Moving Material Unit Costs

NOTE-- We retired the MacNail estimating program in 2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal construction estimating software. There are still a significant number of die-hard MacNail users, so we keep the manuals online for them! Goldenseal is an integrated program that also includes accounting, scheduling and contract writing. It uses a system of construction unit costs that is similar to the original MacNail program-- but much easier to use!

Once you've updated your material unit prices, use the Move Prices command to install them in any or all of your estimating worksheets, or in the Price Master.

See pages 95-97 for step-by-step instructions on the movement of unit prices from the Material Cost sheet to a Price Master, and from a Price Master to all of your estimators in the MacNail construction estimating software.

If you don't use a Price Master, or if you are in a hurry to update unit prices in an estimate or estimator, you can also use the Move Prices command to move the latest material unit prices directly from the Material Cost sheet to one or more estimating worksheets.