QSPro for WINDOWS

User Introduction Guide

1. Creating an Estimate or Bill Go to programs and start QSPro through windows. Then click YES to the opening screen. Select Create a new bill button at the opening screen. Then click Open

OR File New Type in the file name for your new Bill and click Save.

You can relocate the file from the default location by using the Browse Folder dropdown arrow. Any work entered will automatically be saved as entered. The screen should change to

The screen is split, the top half will be the layout of the Bill pages and the lower part is for the measurement of items using the SMM7 or CESMM3 format of levels. If the screen does not look like above picture, then go to View / Lower Grid / Library and select SMM7 or CESMM3
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To enter an item Select the First level and other lower levels Select D Ground Work This folder takes you back to Level 1 items This folder up one level This folder down one level

Select D20 Excavating and Filling Then excavating / Trench / > 0.3m - see how these are then transferred into the top window. Finally select depth < 1.0 m You have entered items down to level 5 - see window above. The unit of measure is now denoting m3 You can now navigate up and down the folders to insert other Groundwork items.

ENTERING DIMENSIONS

Double click the Quantity cell The Dimension Editor box should appear

Times In this needs to be 1 as a standard or multiplications (see below)

Use A for length / B for Width / C for Depth

Times In is as it states BUT remember 10/2 would equal 5 and 10*2 would equal 20
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Click the folder to move up one level Select Top soil for preservation Select average 200 deep

Notice how the top soil item has been inserted into the Bill in the top grid in SMM7 order. Click once in the quantity cell and enter 120 and press Enter. You have now entered two items. Continue with entering a description for facing brickwork. DIMENSION PAPER LAYOUT You can enter dims using the traditional layout of dimension paper Click to change the page view when entering dims. Remember to change back to spreadsheet view when Anding On

Sidecasts/Waste calculations Waste calculations/Sidecasts can be entered by clicking the sidecast button on the toolbar or Bill menu / Tools / Sidecast.

The left grid show the sidecast name (default is New Calc) and the total value. The total is the sum of the calculations shown in the right grid. Type a name for the new calculation, for example Building Ext perim. To delete the word New Calc move to the right of this and press back space. Then move to the right grid and enter dims.
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Noting the mathematical symbols as used in a spreadsheet. To enter a new calculation type the calculation name in the row with the asterisk. When you press Enter, the calculation grid will be displayed and you can enter the corresponding calculations.

Anding-on from Sidecasts Double click the unit quantity cell in the bill, then double click the and on button from the toolbar. You may wish to change the view to that in the second picture below.

Choose the sidecast you want to and-on by clicking its name and the column in the dimension editor that you want to and-on to such as Centreline Facings. Then click the And On button. The dims are now entered into the takeoff dim sheet under column A or the first dim being booked (centre line). Press the close button on the And on box and then enter the height of the bwk to HDPC level say 0.9. Selecting the link check box will allow the calculation to be updated if the sidecast measurement changes. To do this, press the update button on the main toolbar.

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EDITING A DESCRIPTION
Double click in the top soil description cell and change the wording to 150, then press Enter.

SAVING TO USB
Click file / Save As

Click Browse Folders and select where you want to save this Bill, give it a name, then Save. Take note of the location and also the file type .qsp

IMPORTING FROM USB

In the opening screen where you can start a new bill or open an existing bill. Double click the words more files and search and select your file.

WORKING WITH STEEL Select and enter the items as shown below do not enter any dims yet.

Entering Steelwork Dims

Steelwork is measured in metres to 2DP, but is billed in Tonnes. The software will bill it as Tonnes, so the metre or m2 calc needs to be adjusted by the person entering the dims, into tonnes. Therefore the booked dimension has to be multiplied by the mass (kg/m or kg/m2) when booking.
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Steelwork tables are therefore required at input stage. Likewise for reinforcement bars and mesh. DELETING TEMS Highlight the item in the far left column and press the del key. Once gone never to return!! PRINTING THE BILL Goto File Print

You may have to Modify the template. Click Modify and select the top template, click Print. The Bill page is displayed in print preview. Youll note that even when there is space at the bottom of the page for other items, the page will always have a to collection heading. All software programs have a separate page at the end of each bill with the collections and then to Summary. To print this bill, move to the print icon on the top tool bar and click. VIEWS The normal view is with the bill in the top pane and the standard method in the lower pane. To view just the upper pane Goto/View/ click on Full screen. Reverse this process to see the upper and lower panes again. WHICH STANDARD METHODS? The program has a number of libraries installed. The default is SMM7. To change the SMM7 to CESMM3, the library needs to be changed. Click View/Lower Grid/Library and select CESMM3

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Estimate - can be used to produce a budget estimate, in ECP order Extension - for extensions to existing buildings, in work order.

ESTIMATING UNIT RATES FOR ITEMS

Unit rates can be overtyped in the rate cell or if the cell is double clicked a rate can be built up from first principles. UPPER Box

LOWER Box

In the lower box the Resource Library tab is highlighted and the content shown. Move the mouse over the Cat 1 items listed. The items which are shown in the other columns are the items which are within the resource library. Changes to any of these rates/costs will automatically be updated to like items within this Bill, for this project. Resources may already be allocated to the item in the upper box. These can be adjusted, or new inserted. Inserting a resource for a unit rate Select the exca veg soill UR cell and double click. Go to cat 1 column and move to plant, then move across to Cat 2 and 3 and finally Description. Double click JCB item and this is then inserted into the work item of the Bill in the Top Box. Close the screen (red door and arrow). The rate is now inserted into the bill and values extended within the bill (15 /hr x 120m2). To change the rate rate cells needs to be highlighted. Click the Resource Analysis icon

The data can now be changed to suit this project

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Resource Detail items Rate required = Net required for the item Buy quantity = Gross required for the item including waste allowance Buy rate = the hourly rate of the item Supply quantity = 1 m2 per hour this needs to be changed for the output of the JCB /hr Resource summary items POC = Profit Overhead Contingency a % can be inserted Contract value items A breakdown of the price for the item can be seen here If we assume that the JCB can exca 4 m2 per hour, then 1 m2 will take 0.25 hr. The buy rate therefore needs to be change to 0.25 x 15.00 = 4.25 By clicking the refresh button on the toolbar, this rate is updated in the bill page. Add 10% profit in the POC box. The Bill rate still remains the same, but the gross rate has now increased. To view this in the bill, close the resource box and goto the spreadsheet icon on the toolbar (select onscreen layout) and from the drop down boxes select gross rate and gross total.

Finally, enjoy your estimating.

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