Effective estimating requires practitioners to work with the hierarchical format structures associated with CSI coding systems. Rolling-up and/or drilling-down into the details of an estimate are critical steps associated with art of estimating (i.e. rolling-up the associated costs of B1010, B1020, and B1080 into B10 and then into B), but is also a tiresome and error prone endeavor.
Assemble provides proprietary grouping functionality that streamlines the data manipulation task and eliminates the errors caused by manual processes. With Assemble, estimators can create hierarchical cost breakdowns on projects in approximately 30 seconds versus the hours it takes to do the same task manually.
There is no doubt that estimators who focus on the details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture are at an advantage relative to their peers. Assemble can enable workflows to support that advantage in just a few easy steps as illustrated below.
How to Accomplish an Estimation Roll-Up by CSI Code Level using Assemble:
- Condition the published model with your custom or standard CSI codes.
- Apply an automated estimate to your conditioned model in Assemble.
- Using the “Group by” feature in Assemble you can now create any custom grouping you require (e.g., by CSI code) as shown below. Assemble will allow you to save these groupings for use across all of your projects in Assemble.
- Congratulations! You now have an estimate that is rolled up by the different levels of the CSI code hierarchy that you can share out to other project stakeholders.
With an estimate broken down by CSI coding system hierarchies, and by taking advantage of other Assemble features, users can quickly and easily accomplish value-added BIM workflows like:
- Tracking line item costs in real-time;
- Creating production trend reports; and
- Producing earned value analyses.
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