Webinar Recordings

May 31, 2023 – Updated Budget Worksheet – in this webinar, geared toward established clients, we will discuss the elimination of the Will Start Soon status for all new projects in Bidding or Pending Status. The Budget Worksheet found under Commitments>Budget Worksheet will now be where we Award Subs, Terminate Subs, create internal change orders/budget adjustments, and forecasting.

July 15, 2022 – Change Orders

July 1, 2022 – Job Cost Statement/WIP Report

June 17, 2022 – Product Update: Submittals

June 3, 2022 – Accountant Training

May 20, 2022 – Owner Billing

May 6, 2022 – Purchase Orders & Expenses

April 22, 2022 – Bidding Part 2 (Through Setting to Pending)

April 8, 2022 – Bidding Part 1 (Through sending Bid Invitations & Bid Responses page)

March 25, 2022 – Submittals, Meetings, & RFI’s

March 11, 2022 – Setting Construction Budget & Subcontracts

February 25, 2022 – Scheduling

February 11, 2022 – Creating a Revision/Accepting Alternates, Units, Phases/Owner Contract

January 28, 2022 – Pending Change Orders/Owner Change Orders/Sub Only CO/Terminate Subs/Internal CO’s

January 14, 2022 – Job Cost Statement/WIP Report

December 3, 2021 – Job Cost Statement

November 5, 2021 – Updates to Bid Invitations & Bid Invitation Email

June 25th – Scheduling
Schedule Templates
Building a Project Schedule
Adding as Template/Creating Baseline Schedule
Printing the Schedule
Work Days/Non-Working Days
Schedule/Daily Log Integration

June 18, 2021 – Sub SOV & Bill Approval

May 21, 2021 – Submittals

How can I view and approve an Owner Bill?

Learn how to view and sign an Owner’s Pay Application which requires both the Architect and Owner’s signatures.

From the main dashboard select Billing > Select the Project Name.

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Select Project

Click View/Sign

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Approve/Print

Click the Approve button > I Agree to electronically sign the bill and return to the General Contractor. Click Print button to open PDF for print/download.

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How do I send Submittals to the Approval contact for review and final approval of the Submittals?

  1. Click ellipses on Approver line and Send Approval Request
  2. By clicking Save and Submit at the bottom of the submittal form (the system will know who is next to be notified in the chain by which documents are attached, the review status and returned dates).

Approvers will receive an E-mail with a Click Here link

This will open the Magic Link for Approvers to view the submittal documents, attach their own files, add comments, select their Approval Status and Submit to GC.

Why Create A Potential Change Order (PCO) Before A Change Order

With Potential Change Order (PCO) you can create an “wish list” of items that can be pulled into the project via a change order. The process is started with a PCO because when a change order is created, all change orders have to be APPROVED in order since they affect the contract amount. Therefore, by starting with a PCO, the pricing is presented to the Owner, the Owner can approve / reject each item proposed in the PCO and the approved items can be pulled into a change order with one click. By having the PCO approved first, the change order process is not held up because you already have approval.

How to create an internal change order?

Use internal change orders to forecast budgets by adding or subtracting from individual cost codes based on actual expenditures and future predictions or move money from one cost code to another. (This will change Profit but not contract amount)

Changes Change Orders 

Global Dashboard CO-3

Internal CO Tasks > Create Internal CO

GD Create ICO

Add or subtract to any item you need to adjust and add an explanation to create an audit trail.

Click Save and click Return to Change Order List.

ICO screen 1

To view affect on overhead and profit, print the budget report. Click on Reports > under the Accounting column > Budgets, click on Budget Report. Below is an example.

Budget report

How to add a cost code not in the original bid through an internal change order.

Changes > Change Orders

Global Dashboard CO-3

Internal CO Tasks > Create Internal CO

GD Create ICO

Click on Add Item Cost.

Add Item Cost

Scroll the list on the left, click on the cost cod you want to add to the project. Click the >> to move it to the Items Being Added column and click Save Cost Items.

Add Cost Item Screen 1

Price the new bid item ($ will pull from overhead and profit) and click Save.

Price New Bid Items

An email screen opens to notify the Accountant of the added cost item. You can click to Send Accountant Notification or to Do Not Send.

Add new cost item email notification

Your message was sent. Go to Award Subs to assign any .S cost codes to the appropriate Subcontractor. Click Return to Change Orders.

Message sent return to co

How to add a duplicate cost code to a project.

Changes > Change Orders 

Global Dashboard CO-3

Internal CO Tasks Create Internal CO

GD Create ICO

Click on Add Item Cost.

Add Item Cost

Click Add Duplicate Cost Item.

Add duplicate Cost Item 1

Select the item to duplicate.

select item to duplicate

Type in the New Duplicate Name and click Save.

New duplicate name

Click Save Cost Items.

save cost item

Price the new bid item ($ will pull from overhead and profit) and click Save.

Price New Bid Items 1

An email screen opens to notify the Accountant of the added cost item. You can click to Send Accountant Notification or to Do Not Send.

Add new cost item email notification

Your message was sent. Go to Award Subs to assign any .S cost codes to the appropriate Subcontractor. Click Return to Change Orders.

Message sent return to co

How do I terminate a Subcontractor?

From the Global Dashboard, on the left side menu, click on Changes Change Orders.

Global Dashboard CO

Select one of the recently viewed projects to open or click the HERE link to go to projects list page and select a project there.

Recent Jobs window

Sub CO Tasks > Terminate Sub with Contract

Terminate Sub w subcontract

Select Sub from Drop Down List

Select Sub to terminate

Enter change amount. This is a negative number (current contract amount less what you will pay them in total)

Click on the blue Terminate checked bid items for the name of the Subcontractor button. Click OK.

Terminate Screen

Approve change order to complete termination.

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Check appropriate box > Sub CO Tasks > Sign Checked Sub Change order

Check box to notify subcontractor > I agree > OK > Close Window

After the change order has been completed, you can do one or both of the following:

  • Obtain Subcontractor pricing for completion of the scope of work through a Subcontractor RFP.
  • Award the new Subcontractor a subcontract and complete the Subcontract process.