How To Price An Item (Labor, Material, or Subcontractor)

Overview
You can price a line item using one or more cost components: labor, material, or subcontractor. There are two ways to do this, depending on how much detail you need.

Before You Begin

• Have the line item you want to price ready in your estimate (for example, Drywall).
  
  

Method 1: On the Estimate

1. On your line item, click the hard hat icon to open the labor cost per unit cell if labor is involved.

2. Click the toolbox icon to open the materials cost per unit cell if materials are involved in this line item.

3. To deselect labor, click the hard hat icon again to close that cell. You can select labor and material together if both apply.

4. If the item is subcontracted, click the truck icon to open the subcontractor cost fields.

5. Within the subcontractor cost fields, select or deselect the material icon and labor icon depending on what is being subcontracted. For example, to subcontract labor only, deselect the material icon and leave the labor icon selected. To subcontract material only, select the material icon and deselect the labor icon. To subcontract both, leave both selected.

Method 2: Unit Pricing Tab

1. Click the cube icon on the item to open Unit Pricing.

2. In Unit Pricing, review or enter the more detailed materials options and labor options for the item.

Both methods let you price the same item, so use whichever gives you the level of detail you need while keeping your pricing consistent.

Why This Matters

• Lets you price an item quickly on the estimate itself, or go into more detail through Unit Pricing when you need it.

Summary

You price a line item by selecting the labor, material, and/or subcontractor icons on the item to open their respective cost fields, or by clicking the cube icon to enter the same details in more depth through Unit Pricing.