Breaking Out a Category Cost From the Subcontractor Matrix Budget

From time to time, you may want to "breakout" a category cost from a phase budget, so you can enter bids separately for the category cost you've broken out. For example, you might want the subcontractors that are bidding a phase, to give you a bid for labor separately from material.

 

If you would like to breakout a category cost from the subcontractor matrix budget, right mouse click in category column for the phase whose category you wish to "breakout". 

After "breaking out" the category cost, a new row will be added to the matrix, with the budgeted dollar value for that category. Next, you can begin entering bids for the phase cost category that was broken out.

You can also breakout a cost category from a phase budget on the Summary Sheet. To "breakout" a cost category for a phase on the Summary Sheet, right mouse click in any cell on the phase description row. Select "breakout" and then select the category you wish to breakout.

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