Adding a Charge - Additional Charge

The Additional Charge is a great way to add allowances such as Access, Additional Labour Costs or a basic Lump Sum Costing. Let's take a look at how to create an Additional Charge.

The first lot of fields to fill out are;

Division – Select the Division within your Company that best applies to this Charge. If you only have one just select that one.

Charge Category – Select from the list of different Charge Categories on which one best applies to this individual Charge.

Environment – Select from the list on which type of Environment best applies to this Charge.

Sub-Location 1 – Create or assign this charge an existing Sub-Location 1. This Charge will then appear under that Sub-Location Header on the Charges Page.

Description – This is the unique name for this Charge so that you can quickly and easily identify the Charge in the Charges Table.

Next, let's look at the types of Cost Calculations you can select from;

Calculate Cost – Here you can select from a list of Labour Types that you've created within your Company and select whether it's at EBA or NON-EBA Rates, this will cause the Rate to automatically be populated but it can also be adjusted manually. Next you assign how many Hours are required for this particular Charge and if you want to include any Markup (in percentage). The system will now calculate the costs for you.

Lump Sum Cost – Here you can create a Charge with just a Lump Sum Costing and no other details to the BOQ. You can either create the Costings from either the Cost (what it will cost your Company) or from the the Charge (what you're going to charge the Client).

Supplier Product Cost – This type of Charge is primarily used for Equipment Hire or items otherwise required to hire from a Supplier. Here you can select from a range of Suppliers and their Products, enter in the required hire time (in Days or Weeks) and add it as a BOQ within your Project.