Add a fitting to a steel item

There are three ways to apply fittings to a steel item. They are:

§               Add fittings manually, on the Estimate - Take Off or BOQ form.

§               Add fittings automatically, by way of a labour usage.

§               Add fittings as a percentage on the Estimate - Details form.

These options are described in more detail in the following sections.

To apply a fitting to a steel item manually

To apply a Fitting to a steel item using this method, the Apply Fittings field on the Estimate - Details form must be set to Yes.

Use the following instructions to add a Fitting to a steel item:

1.            On the Estimate - Take Off or BOQ form (depending on the setting for the Estimate Type on the Estimate - Details form), expand a subsection.

2.            Expand a steel item line.

3.            Click the Fittings line.

4.            Click the Add Fitting button (in the bottom right corner of the form).
The Estimate Steel Item Fitting- Fitting Item form is displayed.

5.            Select a Fitting from the drop-down list, give it a name, and specify a quantity. The name will be automatically populated upon selection of an appropriate Fitting.

The Fittings that will be available for selection will be specific to the steel item.

6.            The quantity you are adding is per quantity of the main steel item. So if for example you have 4 beams, to which you want to add 2 end plates to each, you would enter 2. When you click Save, STRUMIS will multiply the quantities accordingly.

7.            Click Save.
The fitting is added to the steel item line. The check box in the Fittings column on the Estimate - Take Off or BOQ form is selected to show that fittings have been applied to this item.

To apply a fitting to a steel item using a labour usage

When you define a labour usage, you can specify the fittings that are required for a steel item. When you then add that steel item to an estimate, and apply a labour usage to it, the associated fittings are automatically added to the estimate.

To apply a labour usage to a steel item, you must set the Apply Labour Usages field to Yes on the Estimate - Details form.

To apply a fitting to a steel item, you must set the Apply Fittings field to Yes on the Estimate - Details form.

See About labour usage and Labour Usage Fittings.

To apply fittings to a steel item as a percentage

If you do not need to account for Fittings in detail, you can use this method to add Fittings to your Estimate in more general way. You can specify the weight of the Fitting as a percentage of the parent bar, the price of the material required, the number of hours that it will take to apply Fittings and the cost of the Labour.

To begin with, on the Estimate - Details form, set the Apply Fittings fields to Use Percentages. On the Enquiries & Estimating Options form you can also set up default values on the settings menu.
Set up default values that are used by every estimate. The values can be edited on an estimate-by-estimate basis.

You can now estimate the cost of Fittings in the following places:

§               On the Estimate - Details form.
When you specify values here, they are applied to all of the steel item lines that you add to a Take-Off or BOQ Subsection.

§               On the Labour Usage - Fitting Percentages form.
When you define a labour usage, you can specify Fitting percentage values for a steel item. When you then add that steel item to an Estimate, and apply the Labour Usage to it, the associated Fitting values are automatically added to the Estimate.
See Labour Usage Fitting Percentages.

§               On the Estimate Steel Item - Fittings Percentages form.
To access this form, double-click a steel item in the Take-Off or BOQ grid. You can then amend the Fitting information specifically for the steel item.

On each of these forms,all the following fields are available. The only exception being the Fabrication Rate Per Hour field which does not appear on the Estimate Steel Item- Fitting Percentages form.

When you click the Calculate button in an Estimate, the following calculations are used to establish the Fitting percentages:

Fitting Weight = (Fittings Weight % / 100) x Member Weight

Fitting Value = Fitting Weight x Rate Per (<weight unit>)

Fitting Labour Hours = Fitting Weight x Hours Per (<weight unit>)

Fitting Labour Value = Fitting Labour Hours x Fabrication Rate Per Hour

They are included on the Estimate report. You can also view them in the Take Off or BOQ grid when you select a Subsection (you need to select the fixings options on the Show/Hide Columns form).