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May 11, 2005
Computer Vocabulary In Construction
ASCII
Stands for American Standard of Computer Information Interchange. It is a type of file format. All software will read these files. Contractors should download data peridically from their accounting software package, open the file in common and flexible spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel and analyze the data extensively. At the end of the day, this cost analysis will produce what the contractor is installing work for (versus what he “should” be installing work for)If unit cost of work that is bid is not the same as the what the cost is installed, there is a problem. If the bid unit cost is higher then the contractor is losing work. If the bid unit cost is too low, then he is paying to complete the work out of gross profit.
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Posted by Matt Stevens at May 11, 2005 04:40 AM
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