Quantity Takeoff
After quantifying scope items in Bluebeam, you can use the Quantity Item Sources, Quantity Item, and the Quantity Item Employments registers in the Estimate Quantity Takeoff section to manage the data.
The Bluebeam integration and the ability to configure cost item filters in Estimate gives you the ability to configure your estimate in a quick and efficient way. Previously, importing take-off data from Bluebeam required an extensive manual process.
The take-off data in both Bluebeam and Estimate was not readily available to reference in the estimating process. Now, data in the Quantity Takeoff section is saved and is available as the source of the scope of work during the estimate process of the project.
Quantity Item Sources
In the Quantity Item Register , you can select Bluebeam as your source, and then select your Bluebeam source file. On the Map Columns tab, you can configure column mappings to align Bluebeam with Estimate to import take-off data.
Quantity Items
The Quantity Items Register shows you the list of quantity items imported from the Bluebeam source file that you can apply to cost items.
Quantity Item Register Columns
The Quantity Item Register columns provide quantity item details brought over from Bluebeam’s take-off data, including crucial information to assure that your estimate is accurate and up-to-date. Information brought over includes Page Label, Data Source, Reference Number, Quantity Item Author, Last Updated, Last Updated By.
Quantity Items tab
You can filter the items you want to apply to cost items in the Quantity Items tab. Click the Include Quantity Items button to set up filters. For example, you can configure a filter in the Install 8” PVC Water Main DR18 cost item to bring in items that contain Water Main, PVC, 8” in the description.
View the aggregate total of the cost item quantity. In the image below, in the Install 8” PVC Water Main DR18 cost item, you can see the total of 918.20 ft, and you can also see all the markup items that make up the total.
You can import additional cost items to your estimate from another job folder using the Bid Wizard’s current functionality. The import automatically employs the same filter configuration used in your Bluebeam source job and automatically spreads quantity items to cost items using the same criteria. You can scale the pre-efined cost items and include the subordinate items and their applicable ratios.
Quantity Item Employment
The Quantity Item Employment Register shows you the list of quantity items, the CBS position code location of the quantity item’s employment, and several other columns to that provide details from the Bluebeam take-off data, which are similar to the Quantity Item Register columns.
Estimators can view the cost and man-hours per individual mark up item, which lets them further break down the estimate. For example, you can see the estimates total cost by page, by the estimator performing the takeoff, or by phase or area of the job to the extent that information was captured as part of the takeoff.
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