View Subcontractor Progress
Use InEight Control to view contract details per cost item and track subcontractor progress.
View Contract Details
As a Project Controller managing and communicating the project’s progress at the summary budget level, it can be difficult to gather and roll up the progress details that were captured at the Contract and field entry levels.
With WBS codes assigned to each of your cost items in Control, and also assigned to the appropriate schedule of value items at the contract level, those contract details then automatically roll up by WBS code to their corresponding cost items.
To review contract details in Control, you may want to create a custom data block to display subcontractor-related columns like in the example below:
To learn more about setting up data blocks, watch the following video:
While reviewing cost items in Control, you can view contract details as needed, by right clicking on a cost item and selecting Contract details. This opens a slide out window containing:
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Details of the contract and line items that roll up to that cost item.
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Links to the contract records in case you need to pursue more information.
Track Subcontractor Progress
How is progress calculated in InEight Control? The following diagram illustrates how claimed progress syncs into InEight Control.
Watch the following video to see how claimed work feeds into percent complete calculations:
Configure settings to update % complete from Contract
Follow the steps below to configure the appropriate settings to track subcontractor progress:
Step 1
Go to Project Settings > Control > Project Tracking
Step 2
Toggle on the Update % complete from Contract option.
Step 3
Select the appropriate setting for Calculate percent complete for individual cost items as percentage of
Step 4
In the Workspaces Module of Control, open the Actions menu and select Sync > Get quantities > Job to date
Step 5
The total quantity now updates from Contract.
Access the following content to learn more:
Learn more about how to configure your settings and tracking subcontractor progress:
Track Open/Remaining and Total Committed Costs
Import Actual Values from Excel or CSV
Learn more about how to configure your settings and tracking subcontractor progress: