Summary | Learning Modules

The Accubid Estimating Software - Expanded (2 day) product training offering is designed to afford users already equipped with a sound understanding of the basics of Accubid estimating software, an opportunity to expand on those basic skills by introducing them to more advanced features, functions, and techniques. Class sizes are kept small to ensure a rich and rewarding learning experience.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the training lab, participants will be able to:

• Manage their job schedules
• Create and modify job settings
• Understand advanced database management topics
• Understand and demonstrate advanced takeoff topics and procedures
• Demonstrate an understanding of the functions in the Extension screen
• Accurately allocate costs to multi-level breakdowns
• Understand the functions of the bid closing screens (Direct Labor through to Quoted Material)
• Accurately demonstrate the creation and modification of multiple bid summaries
• Accurately demonstrate the functions of the Bid Breakdown screen
• Understand and demonstrate features to export information from Accubid

Summary | Learning Modules

Module 1 - Managing the Job Schedule

• Modifying Job Schedule screen styles
• Filtering the Job Schedule screen
• Sorting the Job Schedule screen
• The default job
• Working with multiple job directories

Module 2 – Job Settings

• Options - Takeoff tab, file location tab, job schedule tab, extension tab, database tab, security device tab, file location tab
• Automatic recovery file
• Common extension views
• Backup files
• Job screen styles
• Printing job reports
• Report styles

Module 3 – Database

• Managing multiple databases
• Copying databases
• Structure of takeoff libraries
• Relationship of dependencies of takeoff libraries
• Quick update

Module 4 – Advanced Takeoff

• Typicals
• Copying and pasting takeoffs
• Substituting items and assemblies
• Introduction to power substitution
• Merging takeoff through Job and Enhanced merge

Module 5 – Extension

• Re-extending the job
• Labor columns
• Locking values at extension
• Grouping and filtering the extension
• Unit price grouping
• Setting unit price group defaults
• Material adjustment defaults

Module 6 – Multiple Bid Summaries

• Creating multiple bid summaries

Module 7 – Closing a Job

• Direct labor screen
• Incidental labor screen
• Labor Factoring screen
• Labor escalation screen
• Subcontractor
• General expenses
• Quoted materials
• Final Pricing screen
• Price Summary screen

Module 8 – Allocating Costs in Multi-Level Breakdowns

• Allocate costs to multi-level breakdown

Module 9 – Bid Breakdown

• Creating unit prices in the Bid Breakdown screen

Module 10 – Exporting from Accubid

• Exporting to MS Project
• Exporting to MS Excel
• Exporting to Accubid Integrator
• Exporting material database to suppliers
• Exporting to NetPricer link.