Video - InEight Estimate - Cost Item Creation

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During estimate development, you will build out your Cost Breakdown Structure, breaking down your work into specific activities to determine costs. You can create superior and subordinate cost items as needed to organize your work. To insert a same level cost item, right-click on a superior cost item and select Insert. To insert a subordinate cost item, right-click on the superior and select Insert Subordinate.

You can also utilize the CBS Actions menu to insert cost items. Right-click on the Clearing and Grubbing row header and select Insert Subordinate. Click in the Description field of the new cost item and enter Clearing. Keep the quantity at 15 and the Unit of Measure as Acre.

Let's add an additional cost item. Under clearing and grubbing, right-click on the Clearing row header and select Insert. Notice this inserts a new equal level cost item above Clearing. In the description field type Grading and change the Quantity to 10 acres.

You want the Grading cost item to be after the Clearing task in your structure. You can move cost items using drag and drop. Click on the Clearing row header and drag it up until you see the Insert icon... three equal bars...then let go.

Clearing is now 2.1 and Grading is 2.2. You can use these same tools for building out the other cost items of your estimate.