Labor Cost

Modified on Wed, 3 Sep at 12:49 AM

The 'Labor Cost' interface shows the cost incurred by the wages paid to the field crew for the completed tasks. The expenses are calculated based on the crew schedule, crew attendance data, the crew effort hours, and the per-hour/per- day rates of the crew members. The details are fetched from the approved time cards of the crew members assigned to each task.

The system decreases the expense incurred every day from the total labor cost estimate and shows the remaining amount for each task as per the overall project estimate. This helps you monitor the variance of the actual expenses from the estimated labor cost and plan the future costs to complete the tasks within the budget. The details are used for various statistics and key performance indicators, displayed on the dashboards and various reports.

The 'Labor Cost' interface

Ensure that you are in the Costs screen, if it is not already opened:
- Click the app launcherand select 'Finance.'
- Click 'Costs' on the top and select 'Labor' from the options on the left

The interface shows a chronological list of tasks and their labor expenses.

Work Date - The date of the task.
Task code - The cost code of the task item for which the payment was made.
Task Name - The label of the task as in the contractor schedule.
Division Code – The standardized numerical code of the discipline of work as per the CSI MasterFormat. Applicable only if your company's cost codes are inherited from the CSI MasterFormat.
Division Name – The descriptive name of the discipline of work.
Cost Attribution - Type of cost allocation to the task. The permitted values are:
- Direct - For project-specific costs, including materials, labor, and equipment costs
- Indirect - For overhead costs, miscellaneous expenses, and subcontractor costs
Crew Count - The total number of general and specialty crew members deployed for the task.
Project week - The specific week number within the overall project timeline during which the work was performed, based on the project’s commencement date.
Year week - The calendar week number of the year during which the work was performed, based on the standard calendar year.
Shift [Regular]:
- Estimate - The number of hours worked for the particular task.
- Cost - The total wages calculated for the crew members who worked on that task on that day.

Search and filter options:

Use the 'Search' box located at the top left to find any project using any value from the table as search criteria
Right-click the column header and customize the display and order of the columns as you wish
The options at the top right allow you to filter the entries, and manage personalized and customized views of the table. Use the links below to learn more about these:

View Groups and Subtotals

You can get totals and subtotals of numerical data for any selected set of records by grouping and applying nested grouping. Use the icon at the top right to organize the data by column headers.
The system automatically aggregates relevant numerical values, giving a structured breakdown and a clear view of the grand total distribution. See Group and Organize Items in a List View for more details

Download as Excel Sheet

Click the button at the top right to save a local copy of the list in Excel format for sharing and record-keeping. See Download List Views and Logs in Excel Format for more details.

To View Labor Cost:

Click on the S. No. of a work date to view the list of crew members who worked on-site on that day on the right

The right pane shows the following details:

Task code -The cost code of the task item for which the payment was made.
Task name - The label of the task as in the contractor schedule
Crew Count - The Number of crew members who worked on that day
Work date - The date of the task.
Crew member List and details:
- Name - Name of the crew member
- Work shift - The shift during which the crew member was assigned
- Work Hrs - The total number of hours worked
- Cost earned - The wages calculated for the crew member for that task.