Multifamily QTOs by unit numbers, organized by floors, with counts within each unit to include items

RobVH

Any suggestions on how to create folders for every individual unit in 150-350 unit multifamily projects that can be organized by units per floor, includes items such as number of bedrooms, sinks, fireplaces, coat hooks, basically so when exporting in CSV that it will have all the items organized within that folder to make tabulations easier.

Or any suggestions on best practices for QTOs for multifamily to train myself.

Thank you,

Rob

lwillhoite

Hi @RobVH - For the workflow you have described I would recommend making use of the spaces and layers functions. Layers would need to be applied to each markup and be assigned a floor. Your layers would be Floor 1, Floor 2, Floor 3, etc…Now for spaces, you can create a space for each individual unit. Once the space has been created, any markup populated within the space will be assigned automatically to that specific space. Finally, you can sort the markups list by either layer or space depending on if you want data showing counts for each floor or each specific unit when exporting your CSV file to give you those final takeoff numbers.

Additionally, you could choose to create custom columns with formulas which could be used to give you a bid $ amount for a specific item. For example - You have completed the takeoff for sinks for Floor 1 and determined you need 100 sinks. You can then use the count of 100 in your markups list, create a column assigning a unit price to that item, then create a total cost column which multiplies your 100 sinks x the unit price.

Hopefully this is helpful information for you.