OverviewUse the Addition Details screen to enter the following for an addition: Depreciation, Effective Age & Typical Life Local Multiplier, Trend and Base Date This screen displays when you do either of the following on the Additions screen: |
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Select the Construction System under which you want the addition to print in the report.
Enter a description for the addition that prints in the report (up to 30 characters, including spaces).
You can also use this column to enter a comment that prints in the body of the report (if you do not enter a cost in the cost column or units in the units column).
Use the Number of Units field, together with the Cost field, as follows:
To have both the Number of Units and a Unit Cost print in the report, make entries in both fields. Segregated Estimator calculates the addition’s total cost as the Number of Units times the Unit Cost.
Example: For a 200 foot long chain link fence that costs $9.80 per linear foot, enter 200 for the number of units and 9.80 for the unit cost:
Segregated Estimator includes the following in the report:
Units Cost Total
Chain Link Fence 200 9.80 1960
To have only the Total Cost print in the report, enter the Total Cost in the Cost column and leave the Number of Units column blank.
Example: To print only the total cost for the chain link fence in the previous example, enter 980 for the cost and do not enter a Number of units:
Segregated Estimator includes the following in the report:
Units Cost Total
Chain Link Fence 1960
To have the addition print as a comment with no costs, leave both these fields blank.
Example: If you The following illustrates how an addition with no Cost or Number of Units prints in the report:
Units Cost Total
This is a comment
You can depreciate an addition in three different ways:
Section Depreciation: Segregated Estimator automatically depreciates an addition if both of the following occur:
You do not individually depreciate the addition using one of the other methods (entering a depreciation percentage or an age and life).
The addition is in a Construction System that is part of Replacement Cost New.
The depreciation percentage used is the section depreciation percentage set in the Physical and Functional Depreciation portion of the Building Data screen.
Depreciation Percentage: Enter a depreciation percentage to depreciate the addition using this percentage.
Age/Life (Straight Line): Enter an Effective Age and a Typical Life to depreciate the addition using age/life depreciation.
These three options for additions allow you to enter costs from the Marshall Valuation Service as follows:
Local Multiplier: Select this check box to apply the local multiplier to the addition’s cost. The costs in the Marshall Valuation Service are National Average costs. You must apply the Local Multiplier to adjust the cost to the local area.
Trend: Select this check box to trend the addition’s cost from its base date to the report date.
Base Date: Enter the date on the Marshall Valuation Service page containing the cost as the Base Date. When you select the Trend option and set the Base Date, Segregated Estimator adjusts the cost from this date to the report date.
Example: If you add the cost for a raised computer floor taken from a page in the Marshall Valuation Service dated March, 2001, select both the Local Multiplier and Trend check boxes, and set the base date to 03/2001.
Note: If you select the Trend option, but do not enter a Base Date, Segregated Estimator uses the Base Date from the Cost Adjustments screen as the Base Date for the addition.
You can also use the Trend option and Base Date to adjust a cost from another source. Select the Trend option and enter the date of the cost as the Base Date. This is useful in the following cases:
If the cost's date is not the report date.
Example: To include an interior fountain installed in October, 2000, enter the Base date as 10/2000 and select the Trend check box.
If you will be recalculating the estimate at a later date and want the Segregated Estimator to automatically update the addition’s cost.
Example: To include an interior fountain installed in October, 2000, in the estimate, enter the Base date as 10/2000 and select the Trend check box.
The Addition Details screen displays when you add an addition as follows:
Click the Add Addition button on the Additions screen. Segregated Estimator displays the Addition Details screen.
Enter the addition's information on the Addition Details screen. At a minimum, you should enter or select the following:
Construction System: Select the system in which you want the addition printed in the report.
Description: Enter a description of the addition, or a comment if the addition does not have any costs.
Units and Cost: If the addition is not just a comment in the report, enter either the number of units and the unit cost (if you want Segregated Estimator to calculate the total cost), or enter the total cost.
To add another addition, click the Save & Add Another button on the bottom of the Addition Details screen. This saves the information you have entered and remains on the Addition Details screen to add another addition.
When you have added all additions, click the Save & Finish button on the bottom of the Addition Details screen. This saves the information you have entered and return to the Additions screen. Segregated Estimator lists the addition(s) you have entered at the top of this screen.
The Addition Details screen displays when you edit an addition as follows:
On the Additions screen, click the edit link in the "Options" column of the addition you want to edit:
Segregated Estimator displays the Addition Details screen with the information you previously entered for the addition.
Change any of the addition's information necessary on the Addition Details screen.
Click the Update button at the bottom of the Addition Details screen. This saves any changes you have made and returns to the Additions screen.