Add Equipment on the Equipment Costs Panel

Add standard or contractor equipment on the Equipment Costs panel in ELM.

NOTE: All images were taken from a work order. While there are differences between the work activities, the functionality and the steps are the same.

1. Open ELM. See Open ELM for more information.

2. On the Equipment Costs panel, select Actual to add confirmed costs or select Estimated to add anticipated costs.

3. Click Add record on the Standard or Contractor section.

NOTE: When adding labor, equipment, and material provided by a contractor, enter the total cost in the Cost field. The system does not calculate the cost by the number of Hours and/or Units entered.

4. Choose from the following ways to select an equipment on the Equipment field:

• Click the field and type the equipment in the search field, then select from the filtered results provided.
• Click the drop-down arrow and select from the list of equipment.
• Click Hierarchy and then the drop-down arrow to select the equipment from a hierarchy list.

5. Add the remaining cost information, all required fields are marked in red. Assets can be added to a cost on the cost panel. See Add Material on the Material Costs Panel for more information.

NOTE: If the Operator column does not appear in the Standard table, add the equipment using the Add Costs panel to populate the Operator.

6. Click Save.

The new equipment costs show in the Cost Summary and the Equipment Costs panels.