Watch a single job move through it
The claim that this is one system rather than four is easy to make and easy to check. Below is one job, start to finish: the estimate that became the budget, a day on site, the question that came out of it, the change order that answered it, and the cost table that moved as a result.
Accepted, and it becomes the project's original budget — not retyped into one.
Placed 214 CY at Bay 4 slab-on-grade. Set forms for equipment pads E-7 through E-11. Masonry crew continued CMU at the north wall, course 14.
Filed from the job. The office reads this one, not a retyped copy of it.
Asked
Pad E-9 as dimensioned on S-204 lands on the trench drain run shown on P-110. Confirm whether the pad shifts east or the drain reroutes.
Answered
Shift pads E-9 through E-11 east by 2'-4" and thicken to 12". Drain run is unchanged. Issue as a change order.
- Raised from the field17 Sep, 7:42am
- Sent to the design team17 Sep, 9:15am
- Answered19 Sep, 4:03pm
- Priced as CO-00422 Sep
Approving it moves the budget below. There is no second spreadsheet to update.
| Cost code | Budget | Committed | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-300 Cast-in-place concrete | $650,720 | $588,400 | $471,220 |
| 04-200 Unit masonry | $398,500 | $351,000 | $268,905 |
| 03-200 Reinforcing steel | $186,000 | $172,500 | $141,330 |
| 01-500 Temporary facilities | $88,000 | $36,000 | $21,000 |
Forecast at completion $1,318,000 — $5,220 under the revised budget. The $38,720 from CO-004 landed on 03-300, because that is where the work happened.
Illustrative example. Project, people and figures are invented.