Estimate Resources

 

InEight Control refers to labor, equipment, material, installed equipment, and supplies as resources. You will use these resources as the basic building blocks for detailing the estimated costs which creates your budget.

The Project library contains all resources used to estimate costs for the cost items within the CBS.

Most of your CBS cost detail will import directly from InEight Estimate, but you may need to create additional cost item detail for conforming your budget and creating change orders.

Estimate resources in the Project library are organized into seven resource types:

Resource	Description
Labor	The human resources that do the work, classified by trade (e.g., pipefitters, electricians, iron workers).
Construction Equipment	Owned construction equipment.
Rented Construction Equipment	Construction equipment rented from a third party.
Installed Material	Materials that will remain installed on site after the project is completed, (e.g., concrete, piping, aggregate).
Installed Equipment	Equipment that will remain installed on site after the project is completed, (e.g., boilers, heat exchangers, vessels, cooling towers).
Supplies	Expendable items that will not be permanently installed (e.g., small tools, consumables).
Unique	Resources that are of a “unique” nature and do not fit well into the other types (e.g., dump fees, hauling charges and equipment rented by the month, and subcontracted work).

Estimate resources are the equivalent of the Resource Rate Register in InEight Estimate.

You can access the Estimate resources page from the home page slide-out menu:

1. From Menu > Control > Workspaces > Project Library and then selecting the Estimate Resources tab.

   

   

2. Another way to access Estimate Resources is from the CBS page. Highlight a line item and hovering over the number in the Resource column for that cost item, as shown below.

   

   • As a result, the Resource Summary window appears, where you can select Resource Library to open the Project library

     

Overview – Estimate Resources

	Resource	Description
1	Resource Type	The seven resource categories for organizing your resources.
2	Resource Code	Alphanumeric label to quickly identify resources.
3	Description	Additional label to provide more resource detail.
4	Default Quantity	The quantity the resource will have by default when it is assigned to a cost item.
5	Unit of Measure	The unit the resource is measured by.
6	Utilization Count	The number of units of that resource being used in the project.
7	C E-Unit Cost (Scale 1)	The resource’s rate per unit.
8	Cost Driver	Tells you what drives the cost for that resource when it is assigned to a cost item (cost, quantity, or fixed).
9	Account Code	Code assigned to resources for accounting and benchmarking purposes.

You can add additional estimate resources to the library by selecting the Add estimate resource icon.  

• The Add labor estimate resource screen opens.

  

To add a resource to the correct resource type, make sure you are on the appropriate resource type tab (Labor, Construction Equipment, etc.) before clicking on the Add icon.

Resource Billable Rates

Within the Resource Rates tab, you can import, modify and add billable rates to estimate resources. This is particularly helpful on time and material or cost plus contracts to drive accurate invoicing.

Resource billing rates are also used for Forecast final revenue, as it will rely on the billing rates of the resources on the cost items that are assigned to pay items. These values generate revenue forecast for cost items that are associated to a cost plus or time & material (billing method) pay item.

Create a Labor Resource

Now that you have created a resource, you will add this resource to the Erect Steel – Heavy cost item in your Project.

Add Resource to Job