Measurement

• Wizard to set up new projects.
• Descriptions built from library phraseologies.
• Estimate or Bill items may be generated automatically from CAD data or other schedule data such as spreadsheets using the INTERFACE Module.
• Import bills of quantities from other systems.
• Dimensions and quantities can be directly obtained via a digitiser tablet, CAD model, or any other image.
• Import dimensions from spreadsheets.
• Items may be entered via the measurement screen or by using the Quick Item Entry facility that allows rapid entry and/or amendment of items and dimensions.
• Rogue items easily created at all levels, and can be stored on project or standard libraries.
• Copy items selectively from previous projects, whole or in part, and also from standard bills.
• Context sensitive display of Measurement Rules on screen.
• View or print dimensions selectively in user defined sequence.
• Streamlined dimension input routines for data capture including global and local side casts (or user may enter quantities manually).
• Automatic weighting of steel and reinforcement.
• Cut & Fill including varying formation levels and Earthworks Calculations.
• Room data sheets for automatically calculating floor, wall and ceiling areas together with the skirting length.
• Simpson's and Prismoidal (Trapezoidal) rules for calculating areas and volumes.
• Time saving features to locate and reuse descriptions and dimensions.
• Records carry user initials, date stamp and audit trail with two level security for editing.
• Various options for sign posts and data labels.
• Question lists and drawing registers.
• Preliminaries, preambles and specification clauses.
• More than one method of measurement may be used within one project e.g. CESMM3 and SMM7.

Editing

• On screen editing of headings, descriptions and quantities.
• Point and click to resequence rogue descriptions.
• Spellchecker for easy correction of spelling errors.

Documentation

• User defined layout of bill pages.
• Alternative bills by Part Group, Part, Sub Part, Element, Trade, Sub Contract, Work Breakdown or Location Breakdown.
• Draft or final bills.
• Electronic output to Word and Excel and also as a pdf file.

Pricing

• Estimated and tendered rates.
• PC and Provisional Sums.
• Full CITE accreditation for electronic tendering and rate import.
• Electronic tendering using Excel.
• Priced bills and documentation.
• Tender appraisal including arithmetic check, comparisons and sensitivity analysis.
• Payment classification, multiple client splits.
• Cost statistics.
• Elemental analysis.

Term Contracts

• Work orders from schedule of rates (with or without quantities).
• Option of banded rates.
• Flexible work order layout.
• Stores multiple sets of rates.
• Permits appointment of multiple contractors and advises the most cost effective award for each work order.
• Powerful selection and filter process.
• Electronic transfer.
• Percentage uplifts.

Non-standard reporting

• User requested and defined reports through a simple report generator.
• High quality reports are also available from the built-in REPORTER facility with complex content and format direct from the RIPAC database. This methodology allows for graphics, colour and inclusion of images.
• Excel Reports to match existing user or client reports.

RIPAC libraries

PLEASE NOTE: The licencing of the Estimating and Cost Planning module, and the Pre Contact module provides for interchangeability. For example a 3 user licence purchased for EACH, actually provides a 6 user licence in any combination up to 6 concurrent users.

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