LiberRATE Estimating It thinks like you do

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LiberRATE Estimating It thinks like you do!
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LiberRATE Estimating

• So what is LiberRATE ?
• LiberRATE is a cost estimating system that is
  very easy to use you can be up and running in
  less than ninety minutes!
• LiberRATE will help you control costs and make
  more profit!

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LiberRATE Estimating

• LiberRATE is specifically designed for Minor
  Works projects -
• Construction and all Sub-Trades
• External works and Landscaping
• Shop and Office Fitting, etc.
• In fact, any trades where Materials, Labour,
  Plant and Sub-Contractors are the chief Resource
  Components!

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LiberRATE Estimating

• With LiberRATE you create a Job and control all
  of your Resource costs, Labour hours and Profits
  from a single easy to use screen
• You can duplicate any Job and use this to submit
  variations on a tender

• Tendering for any Job has the same basic
  principles

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Tender submitted!
Total Price of Job calculated
Margin added per Item
Costs calculated by quantity of Item
Plant
Materials
Labour
Sub-Contractors
Build up a Job by adding Resource Items
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LiberRATE Estimating

• With LiberRATE youll see that once youve built
  up a cost estimate for a Job, you will never have
  to build it up again.
• Jobs can be saved in aLIBRARY until you need
  them saving you hours of work!

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LiberRATE Estimating

• And with LiberRATE youll be able to print out
  professional reports such as quotes, Bill of
  Quantities, collated Materials, Labour required,
  and many, many more!
• These reports can also be exported electronically
  to a spreadsheet, another database or a Project
  Management package!

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LiberRATE Estimating

• LiberRATE has two main screens -
• The Job Screen
• The Items Screen

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The Job Screen

• This is where you create and manage Jobs here
  you set mark-ups and review overall costs
• Lets look at an example of a typical Job Screen

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Job Screen
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Job Description and Details
Start by naming the job and, if required,
indicating approximate start and end dates of the
project. Comments can be also added such as
client name and any other important details.
Job Screen
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Set Default Mark-Ups for your resources
Materials, Labour, Plant and Sub-Contractors. Thes
e defaults are used to give an overall mark-up
but can be overridden by a particular resource
item that youve specified.
Resource Mark-Ups
Job Screen
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The Default Labour Rate allows you to set a
minimum rate for labour. However specialist tasks
can be added to the job using different rates as
required. Working Hours per Day can be specified
to take into account summer or winter working, or
perhaps difficult conditions.
Default Labour Rate and Working Hours per Day
Job Screen
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Cost Totals for Resources
Resource costs are broken down into Materials,
Labour, Plant and Sub-Contractors. Profit is
shown for each resource and gives total for items
using the Default Mark-Up and those using a
different mark-up specific to those particular
items.
Job Screen
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Provisional Sums in Job
Job Screen
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Total Man-Days are calculated from the total of
all the tasks in the job against the Default
Working Hours per Day.
Total Man-Days for Job
Job Screen
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Cost Total for Job
Job Screen
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PROFIT for Job !
Job Screen
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The Items Screen

• The Items screen is where you build up the list
  of tasks and their costs that make up a Job, in
  order to calculate the Bill of Quantities.

• You can create new Items or you can easily bring
  in Items from your Library.

• Each Item Screen has 5 components as follows

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Items Screen Components

• Item Description and Quantity

• Materials

• Labour

• Plant

• Sub-Contractors

- Lets look at these screens in more detail
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Items Screen Components

• Item Description and Quantity

• Materials

• Labour

• Plant

• Sub-Contractors

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Resource Cost Totals for Item
Item Description
Jobs are built up from lists of such Items
Quantity, Cost, Man-Days
Item Resources or Components
Items Screen
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Items Screen Components

• Item Description and Quantity

• Materials

• Labour

• Plant

• Sub-Contractors

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Materials required for this Item
Total Materials Cost shown in Resource Totals
Cost per unit Material
Quantities and Units of Materials for this Item
Cost of Materials for this Item
Including waste if required
Items Screen
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Items Screen Components

