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May
2
2008

Unit Cost Summary Report on CostWorks online

Posted by Jim Wills

"Ericpaul2 wrote:
I've noticed that when attempting to use the Unit Cost Summary Report in CostWorks Online, the subcontractor markup is applied to all line items regardless of whether they have been marked as "subcontracted" or not. Is this an error or do the "global" markups assume the GC subcontracts everything?
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Eric,
Although the CWOnline program does allow the user to "mark-as-subcontracted" or "un-mark-subcontracted", and does put an S next to the lines chosen to be subcontracted, the program does not apply the "global" percentage for "GC Markup on Subs" to those lines only. As you suspected, the global percentages apply to the entire estimate subtotal, and NOT just the sub'd lines.

Also, unlike the Costworks CD product, the info on the sub'd lines (like material, equipment, and labor costs) is not "hidden" from view. All info is displayed on the Advanced view.

The detail report, however, only shows the totals.