Rabio comes with an online demo available 24/7 and free for everyone who wants to check the basics of how it works.
Right now the demo includes projects which are easy to understand and operate. In this post, we are going to check on the Construction Demo projects.
Creating a demo for a construction project is not an easy task. Construction projects in most cases are complicated including a lot of different scopes to complete and thousands of problems that need to be solved.
No matter the size of the construction project the need to control it is necessary. Tons of data are around and a procedure needs to be followed. The center of all this is a cost control procedure and this is what comes next on this post.
In general, cost control is the procedure to identify and reduce business expenses to increase profits. Cost control starts with the budgeting process. In a construction project, the cost control department needs to be there and follow a cost control procedure. The task for the cost control department and for management of the project is to compare the project's actual financial results with the budgeted expectations. If actual costs are higher than planned, management has the information it needs to take action.
Rabio can be the center of data gathering for cost control in a construction project.
The demo project in Rabio is based on a hypothetical bridge construction project.
The scope of the demo project is the construction of a bridge with 2 separate lanes (north and south) including earthworks, roadworks, and MSS parking areas as direct works.
The duration of the project is 18 months starting from January 2016 until June 2017.
A cost control procudure is followed on this demo project based on Cost Centers (CC) and Cost Type Keys (CTK) following a typical Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
Cost centers are allocated to the following groups :
Cost Centers based on the mentioned groups are :
Direct Costs
Indirect Costs
Cost Type Keys are organized to major groups and details like:
Rabio demo system comes with two variants for the same project.
In the simple case the demo construction project includes 4 managers:
In the extended case the demo construction project includes 6 managers:
A pdf file with Construction Budgeting Sample Reports based on this demo is available to download here.
Rabio has a new feature which makes the creation of a Gantt Chart very easy. Read this post on how to create a Gantt Chart with Rapid Business Information Organizer.
See here how you can easily create Gantt Charts for your projects.
Check out the available demo following the demo instructions here.