• Item Description and Quantity

• Materials

• Labour

• Plant

• Sub-Contractors

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Total Labour Cost shown in Resource Totals
Costs of Labour for this Item
Quantity and Rates of labour for Item
Labour required for Item
Items Screen
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Note this Labour Task is using a LIBRARY Rate
Note this Labour Task is using the DEFAULT Rate
from the Job screen
Items Screen
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Items Screen Components

• Item Description and Quantity

• Materials

• Labour

• Plant

• Sub-Contractors

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For Plant and Sub-Contractors, the screens are of
exactly the same format and have the same
functions as those for Materials and Labour
Items Screen
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Adding Items from a Library

• Weve seen the basic build up for a single Item
  on the Items screen
• Now youll see how if youve built up something
  once, you will never have to build it up again
• Here we will add an Item thats already in the
  Library

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Return to the Job or open a new one
Items Screen
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Add new Item to Job by Selecting from Library
Items Screen
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Selected Category appears
Select Category from List
Select from Library Screen
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You then have a series of options to determine
how this Task is added to the Job
Select from Library Screen
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Enter the final quantity for the item. Note that
the original quantity was for 39.9m² - the new
quantity is for 53m²
Select from Library Screen
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Item added to list.
Quantity and Costs are adjusted to new value
for ALL Resources I.e. Materials, Labour, Plant
and Sub-Contractors - used in this Item.
Items Screen
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Adding Items from a Library

• Instantly you have the correctly resourced Item
  brought into your schedule!
• In addition to the Items Library there are four
  Resource Libraries
• Materials
• Labour
• Plant
• Sub-Contractor

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The Resource Libraries

• Resource Libraries can be created manually or
  imported electronically
• The next screen shows you a typical view of the
  Materials library

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To find quickly search using a hotkey type the
first few letters of a required Resource for
example BRI - and the LiberRATE search engine
will bring up a list of Resources that match
Resource Library Screen
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Supplier discounts can be applied to rates in the
resource library
A waste factor (to allow for breakage etc.) can
be also applied if required
Changing rates in libraries will not
automatically update your Job unless you want
to! Choose only the Jobs you want to update
Resource Library Screen
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Pack size for Materials can be stored in the
Library for calculation of FULL packs required by
your Job. LiberRATE will advise you on allowances
to make so that you quote for, and order, the
correct number of packs.
Resource Library Screen
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A date is created against each resource added to
the Resource Library. Also the Last Modified
date will enable you to see when you updated the
cost.
Resource Library Screen
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Import electronic supplier lists - new import
will not overwrite discounts so you can update
each year electronically.
Update the cost of selected resources by a
chosen by you.
Export to an Excel file for updating and
re-importing.
Resource Library Screen
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More Features of the LiberRATE System

• There are numerous features of LiberRATE which
  will make your estimating time much more
  productive and efficient.
• Very briefly these are some of the other features
  in the system..

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Multi-user functionality

• Your Jobs and Library databases will have
  multi-user capability
• If you are on a network your entire team or
  organisation will be able to use the same Library
  and Jobs database

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Frequency Based Estimating

• Ideal for Frequency based or repeated Tasks such
  as building management and maintenance, grounds
  and landscape management, facilities management,
  road and railway maintenance, etc
• Calculate costs for one occasion then add
  Frequency per week, month, annum or any other
  period
• LiberRATE will produce Frequency based estimating
  and procurement information for the Tasks

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Frequency function allows for any number of
repeats of this Task
And calculates TOTAL cost for ALL occasions
Costs calculated per occasion
Items Screen
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Bill of Quantities Import

• Import Bill of Quantities electronically
• Export in same format
• Saves hours of re-typing!

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Security

• Login only approved user(s)
• User can only access Jobs designated
  appropriate to their level - set who can see a
  particular job
• Set which users can administrate the Libraries

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Take Off Pads to calculate and store your
measurements

• Take Off pads record your measurements or
  calculation for future reference.
• No limit in the amount of Take Off pads you can
  use in any Task.
• Take Off pads against each Material resource
• Take Off pads as above against each Plant
  resource

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LiberRATE EstimatingIt thinks like you do!

• For more information or to order your
• 45 day free trial copy
• Please visit our website
• www.landpro.co.uk
• Or telephone
• 01252 725513

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