How to read it
- Open an item with Open free or a pass, and find the table headed Detail of cost for, with the quantity the book works out, like 10.00 sqm for 13.1.1.
- Read it from the top. The grey bands, like MATERIAL and LABOUR, group the lines.
- Each line has its Code, Description, Unit, Quantity, Rate and Amount.
- The last row, Total, adds up all the amounts.
Things to know
- The amounts are for the quantity the book works out, 10 sqm for 13.1.1. The last lines of Additional charges divide the cost down to 1 sqm. Additional charges
- The page shows the book's own amounts until you change something. Then the amounts are worked out again, and a Book prints column appears with the book's figure beside every line that changed.
- You can type in the Quantity and the Rate boxes, and a box turns yellow once you change it.
- A line built from another item has an arrow, and its rate is shown and cannot be typed. Follow a line to its item
- Where the book prints only an amount and no working, the amount itself is the box you type in, and the line says so.
- Lines in small italic letters are the book's own notes, and they carry no figure.
How it is worked out
Each line is worked out as quantity times rate, to the paisa, and the Total is the sum of the amounts:
For 13.1.1, worked out for 10 sqm:
| Code | Line | Working | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | Cement mortar 1:4 | 0.144 cum x 3,708.80 | 534.07 |
| 0155 | Mason (average) | 0.67 day x 857.00 | 574.19 |
| 0115 | Coolie | 0.75 day x 736.00 | 552.00 |
| 0101 | Bhisti | 0.92 day x 816.00 | 750.72 |
| 9999 | Scaffolding and sundries | 12.61 L.S. x 2.27 | 28.62 |
| Total | 2,439.60 |
This Total is the first figure of Additional charges.
If you see this message
Enter your rate in any yellow box at the top right of the table
Type a new quantity or rate in a box, the box turns yellow, and the item is worked out again. Press Put everything back to the book to undo.
the book states this amount and prints no working beside a line
The book gives only the amount for this line, so there is no quantity or rate to change. You can change the amount itself.
which the book restates here and does not add again beside a line
The book repeats a figure it already added. It is shown for you to read and is not counted twice.
Swipe the table sideways for the quantity, rate and amount columns. on a phone, under the table
The table is wider than the screen. Slide it to the left to see the last columns.
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