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Getting Started

Install OpenConstructionERP, then learn the cost database, build an estimate and turn cost into a price.

Install the software, then price a Denver duplex · 10 videos · 36 min

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  1. 01 4:42 · 15 Chapters · Define & brief How to Install OpenConstructionERPInstall OpenConstructionERP on Windows and set up your first construction project. This beginner's guide covers the desktop app, installation with Python/pip, workspace settings and team access.
  2. 02 4:02 · 4 Chapters · Estimate & cost plan Construction Cost Database: Check a Unit RateEvery number in an estimate comes from somewhere. Find a unit rate in a construction cost database, see what it is made of, and adjust it to your market before it goes into a bid.
  3. 03 4:47 · 4 Chapters · Estimate & cost plan Build a Construction Estimate Step by StepBuild a priced construction estimate from an empty page. A Denver duplex, ten positions in five sections, and every rate traced back to where it came from.
  4. 04 3:54 · 4 Chapters · Estimate & cost plan Construction Pricing: Overhead, Profit & ContingencyThe estimate says what the job costs. The price says what you charge. Turn a direct cost into a bid price with overhead, profit and contingency, then check it, save a version and export it.
  5. 05 3:10 · 4 Chapters · Tender & procurement Bid Leveling: Three Quotes, One JobCompare three framing bids in OpenConstructionERP using the same scope of work. This bid-leveling example follows a trade package from the estimate through quotations and adjustments to the subcontractor award.
  6. 06 3:22 · 4 Chapters · Build & control Budget vs Actual: Track Every DollarCompare your construction budget with recorded commitments and payments in OpenConstructionERP. This lesson shows how to identify cost differences and build an estimate at completion for the example project.
  7. 07 3:03 · 4 Chapters · Plan & mobilize Build the Schedule: What Cannot SlipBuild a construction schedule from an estimate in OpenConstructionERP. Using the duplex example, we connect tasks, set dependencies and lag, and check the critical path to see which delays would affect the finish date.
  8. 08 3:13 · 4 Chapters · Build & control Manage Your Subs: Pay, Hold BackFollow the framing subcontract on the example duplex through its agreement, a change order, payment and retainage in OpenConstructionERP. Retainage terms and release requirements depend on the applicable contract and law.
  9. 09 2:58 · 4 Chapters · Build & control On Site: Log, Inspect, FixFollow a site issue from the construction daily log through inspection, an NCR and a punch-list item in OpenConstructionERP. The duplex example shows how the team records the problem, assigns the corrective work and verifies the fix.
  10. 10 2:35 · 4 Chapters · Build & control The Big Picture: KPIs to PortfolioUse construction KPIs and project dashboards in OpenConstructionERP to see which jobs need attention. This lesson moves from one project’s cost, schedule and quality records to a comparison of the whole portfolio.