Measurements

Throughout the lifecycle of a project, various different measurements of work are captured against bill items. These might include predefined measurements such as the total bill quantity that needs to be completed, as well as more dynamic quantities such as progress and forecast measurements.

A measurement of work is one of the primary inputs for generating budget and cost reports. An example would be calculating the total cost of a project. Both the net rates and the bill quantities (bill measurement) of items are required to determine this cost. Similarly, a measurement of work will also be required when calculating the total quantity of resources or clusters used in a project.

Measurements are treated as first-class citizens in Trimble Quest. Along with some system-defined measurements (such as the bill measurement), users can define and populate their own measurements. These measurements will then be available as inputs for all budget and cost reports.

Should there be a large number of measurements in a project, users can make use of so-called Timelines to organize and group similar measurements together. So, for example, if you wanted to take a progress measurement every month you might create a Monthly Progress Timeline and then create a measurement for every month in that timeline at the start of each month. Timelines are called timelines because each measurement has a date of measure which is the date on which you create that measurement.