site team could have more financial gain with productivity and innovation making a profit from better buying. Adjusting the nett or markup will not affect the selling rate. At post tender only the Nett + Calculated Markup = Selling. Let’s assume the site team will purchase diesel for 2.5/ Litre instead of 3.00/ Litre. Resource List Open resource document 1.4 Utilisation and value – billed quantity Adjust the diesel rate accordingly and click Calculate 31. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Value Engineering Note that the Diesel allowable decreases from 1474.68 to 1228.90 representing a buying saving of 245.78. Trade Totals Display Do a Trade Totals Display on Nett at 3.00/Ltr of Diesel. Do a Trade Totals Display on Nett at 2.50/Ltr of Diesel. Original Nett Amount – New Nett Amount = (277,176.80 – 276,931.80) = 245.00 Saving Original Material Nett Amount – New Material Nett Amount = (109,940.00 – 109,695.00) = 245.00 Saving Now return to page one of the Bill of Quantities Do this: Open document 1.1 Gross to Sell Bill 32. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Value Engineering Notice that the Nett and Gross rates for Items G and H have reduced as these items use the cheaper diesel in their make-up. The Selling rates remained fixed and the calculated mark-up has increased in relation to the Selling. 5.3 Explode Macros Macro Price codes are ideal for the estimator to price but are not suitable for the site team to progress against. For example progressing 50% of the Manhole will generated 50% allowable for Excavations, Concrete, Brickwork etc. The solution to this problem is to explode Macro Price codes so that Excavations, Concrete, Brickwork may be progressed against. Do this: Open document 2.5 Variation Pricing Right click on the price code column header and select Explode Macro Price codes 33. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Value Engineering Note: The additional Internal Items were added below Item I. Internal Items only have a nett rate and no Selling rate. Internal items are marked with an “I” in the attributes column and therefore will not be printed on the Interim Payment claim to the client. Item I is the external item and therefore only has a selling and no Nett rate. 34. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Chapter 6. Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes The Quantity Surveyor is going to require the total amount of money to be spent against each accounting code to reconcile the budget to date back to the costs generated from the accounting system. The Cost Code is used to summarise the resources into Cost codes. Similarly, the estimator would require the total amount of money to be spent with a particular supplier to negotiate the best possible bulk discount. Therefore, group the resources into their supplier codes to print out the value to be spent with each supplier. Group Codes are used to summarise the resources into the supplier codes. 6.1 Resource list The resource group and cost code must be displayed to allocate the codes to the resource. Resource Document 1.5 Resource Group and Cost code allocation displays both group and cost code columns. Do this: Open the resource document manager Resource document 1.5 Resource Group and Cost code allocation is available as a template document. Add a new template document by clicking on New 35. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Select 1.5 Resource Group and Cost code allocation and Open resource document 1.5 Resource Group and Cost code allocation Cost Code The cost code in Candy must be the same as your accounting ledger code. The site team must ensure that all the simple resources have a cost code and the correct Cost code has been allocated to the simple resources. The money is summarised into the cost codes for cost control. Group Code The group code is used for supplier control. The money is summarised into the supplier code and it can be established how much money will be spent on a supplier which is useful to negotiate a better rate. 36. Quantity Surveyor Workshop 6.2 Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Defining the Cost and Group codes The Group and Cost codes must be defined before allocating them to the resources. Do this: Click on the to access the definitions and enter the following Cost and Group Codes. Choose 4.1 Resource Cost codes (with) Choose 4.2 Resource Group codes Click OK to close the Definitions 6.3 Allocating the Cost and Group codes to the resources Return to the resource list and allocate the Cost and Group codes to the various resources. Cost and Group codes should only be applied to Simple resources, those resources that are bought and are defined with a letter in the resource type column i.e. M for Material, P for Plant. Applying a cost code to a complex resource such as 310 Cat 215 Excavator (Wet) would be incorrect as the cost would be captured against cost codes 360 and 401 representing the cost codes for plant and fuel respectively. Filter Simple Resources To make it easier to allocate cost and group codes to simple resources use the filter facility shown below. Do this: 37. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Click Hide reject to view only the simple resources. Allocate codes using double click Double click in the Group code column for resource code 510 - 20/19 Mpa RMC Select ABC Concrete Suppliers and confirm. Do the same for resource code 520 - 25/19 Mpa RMC 38. