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Conversion of labor and equipment units

Sage Estimating (SQL) has the ability to convert the labor and equipment order quantities in the spreadsheet from one unit to another. The conversion occurs automatically when you change the unit in the Quantity or Price column for labor or equipment. After determining the new price per unit, Sage Estimating (SQL) recalculates the productivity and quantity for labor and equipment.

Example

Example: Suppose you want to change the labor unit from hour to day.

Assuming there are 8 hours in a standard working day, Sage Estimating (SQL) recalculates the labor columns as shown below.

Converting the labor unit from hour to day
	Takeoff Quantity	Labor Price	Labor Productivity	Labor Quantity
Before	150 units	20.00 / hr	0.500 units / hr	300.00 hr
After	150 units	160.00 / day	4.000 units / day	37.50 day

Two things are required for this to happen:

You must specify the standard working hours per day, week, and month on the Miscellaneous tab of the Database/Estimate Settings window.
The items must have a time-based order unit (Hour, Person Hour, Crew hour, Day, Person Day, Crew day, Week, Person Week, Crew week, Month, Person Month, Crew month).

Note: You must have a license to use Crews.