Estimating Organization

NOTE--We retired MacNail back in 2000, and replaced it with the Goldenseal project estimating software. There are still many die-hard MacNail users, so we keep the manuals online for them! Goldenseal is a complete small-business software package that includes estimating, accounting, job costing and project management features. Each line item in a Goldenseal Estimate contains data that is similar to the Specifications portion of a MacNail estimate.

Project Specifications Data

Each item line in the Specifications list of the MacNail construction estimating software includes the following items:

* Column A--a brief description of the item.
* Column B--the size of one unit. LF stands for lineal feet, and SF stands for square feet.
* Column C--the suggested number of units to be used for this item. It is calculated from the numbers that have been entered in the Dimensions portion of the worksheet.
* Columns D--the actual number of units to be used for this item. For example, 52 lineal feet of 2x6 sill will be included in the bid shown here. Items that will not be included in the bid will have a 0 (zero) in this column.
* Columns E, F and G--the calculated labor, material, and subcontractor prices for this item, based on the unit prices entered in the worksheet and the number of units actually used.
* Columns H, I and J--the unit prices for this item. Column H is the number of skilled person-hours per unit (using the same unit size as is listed in Column B). Column I is the number of unskilled person-hours per unit, and Column J is the dollar cost of materials, per unit.

NOTE: If you can't see these columns, then you have the unit prices hidden. Choose *Reset Unit Price Display from the FORMAT menu to show them.

* Column K--a code number for this item. This number helps MacNail to identify this item when creating schedules, and when working with the customizing and database portion of MacNail.