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Allocate codes using the right-click menu Right click on Diesel and allocate Cost code 401 The filtered simple resources are currently being viewed. Click Abandon to view the entire resource list. 6.4 Resource Analysis Reports Valuation resource Analysis with Group code summary The Cost and Group code summary is available in the Valuation resource Analysis (70) report. Do this: Open the Valuation report manager 39. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Duplicate the Valuation resource Analysis (70) report by right-clicking on it and selecting Duplicate Report. Rename the report to Valuation Resource Analysis with Group summary. Click Customise. In the Summary part of the Bill Resource Analysis dialog, select Group Code. Click OK . Select Bill Quantity in the little menu, and confirm. Now print the report and preview the report. Page 1 reflects all the complex resources 40. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Page 2 reflects all the simple resources …and Page 3 is the Group Summary The Group summary can be viewed at the bottom of the report. The value of 108 465.00 is to be spent on ABC Concrete Suppliers. The Undefined Resource Group of 145 463.42 represents those resources that do not have a group code allocated. 41. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Valuation resource analysis with Cost code summary Do this: Duplicate the Valuation Resource Analysis with Group code summary report and rename it to Valuation Resource Analysis with Cost code summary. Click Customise and select Cost Code as the Summary Click OK, select Bill Quantity and confirm. Now print the report and preview the report. Page 1 reflects all the complex resources Page 2 reflects all the simple resources. Note that all simple resources should have a Cost Code allocated. 42. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes …and Page 3 is the Cost Summary Note that plug and split rate totals are printed separately. It is impossible to allocate Cost codes to Split and Plug rates, therefore, Split and Plug rates are considered bad practice. There is no Undefined Class codes, therefore, all simple resources have a Cost code allocated. Cost and Group Code Audit Reports Analysis by Group/Cost report This report will list those resources that contribute to a particular cost code. The Analysis by Group/Cost report is available as a template report. Do this: From the report manager select report Analysis by Group/Cost (72). Customise the report and select Sort by Cost Code. 43. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Entering a class code in the sieve will print out only those resources that contribute to that particular cost code. By leaving the sieve blank will analyse all the cost codes. Tracer report The Tracer report will list all the bill items that contribute to a particular cost code. The tracer report is available under the Check and Review Reports heading. Print the Tracer report and select Cost Codes in the tracer selector. 44. Quantity Surveyor Workshop Summarising Resources into Cost and Group Codes Type in the cost code 401 and click OK. 45. Candy Post tender Advanced course Buying Adjustment 46. Candy Post tender Advanced course Buying Adjustment Chapter 7. Buying Adjustment Buying adjustment is a tool developed to help control the Savings. Earlier a saving for diesel and nett value decreased by 245, therefore, the calculated markup increased by 245. The buying adjustment allows the storing initial savings and ,therefore, able to use it for future unforeseen costs. Diesel will be used as an example. Change the Diesel resource rate back to 3.00/Ltr. 7.1 Buying Adjustment Steps Step 1: Copy Paid from Nett. It is import to store the original nett rate. The paid rate will be used as a reference for the original Nett rate. Do This Open Valuation Document manager. Copy document 1.2 Selling Bill of Quantities and rename it to 1.2a Buying adjustment (Paid = Original Nett) Click Customise and add 4.7 Paid Rate column 47. Candy Post tender Advanced course Buying Adjustment Right click in the paid rate column header and select Copy > Copy paid from Nett Step 2: Change the Resource Rate Lets change the Diesel rate to 2.5/Ltr to reflect the saving. Open the resource document 1.4 Utilisation and value- billed quantity Click Documents > Resource Documents > 1.4 Utilisation and value- billed quantity Step 3: Create a resource called Adjustment In the resource document add a new resource “M - 1000 - Adjustment - Sum – 1” 48. Candy Post tender Advanced course Buying Adjustment Step 4: Buying Adjustment Click Advanced > Buying Adjustment Type the Buying adjustment resource code “1000” And confirm 7.2 View the Buying adjustment Resource document Open the resource document 1.4 Utilisation and value- billed quantity 49. Candy Post tender Advanced course Buying Adjustment XREF Resources The XREF resource facility helps to trace where the resource has been used in the Bill. Do This Right click on the resources code “1000” select > XREF Resources > Xref resources in bill items Click Goto to go to the Item on the Bill. Click Worksheet to view the bill items worksheet. Notice the new Adjustment calculation. 50. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Chapter 8. Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes The Cost Code provides resource-based control for managing fixed resources such as Materials. The Cost Code will provide limited control to productive resources such as Plant and Labour but is not ideal. The engineering site staff will require the Labour and Plant allowable in more detail typically the allowable per Task completed on site. CCS provides a simple method of summarising the Bill items into Tasks. The allowable for each bill item is broken down into the various Resource Types, so immediately there is the Labour and Plant allowable for each Task, the exact information required to control the productive resources. The Task Code is used to implement Functional Control on the Job. The Task Code summarises bill items into categories of Function or Activity. The key is to summarise items with similar production, e.g. bulk earthworks items would be summarised separately to hand excavation. Machines for bulk earthworks and labour for hand excavation would be used. By summarising items with like production and are summarising items with like resources and, therefore, like cost sensitivity. If the machine is not being used effectively, it is costing a lot more than if labour is not being productive. There would be different controls on plant versus labour. 8.1 Defining the Task codes The task codes must be defined before allocating them to the Bill items. Do this: Open the Definitions following Task codes. and enter the Task codes may be summarised into Task code headings. The level column represents the heading level from level 9 to level 1. Therefore, the Earthworks Tasks of Clear site and Excavation may be summarised into the level 1 heading Earthworks. Note the m2 quantity of Clear site must be factorised by 0.10 to calculate the m2 to m3. The task code accumulates the amount of money and quantity; therefore, each task code must have a unit. 51. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes 8.2 Task code allocation 16.2 a Create a new document containing the task code columns Do this: Open the Bill Document Manager, click on New to add a new template document 1.1 Bill of Quantities. Rename the new document to 1.1 Bill of Quantities with Task code allocation. Click Customise and add the following task code columns. 52. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Click OK. Allocate the Task Codes Do this: Open document 1.1 Bill of Quantities with Task code allocation and allocate the following task codes to the bill items. 53. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes The Task Code accumulates the amount of Money and Quantity, the Task Factor column is used to determine the quantity to be added together for each Task code. If the unit of the Bill item is the same as the Task code then a factor of one is used. There may be instances where the unit of measure of the bill item may be different to the unit of measure of the Task Code. For example, there may be a bill item measured in linear metres of formwork, yet the bill item has a Task Code with a unit of measurement of m2 so a Task factor to factorise the Lm to m2 is applied. By using a Task factor of 0, the money will be included but not the quantity, for example, the cost of wood float finish could be added to Task Code Concrete in Ground Slabs but only the quantity 54. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes of the Concrete in Ground Slabs is required and not the quantity of the wood float finish. Allocate Task codes and factors to each of the bill items. 55. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes 8.3 Task code analysis Price Plug rate to a least a Split rate To calculate the Task Code summary no plug rate items may exist in the job. Page 1/ Item A Clear site was priced in Plug rate, so the plug rate must at least be converted to a Split rate. Do this: Open document 1.2 Split Bill of Quantities - Nett and enter 10 in the plant resource type column for Page 1/ Item A to convert the pricing of this item from a plug rate to a split rate. Click Yes On-screen Task code analysis Do an on-screen task analysis, click Finalisation > Job analysis > Job analysis by Task code. 56. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Select document 00 JOB: PROJECT ANALYSIS CODES Update the values by clicking on Update Codes Click Yes Click OK 57. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Note that the Total Quantity, Amount and derived rate is calculated for each Task Code. When finalising a tender, if the derived rate is much lower or higher compared to previous tenders, then relevant items can be investigated for possible errors in the pricing worksheets. The total allowable for Labour is calculated for each Task Code, i.e. The Labour allowable for placing concrete in Foundations is 2948.00. Once progress quantities have been entered for each bill item, the total Labour allowable amount for each Task code is calculated and should be reconciled back to the total Labour cost for each Task code. Clicking the Split Rates or Split Amounts toggles between displaying split rates and split amounts for each of the Task Codes. Note the derived Labour rate to place 1m3 of concrete in Foundations is 14.74 per m3, if the concrete team on site has poured 10m3 then you should not have spent more than 10 x 14.74 = 147.00 on the Labour team. The site clerk will allocate the Labour team’s cost to the relevant Task Codes which should be reconciled to the Labour allowable based on the work that has been completed on site. A similar approach should be followed to control Plant. Totals for Task code headings may be displayed by placing the cursor on the heading and pressing Ctrl-Up and Down Arrow. 58. