Once the Project Manager finishes adding Change Orders or changing labor/production, he or she must send the updated project file out to the Foreman (or Foremen).
One final warning - sending out a new DPC Bid Package overwrites the Foreman’s existing Project with the Project Manager’s version. Any pending changes the Foreman (or Foremen) have not sent to the Project Manager will be lost - there is no way for the Foreman to send those pending changes to Project Manager after the Project Manager creates a new DPC Package. It is critical that all DPC Changes are sent to the Project Manager and imported into the Project Manager's Project before he or she sends a new *.dpm file to the field.
Be sure to coordinate between the Project Manager and each Foreman before sending/receiving new DPC Bid Packages for existing projects.
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- Click Send > DPC Package > Via Project Express (or whatever method is used to transfer bid information) to send the updated project to the field (be sure to include the Est. Hours from the Budget Tab in the Subject line of the file you send to the field).
- After the Project Manager returns an updated DPC Bid Package (dpm file) to the Foreman (or Foremen), the Foremen verifies they have imported the file correctly by comparing "Est. Hrs." on the Budget Tab to the Subject of the DPM File.
Once the Foreman (Foremen) import the Bid Package, he or she can then resume percenting and entering time on the job as usual.
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