Subcontracting

You use the subcontracting method to manage the daily and long term details of contracts, payments, and commitments that are associated with the jobs. In addition, you can:

• Create and maintain contracts for the subcontractors on the jobs.

• Establish payment guidelines and make payments against the contracts.

• Track the costs you have paid against a job and the costs you are committed to in the future.

• Make inquiries on contract information.

• Input change orders for the contract commitments.

• Generate status reports for the contracts and commitments.

When you create a new contract, you enter subcontractor information, the work to be done, contract commitments, dates, log items, and so on. For existing contracts, you can enter commitment change orders and track the completion of submittals and transmittals.

You can also enter and release progress payments or hold progress payments. Progress payments are payments that you make to the subcontractors as their jobs progress.