Click on the Budget Tab
You now see the Updated Estimated (Budget) Hours for individual labor cost codes as well as for the entire job.
Note the Est. Hours in the Total Row - you will use this in the Subject line of any DPM Package you send to field
Now, the Project Manager needs to send the update back to the Foremen.
Warning
This new DPC Bid Package will overwrite the foreman’s existing bid with the Project Manager’s changes. Any pending changes the foremen made but did not send to the Project Manager will be lost - there is no way to recover information, once it is overwritten Click Send>DPC Package>Via Project Express 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 verify they have imported this file by comparing "Est. Hrs." on the Budget Tab to the Subject of the DPM File
Now, the Foreman (Foremen) can resume percenting and entering time on the job as usual.
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