CH 02EQUIPMENT COST BASIS WORKSHEET
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Equipment cost basis worksheet

Ownership, maintenance and insurance in one sheet, so equipment gets charged to the job that used it.

WHAT IS IN IT

The template covers

ITEM 01
Replacement cost, expected life and hobbs hours for each unit
ITEM 02
Annual maintenance, insurance and other costs rolled into the rate
ITEM 03
An hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rate for every machine and truck
ITEM 04
Thirty rows ready to fill, with a total line across the fleet
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Step 02: Equipment cost basis

A true internal rate per machine covering ownership, maintenance, fuel, and transport, charged to the projects that used it.

CHAPTER 2
Equipment cost basis
What the chapter covers and what has to be true before it works.
STEP 02
What your equipment really costs per hour
The working reference: dependencies, what it feeds, and how to tell it's installed.
TOOLKIT
All 6 templates
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THE OTHER FIVE

More templates

CHAPTER 1
Job cost code template
Two separate cost code structures, one built for a subcontractor and one built for a general contractor, because the two trades sort cost differently.
CHAPTER 3
Overhead calculator
Enter your indirect costs at whatever frequency you pay them, and get the overhead rate your bids have to carry.
CHAPTER 4
Estimating alignment meeting agenda
The agenda that gets estimating and accounting using the same cost codes.
CHAPTER 6
PM standards pack
The written standards your project managers follow so billing dates hold without you chasing them.
CHAPTER 7
Cash flow, WIP and the CEO report
Four separate downloads: the 13 week forecast, the WIP schedule a bank will accept, the CEO report skill, and the guide that installs it.

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