Schedules & Bills 
Create, Access and Manage your Pricing Documents from One Central Location
A Schedule is one or more pages of measured, priced construction tasks compiled and presented in a clear and concise industry standard format. A Schedule may have one or more Bills, divided into one or more pages, each with Collection totals and item analysis. The Schedule (and in particular the Bill Page) will therefor be where you spend most of your time when pricing work using Fast Estimate.
This section is designed to help you get started in understanding the screens, the processes involved and how to use Fast Estimate to price your work quickly and efficiently
Key Features (some may not apply to Lite)
- Fast Take-off from drawings to Dims sheets
- Split the schedule into one or more bills / trades for pricing
- Create schedule Templates
- Up to 100 Schedule Types for powerful filtering and analysis
- High level data Views for fast, clear Schedule comparison
- Check / adjust your Schedule Resources from one easy screen
- Review your job Requirements by bill and resource type
- Group multiple BOQ's for full analysis
- Apply Overhead & Profit to the Schedule in a number of flexible ways
- Apply Preferred Rates to finalise your tender
- Make bill level final Adjustments on gross item rates (e.g. MCD) or for What-If scenario testing
- Flags and Notes and Links make sure nothing has been left out or remains unexplained
- Maintain key additional schedule information in Schedule Properties
- Powerful Copy functions - from the complete schedule to individual items
- Archive (and unarchive) old schedules
Tips
- Save time by using existing Schedules, BOQs or bills as Templates for new work
- Use the program flags and checks to make sure everything has been thoroughly reviewed.
- Use the Composite Item Library to save time if you find yourself selecting the same set of items many times