The primary purpose of a cost management system is...
A) To track costs accurately
B) To ensure timely payments
C) To monitor project progress
D) All of the above
What is D)
The day of the week in which the PM is responsible to send an updated field estimate and updated quantity back to the Financial Coordinator.
What is Thursday?
TRUE OR FALSE:
All subcontractors going forward must be set up to bill their invoices in Procore.
What is TRUE.
TRUE OR FALSE:
If a cost code has been deactivated, a Change order can be spread to that code.
What is FALSE.
Once a cost code has been deactivated, you must reopen it if you want to spread more budget to that code.
This is the reason why tracking project P&L's is important.
A) To track financial performance and manage cash flow
B) Identify areas of risk
C) Create/adjust long-term corporate goals
D) All of the above
What is D)
S A M P L E are all examples of this.
What are Cost Types?
The highlighted numbers represent this types of data.
- Cost
- Percentage
- Hours
TRUE OR FALSE:
Subcontractors must pay invoices in Procore
WHAT IS FALSE.
As of right now, we are only required to have invoices set up only.
TRUE OR FALSE:
If the payment terms of a contract are 30 days, we expect to be paid within 30 days.
What is TRUE.
This occurs when recognized revenue is less than the billed to date amount and is the main contributor to a positive cash position.
What is Overbilling?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Owners are typically billed for progress billings weekly.
What is FALSE?
Progress billings are mostly sent out on a monthly basis
TRUE OR FALSE:
The field estimate % must be the same quantity % under each labour code.
What is FALSE?
They can be the same, but it is not necessary as quantity does not always reflect the % completion in terms of cost
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The largest project that Alberici is currently working on.
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These are the goals of the monthly JC reporting review.
A) Updating additional costs to complete and projected total costs
B) Communicating any outstanding issues and assessing risks and opportunities
C) Both A or B
D) Neither A or B
What is C.
- Updating additional costs to complete and projected total costs
- Communicating any outstanding issues and assessing risks and opportunities
This method recognizes revenue as work progresses on a contract or the percentage of the contract completed at a given time.
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What is the Cost Percentage of Completion Method?
=Actual Costs Incurred/Projected Total Cost at Completion
A written amendment to a contract signed by the owner and contractor upon a change in the scope of work is called this.
What is an Approved Change Order.
This is the correct order of the timeline to update labour reports.
A) Updated Field % to be returned to financial coordinator
B) New forecast entered and distributed with financial summary
C) Labour report is sent to PM to update the % complete
D) Payroll enters Hours
What is....
D) Payroll enters Hours
C) Labour report is sent to PM to update the % complete
A) Updated Field % to be returned to financial coordinator
B) New forecast entered and distributed with financial summary
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This is NOT a use for the Detailed Expenses Report
A) Comparing budgeted vs actual costs
B) Forecasting future risks & opportunities
C) Checking on the status of a code
D) Seeing a list of active personnel on sight.
What is D.
This occurs when recognized revenue is greater than the billed to date amount and is not good for cash.
What is Underbilling?
A part of the Progress Billings that is updated by the Project Managers that states the percentage of work completed during the billing period.
What is the Schedule of Value
This term is the new method being introduced to update quantity completion for each code in the field, as it automatically generates a field estimate % for labour codes.
What is the Rules of Credit method?
RANDOM TRIVIA:
The CEO of ACI.
ACL is Greg Brokenshire
ACI is Richard Jaggers!
There are 9 tabs in the Monthly JC Review Package
Name 5 for 500
Name ALL for 1000.
- Financial Summary/Dashboard
- Summary Report by Cost Type
- Summary of CO's
- Detailed Expenses Report
- Gross Margin
- Bill Log
- Cash and Billings Curve
- Labour Data
- P&L
Name 3 Factors that Impact Revenue and Gross Margin
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