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes 8.4 Task code reports Various Task code reports are available in the Report Manager under Project Code Reports. Project Codes Report The project codes report will list the bill items in Task Code order with a total for each Task Code. Print the Project Codes report. 59. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Select Task code as Primary and none as the secondary and click OK. Select Bill and summary, Nett rate and Spreadsheet format and click OK. Page 1 & 2 List the bill items in Task code order 60. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Page 3 Shows the Task code summary Project Codes Quantity Summary The Project Codes Quantity Summary report lists the total quantity for each task. The project code quantity summary report is available in the template reports. Do this: From the report manager click New and select report 11.5 Project Codes Quantity Summary. Print the report. 61. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Select Task code as Primary and none as the secondary and click OK. Project Codes Resource analysis A complete resource analysis for each Task code may be printed with totals for each Cost code per Task code. Do this: Print the Project Codes Resource Analysis. Select Analyse complexes to level 9, Print codes separately and Summary by Cost Code. 62. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes Select Task code as Primary and none as the secondary and click OK. Page 1 - 10: Lists the resource analysis per Task and the Cost code summary per Task 63. Candy Post tender Advanced course Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes 64. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Chapter 9. Forecasting the BOQ using Candy Planning Bill items in the B.O.Q can be linked to the activities in a program. Once the link is established, a time-based forecast of cost, value, resources or quantities from Candy Estimating can be analysed using the facilities in Candy Planning. The simplest approach to link the bill to the program is to use the Bill of Quantities to when creating the Program. The Bill section headings are imported as activities into the Candy Planning and the Bill items in the section are linked to these activities. A well-structured Bill of Quantities provide a good platform to create the program. After the creation stage, it is a normal program and can be adjusted as required. 9.1 Candy Planning Program Manager Do this: Change the application tab to Planning. Choose Main > Program Manager. 65. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Many programs can exist in one Candy job. The Program Manager is used to easily structure and manage your programs. The Program Manager makes it easy to create new programs and is the entry point for existing programs. Programs can also be copied, customised, backed up or recovered. 66. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.2 Click Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Create a new Program and enter the following information and confirm. . Now select the Tender Program by clicking on 67. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.3 Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Create program activities using the Bill of Quantities Do this: Choose Documents > Planning Documents or click on . Select document 1.1 Standard Barchart. This layout shows the Activity number, Activity Description, Duration and the Barchart. To import the Bill items, click on the document menu Estimate > Import estimate bill. 68. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning We will create activities using the Bill of Quantities section headings. A typical Bill has too much detail for each bill item to be an activity so rather import the headings above bill items and click . Notice each Bill section heading is used to create a dummy activity of 5-day duration. 9.4 Draw your program Do this: Change the duration of each of the activities by clicking to the right of the activity, hold the left mouse button down and increase the activity duration. Clicking to the left of the activity allows the user to change the starting position of each activity. 69. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Adjust the % offsets Do this: Change the application tab to Forecasting Click on to open the Forecasting Document Manager and select Tender Program from the Program Selector. Open document 3.2 Activities with BOQ Allocations. Each activity is displayed with the Bill of Quantities item that has been allocated to the activity. The black bar within the red bar demonstrates where over the activity the bill item has been allocated. Offset the spread of the Bill items on page 1 over activity A000 Excavation by clicking within the activity and dragging the black allocation bar to following positions. 70. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.5 Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning B.O.Q with Budget Forecast Do this: Click on to open the Forecasting Document Manager and select document 4.1 BOQ with Budget Forecast The forecast B.O.Q Nett amounts are displayed across the program time. 71. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.6 Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Resource usage forecast The resource usage forecast document is available as a template document. Do this: Click on to open the Forecasting Document Manager and select document 4.3 BOQ with Resource Usage Forecast The resource forecast per bill item is shown is this document. Item 1/A & 1/B Have been priced using split rates and therefore do not have any resource usage forecast information. 72. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.7 Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Cost code budget A budget forecast can be analysed against cost codes. The cost code budget document is available as a template document. Do this: Click on Budget Click to open the Forecasting Document Manager and select document 4.5 Cost Code to view the totals. and to confirm. and to confirm. 73. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations 9.8 Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Resource Histogram Do this: Click on Barchart to open the Forecasting Document Manager and select document 2.1 Standard Click on the Histogram > Estimate resources document menu. Select 200 Unskilled Labour (etc) using the and confirm. 74. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning The Unskilled Labour histogram is displayed. Now change the duration for the concrete work to 5 days and calculate the program then redo the Unskilled Labour histogram The histogram type can be changed to show daily or cumulative values. Choose Histogram > Histogram type from the document menus. 75. Candy Construction Estimating and Valuations Forecasting the BOQ Using Candy Planning Select Plot cumulative values and confirm. Place your cursor at the end of the curve and the total usage of 5 784.15 Hours for the unskilled labour is shown on the bottom left of the document. 76. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Chapter 10. Valuations The Candy Valuations is used for the post tender stage of a project. The Bill of Quantities created in Candy Estimating is available in Candy Valuations, the difference between Estimating and Valuations is the extra Valuation quantity columns, Valuation layouts and the Valuation reports. Do this: Choose the Valuations application tab. 10.1 Valuation Setup The initial Valuation and every Valuation thereafter commences at the Valuation Setup process listed below: Step 1: Duplicate & Rename the Job Step 2: Valuation Setup Step 1: Duplicate and rename the job. It is good practice to copy the job before entering the new monthly valuation quantities. Eventually the Q.S will have and electronic copy for each Valuation in Candy, and if required, can back track to previous valuations. Do this: Go to the Job manager, select Waste Water Treatment Works, click on Job in the menu and select Duplicate job then rename it to Waste Water Treatment Works – Valuation 1 77. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Step 2: Valuation Setup Open Waste Water Treatment Works – Valuation 1, In Valuations click on the Main menu, select Valuation setup and click on Setup next valuation. Setup the Financial Calendar for the project and click 78. . Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Enter the Valuation No, Valuation Date and the Valuation Header: Valuation 1 and select the option to archive previous quantities. Click Click to confirm quantity Archive. Click to confirm set up next valuation. 79. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Valuation Document Do this: Click on Manager or Open the Valuation Document Manager Documents > Valuation Document Duplicate document 2.2 Primary Valuation Entry & rename it to 2.2a Standard Primary Valuation Entry Select document 2.2 Primary Valuation Entry Click on the Valuation document 80. to select the columns required in Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Select the required columns as per the above layout and click 81. . Candy Post tender Advanced Course 10.2 Valuations Primary Valuation Quantities This document contains the three primary progress quantities available in the system. Current Actual Quantity - This quantity is used to record how much work has Actually been done against bill items. Think of it as an Internal quantity. Current Claimed Quantity - This quantity is used to record how much you are Claiming in an application for payment. Think of it as an External quantity. Current Paid Quantity- 10.3 This quantity is used to record how much the client has paid you. Copy the Final quantity from the Bill quantity The bill quantity will normally be used for the first Final Value projection and as a starting point can be copied to the Final quantity column. This should be done before entering any valuation quantities. Do this: Right-click on the Final Quantity column header and select Copy from selected quantity. 82. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Select the Bill Quantity as the source quantity and confirm. Click …and . 83. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Adjust the Final Quantities The final quantity can be adjusted to suit the new final without affecting the billed quantity. Increase the final quantity for item A and B on Page 1. 84. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Enter the Valuation quantities Do this: Page 1: Entering the Actual quantity automatically updates the claimed and paid quantity columns. The claimed quantity can be updated to reflect over claims. Note the percentages are updated as the quantities are entered, alternatively the percentages could be entered which would then generate the quantities. Page 2: Progress the all metalwork items to 20% using the Actual % Bill column. 85. