TurboBid is an extremely powerful and detailed estimating program. Please use the following videos to help you understand how the various features in TurboBid work.

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Additional Labor Tab - Account for a projects additional labor activities such as Deliveries, Job Set-up, Paperwork, Driving, etc. You can designate if the additional labor is Per Unit, Per Day, Per Week or a One Time Cost.

Assemblies - An assembly contains all of the material needed to construct the assembly. For example, a duplex receptacle would have the box, ring if needed, wire, fittings, straps, receptacle, cover plate, etc. TurboBid contain approximately 13,000 assemblies. Assemblies offer a fast and efficient way to complete your take-off.

Assembly Groups and Column Groups - You can quickly populate your take-off screen with assembly groups and column groups. An assembly group contains assemblies for a specific application such as an office build out or a residential estimate. A column group contains column headings such as a ranch home, two story residence, etc.

Bond Tab - Use the code tab if you need to bond the project.

Code Tab - The code tab allows you to determine what the electrical code requirements are for the authority having jurisdiction for the project.

Completing a Take-Off - Contains all of the steps in completing a take-off.

Customer Info Tab - Contains your customers information.

Direct Labor and Burden Rates - Manpower database, Manpower on the job, Manpower skill level, Future pay rate increase, Maximum wage limits for FICA, FUTA & SUTA, Billable rate calculator, Billable wage per hour, Billable burden per hour, Average labor and burden rate for the job.

Estimate Checklist - An interactive checklist to ensure that you have completed all of the steps required to generate a complete and accurate estimate.

Estimate Info Tab - Add an Estimate, Estimated by, Blueprint Information, Square footage, Drawing dates, Architects, Construction factors, Easy, standard and hard labor units, Building characteristics, Installation difficulty factors, Running conduit/romex.

Format the Bid Price Report - The bid price report is part of your customer's bid package. It is the report that shows your customer your bid price. The report automatically breaks the bid price into draws. This allows you to show your customer how much you will be billing them for draws such as a down payment, rough, trim, final, etc.

Format Reports - This video goes over how to format the various reports in TurboBid. This includes the reports that make up the bid package that you send to your customer.

Items - Includes a Table of Contents located at the top of the video: Item maintenance screen, Add new items, Unit of Measure, Trade price, Target price, Vendor price, Update material prices, Vendor price files, Labor units, Global labor unit adjustment, Total estimated hours.

Manpower Billable Rate Per Hour Calculator- TurboBid's unique billable rate per hour calculator calculates your employee's billable pay rate per hour as well as their billable burden amount per hour. This ensures that you are including the correct manpower pay rates and burden costs in your estimate.

Manpower Classifications - Manpower database, Manpower skill level, Future pay rate increase, Maximum wage limits for FICA, FUTA & SUTA, Billable rate calculator, Billable wage per hour and Billable burden per hour.

Manpower Skill Level - TurboBid will calculate and add the additional hours that the entire crew will need to work in order to make up for a trainee's lack of production.

Misc. Direct Job Expenses Tab - Account for a projects Misc. Direct Job Expenses such as Permits, As Built Plans, Equipment Rental, Heating, Mobilization, Out of Town Expenses, Temporary Wiring or Power, etc.

Project Info Tab - Contains information regarding the project.

Overhead, Profit and Material Tab - Overhead, Overhead calculators, Profit, Misc. adjustments, Adjust material target prices, Waste and theft, Labor hour adjustments, Material vendors, Format contract bid price, Bid price draws, Bid price summary, Combined total bid price.

Subcontracts Tab - Account for any subcontractors that you will hire for the project.

Take-Off - How to Take-Off Old Work / Remodeling - This is a sample old work/remodel take-off.

Tools Tab - Account for any tools that will be needed for the project.

Value Engineering / Change Orders - Provide your customer with a price and quantity take-offs for Per Plan, Value Engineered and combined totals. Or for change orders, show your customer the price and quantity take-offs for the original bid, the change order and the new combined totals.