Open the Training Job and from the Estimate tab, select Cost Breakdown Structure.

Open cost item 4.1 – Furnish & Haul Base Material.

On the Cost Item Record, click the Detail tab.

Right click on the ETDT – Dump Truck row header and select Open Haul Calculator.

On the Haul Calculator, select the Calculate quantity of ETDT required to complete haul in duration entered below radio button. (ETDT is the resource code for the Dump Truck you selected.)

For the Haul Distance, type 5.

Enter an Average Payload (Ton) of 30.

For Load Time (Minutes), type 3.

Enter a Travel Speed Full of 35 Mile/Hour.

For Dump Time (Minutes), type 2.

Enter a Travel Speed Empty of 45 Mile/Hour. Notice this calculates a cycle time of 20.24.

Enter a Work Efficiency of 90 percent.

• The calculator shows a result of 1.56 concurrent haulers

  

Click OK.

Your cost item now shows a quantity of 1.56. Round up the Quantity to 2. Also, adjust the Teamster Quantity to 2 (if needed).

Open the Training Job and from the Estimate tab, select Cost Breakdown Structure.

Open cost item 4.1 – Furnish & Haul Base Material.

On the Cost Item Record, click the Detail tab.

Change your Teamster and Dump Truck quantities back to 2 each.

Right click on the ETDT – Dump Truck row header and select Open Haul Calculator.

On the Haul Calculator, select the Calculate total duration of haul using quantity of ETDT entered below radio button.

• With the previous information you entered still there, the calculator calculates a total duration of 281.08 hours

  

Click OK.

• The Hours field on the Production tab updated to 281.08

• Your ETDT Dump Truck quantity remains at 2

Open the Training Job and from the Estimate tab, select Cost Breakdown Structure.

Create a new cost item from the bottom row of your CBS and call it 24” Pipe.

Add the following three subordinates and update their Units of Measure:

• Excavate Trench: CY

• Install Pipe: LF

• Backfill Trench: CY

Open the Excavate Trench Cost Item Record. Add the following resources:

• LL2  Laborer – 1

• LO2  Operator Class 2 – 1

• EX245  Excavator 245 – 1

Adjust the Production to: 100 CY/Hour.

On the Cost Item Record’s Actions tab, select Trench Calculator.

For Trench Length, type 1000.00 feet.

For Trench Width (at the bottom) type 4.00 feet.

Enter a Trench Depth of 10.00 feet.

Enter a Hinge Elevation of 5.00 feet.

Enter a Backslope of 45 degrees.

Define the Material Swell/Shrinkage Factor (fraction expressed as a decimal) at .10.

• You can select either a “neat-line” total volume or include swell/shrinkage

Select the “Total excavated volume (including swell/shrinkage)” checkbox.

Click Save Configuration to Library and save the Trench calculator as Trench Example with your initials.

Click OK.

On the CBS Register, adjust the Forecast T/O Quantity for the Install Pipe cost item to 1000 LF.

• Assume this quantity is based off manual take-off calculations you already did

Open the Install Pipe Cost Item Record.

Add the Resource Assembly of CPIPE - Pipe Crew and adjust the production to 300 LF / Day.

On the Cost Item Record’s Actions tab, select Trench Calculator.

Select Load Configuration from Library.

Select Trench Example (with your initials).

Click OK.

On the Trench Calculator, select the Pipe tab.

Enter the following for the size and position of the pipe:

• Pipe exterior diameter:  26.00 inches

• Pipe center elevation (from bottom):  19.00 inches

• Waste factor: 10%

Click on the resource icon to pull up the Resource Rate Register.

Select the Installed Material tab.

Select MPP24 Pipe 24” PVC SDR35, then click OK.

• The Pipe variables you entered should match the following image:

Click Save Configuration to Library and save the Trench calculator as Trench Example with your initials.

When prompted to overwrite the existing saved file, click Yes.

Click OK to close the Trench Calculator.

Back on the CBS Register, adjust the Forecast T/O Quantity for Backfill Trench to 2300 CY, based on manual calculations.

Open the Backfill Trench Cost Item Record.

Add the following resources:

• LL2 Laborer – 3

• LO2 Operator Class 2 – 1

• RPC Plate Compactor – 1 

• EL950 Loader 950 – 1

Adjust the Production to 160 CY/Day.

From the Cost Item Record’s Actions tab, select Trench Calculator.

Select Load Configuration from Library

Select Trench Example (with your initials), then click OK.

On the Trench Calculator, select the Beddings tab.

On the Beddings tab, you can define up to four beddings to backfill the trench

• The variables you enter will determine how much bedding you need

Enter the following variables for each bedding:

• Under Results, you can match each of the Bedding Lifts with a material resource, by selecting the resource icon and selecting the resource you want to employ from the Material tab

Selecting the resource from the Tons selection field, select the following materials for each bedding:

Click OK.

• Note that the pipe and bedding materials are added to the cost item with their quantities

  

Open the Training Job and from the Estimate tab, select Cost Breakdown Structure.

Scroll to find cost item 13.3 Sandblast.

Click in the Forecast (T/O) Quantity field.

Press the = key, then type 10*250.

Press the Tab key and it calculates the result.