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Page 2: Update the claimed quantity by typing in the quantities in the Current Claimed quantity column. Page 3: Progress the concrete item. 86. Candy Post tender Advanced Course 10.4 Valuations Valuation Report Manager Print the following Valuation reports from the Valuation Report Manager Interim Payment Claim report The Interim Payment Claim is always based on Claimed Quantity and can only be based on the Gross and Selling rate. Do this: Click on to access the Valuations Job Manager , double click on Valuation Bills and select Interim Payment Claim, click Select the following options then click . . 87. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Valuation Listings report The Valuation Listings report can be based on any Valuation Quantity and can be based on the Nett, Gross or Selling rate. Do this: Return to the Valuation Document Manager and select Valuation Listings Report then select and Select the following options and click . 88. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Select Actual Quantity 89. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Valuation Resource Analysis report The Valuation Resource Analysis can be based on any Valuation quantity. Printing this report on Actual Quantity will list the resource and cost allowable to date. Do this: Return to the Valuation Document Manager and double click on Resource Analysis Reports and select Valuation Resource Analysis report then select Select the following options and click …and select Actual Quantity 90. and Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Project Codes Resource Analysis report This report prints the Resource Analysis split into the Task codes. Printing this report on Actual Quantity will list the resource and cost allowable to date per Task code. Do this: Return to the Valuation Document Manager and double click on Project Codes Reports and click and on Project Codes Analysis report then select Select the following options… …and choose Actual Quantity 91. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Valuations Choose Task code as the Primary code and None as Secondary. Click . 92. Candy Post tender Advanced Course 10.5 Valuations Valuation Trade Total Display Trade summary can be based on any Valuation Quantity and Rate. Do this: Click on the tool button select Actual Quantity and select Nett rate. 93. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Cost Allowable Comparison 94. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Cost Allowable Comparison Chapter 11. Cost Allowable Comparison The allowable data generated in Candy can be exported to an external file to allow the user the flexibility to use the data in the company’s respective accounting software. 11.1 Allowable data Do this In Valuations click > Cost- allowable comparison Select the required download configuration. 95. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Cost Allowable Comparison Click Recalc allowable to ensure the allowable is updated. 11.2 Export the Data to an External file The data can now be exported Click Import/Export to dump the data to an external file. Select Export to Excel 96. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical Chapter 12. Practical Overview This Practical consists of Three Exercises. 1. Progress existing bill items for Valuation # 2 of Waste Water Treatment works. 2. Pricing Site Instruction # 1 consisting of additional piping. 3. Printing the client certificate and internal reports to control the jobs Allowables. 12.1 Enter Valuation #2 Quantities Setup next Valuation #2 for Waste Water Treatment Works and progress the quantities as follows: a) Excavations and Concrete items as complete. b) Metalwork items as 80% Complete. • Remember to copy the job before setting up next valuation. 97. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical 12.2 Enter & Price Site Instruction # 1 SITE INSTRUCTION # 1 A) Install 100 metres of new 110mm Diameter u PVC pipe connecting new manhole to existing manhole. The client has issued Site Instruction # 1 for some additional piping. On page 4 of your valuation bill, enter & price the items for the Site Instruction #1. Do This Use document 2.5 Variation Pricing Define the additional Trade “V” for Site Instructions Define the additional cost codes 98. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical Generate the site instruction items as shown below. Enter new simple resources and Complex resources as per the list below. Remember to allocate the cost codes to the new Simple resources. Price new complex resources 24214 & 3351 as per worksheet shown below. 99. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical Complex worksheet 24214 Complex worksheet 3351 Price Items 4/A to 4/C. Remember to first Allocate the Site Instruction Trade “V” before pricing. Item 4/A – Excavate trench N.E 2M Deep for 110mm upvc Pipe Item 4/B - Supply, bed and Lay 110mm uPVC pipe laid in Ground 100. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical Item 4/C - Backfilling to pipe trench in layers of 150mm compacted to 95% MOD AASHTO using excavated material The Items should now have nett rate as per the screen below. Remember to enter the selling rates. The Interim payment claim to the client will be based on the selling rate. 101. Candy Post tender Advanced Course Practical Included Site Instruction #1 in your Valuation and Progress the items as complete. 12.3 Valuation reports Print the following reports 1) Interim Payment Claim 2) Valuation listings based on actual qty and nett rate 3) Resource analysis report based on actual quantity 102.