Equipment Burdens

Equipment burdens are additional costs that are associated with equipment , such as maintenance, or fuel costs. These burdens may be automatically calculated as a percent of a base cost, or as an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly dollar amount.

Use the following steps to configure equipment burdens in any of the following locations:

  • In the Equipment Rate Class Wizard, you may configure the default equipment burdens for the rate class you are creating.
  • In the Options dialog, you may configure the default equipment burdens for an existing rate class on the Cost Components, Equipment, General page.
  • You may configure the burdens associated with a specific equipment record on the Equipment Detail tab in Resources.
  • You may configure the burdens associated with a specific equipment component on the Estimate Detail tab in an estimate.

Set a fuel consumption rate

  1. Type a value in the Fuel Consumption field.

  2. Select either HR or DY in the Units Per combo box.

  3. Select a fuel type from the Fuel Type combo box.  You may also type in a new fuel type.

Add an equipment burden

  1. Select Add.
  2. Choose the burdens you want to add. To create new burdens on the fly, select New.
  3. Select OK.

Configure an equipment burden

Configure your equipment burdens as follows:

FieldDescription
Description The equipment burden's description, such as "Maintenance" or "Taxes and Titles"
Category A way of organizing a long list of burdens.
Add As The calculation method for the burden.

Possible choices

  • % of Base — A burden using this setting will automatically calculate as a percentage of an equipment record's base cost.
  • $ per HR — With this setting, you will enter a dollar value to represent the burden amount per hour.
  • $ per DY — With this setting, you will enter a dollar value to represent the burden amount per day.
  • $ per WK — With this setting, you will enter a dollar value to represent the burden amount per week.
  • $ per MO — With this setting, you will enter a dollar value to represent the burden amount per month.
Value A dollar amount or a percent, depending on your choice in the Add As column.

Remove an equipment burden

  1. Select the record selector for the burden you want to remove.

  2. Select Remove.

  3. Select OK to verify the removal.