Main Cost-Estimating Book Database

• Providing a special node in the tree structure named “Main Cost-Estimating Book Database” with capabilities for working with Cost-Estimating Books and cost analyses for various fields in different years

• Possibility of working with Cost-Estimating Books and cost analyses for the following courses and fields:

Road and Transportation Course

• Abstract Road, Airport Runway, and Railway Subgrade (Cost-Estimating Book only)
• Road, Airport Runway, and Railway Subgrade
• Road Maintenance
• Maintenance and Repair of Pavements and Railway Structures
• Marine and Coastal Works
• Repair and Rehabilitation of Excavation Strips in Urban Streets

Water Engineering Course


• Water Transmission Pipelines
• Water Distribution Network
• Wells
• Irrigation and Drainage
• Dam Construction
• Wastewater Collection and Transmission Network
• Rural Water Transmission and Distribution
• Qanat Construction and Rehabilitation

Building and Industrial Building Course


• Buildings
• Mechanical Installations
• Electrical Installations
• Restoration of Historic Buildings

Agriculture and Natural Resources Course


• Pressurized Irrigation
• Watershed Management and Natural Resources

Power Course


• Underground Power Transmission and Sub-Transmission Lines
• Overhead Power Transmission and Sub-Transmission Lines
• Power Transmission and Sub-Transmission Substations
• Maintenance and Repair of Power Transmission and Sub-Transmission Networks
• Power Distribution

Water Engineering Course [2]


• Operation and Maintenance of Drinking Water Facilities
• Water and Wastewater Equipment
• Operation and Maintenance of Electrical, Control, and Instrumentation Equipment of Water and Wastewater Facilities
• Operation and Maintenance of Wastewater Collection and Transmission Networks

Urban and Rural Management Course


• Green Spaces
• Waste Management

Mining Course


• Exploratory Drilling

Geology Course


• Geotechnical and Materials Strength Testing Services Tariff

Oil and Gas Facilities Course


• Intercity Oil and Gas Transmission Pipelines
• Oil and Gas Feeder Ring Pipelines
• Urban Gas Pipelines
• Gas Supply to Industries
• Aboveground Oil and Gas Flowlines
• Industrial Construction Works for Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Facilities
• Installation of Oil and Gas Refineries, Petrochemical Units, and Gas Liquids Separation (NGL) Units
• Installation of Oil and Gas Production Units and Gas Compression Stations
• Installation of Oil and Gas Pumping Stations and Regional Oil Depots
• Installation of Oil and Gas Wellhead Units and Manifolds
• Refinery Maintenance
• Maintenance of Ring, Feeder, and Gas Distribution Pipelines
• Maintenance of Onshore and Offshore Oil Industry Facilities on Islands
• Upstream Oil Industry Testing

Main Cost-Estimating Book Database – Cost-Data Node

• Possibility of defining, editing, and deleting a course
  

• Possibility of defining a new Cost-Estimating Book under a course, and editing and deleting it
  

• Possibility of defining a new year under a Cost-Estimating Book, and editing and deleting it

• Possibility of defining new chapters under a year in a Cost-Estimating Book, and editing and deleting them
  
  

• Possibility of copying chapters from an existing year in a Cost-Estimating Book when defining a new year

• Possibility of defining new base and starred items for each chapter of a Cost-Estimating Book in a specific year, and editing and deleting them

• Displaying the items of each Cost-Estimating Book chapter, including item number, description, unit, and unit price, in the right panel
  

• Possibility of determining the currency when defining a year for a specific Cost-Estimating Book, either as Rial or as a new currency unit (for example, Toman and Parseh)

• Possibility of determining the number of digits for Cost-Estimating Book item numbers as 6-digit or 7-digit when defining a Cost-Estimating Book

• Possibility of searching for a chapter name from the list of existing chapter names when defining a chapter

• Possibility of searching for a unit name for an item from the list of existing units when defining a Cost-Estimating Book item

• Possibility of defining new units when defining a Cost-Estimating Book item

• Possibility of defining an alternative unit name for an existing unit when defining a Cost-Estimating Book item

• Possibility of deleting all base and starred items at once using the pop-up menu

• Providing a special mechanism for working with and performing calculations related to items with a percentage unit

• Using the Cost-Data Tool to enter the unit prices of various Cost-Estimating Book items when defining a Cost-Estimating Book for a new year or editing it

• Possibility of entering only non-zero digits when entering unit prices, with the required zeros being added automatically based on a comparison between the unit price and the existing unit price in the Cost-Data Tool

• Possibility of reading items from different chapters of a Cost-Estimating Book in a specific year from a Microsoft Excel file

• Checking units while reading Cost-Estimating Book item information from a Microsoft Excel file and, if necessary, defining new units or a new alternative unit name
  
  

• Possibility of archiving and unarchiving each course, each Cost-Estimating Book, and each year under a Cost-Estimating Book

• Possibility of defining a new currency unit (main and sub-unit), for example Toman and Parseh, in the Basic Settings dialog box

• Possibility of converting unit prices from Rial to a new currency unit and vice versa for items in a Cost-Estimating Book and a specific year in the Year Editing dialog box

• Possibility of converting unit prices from Rial to a new currency unit and vice versa for cost components in a specific year in the same Cost-Estimating Book Year Editing dialog box

• Possibility of determining the number of zeros removed and the number of decimal digits in the new currency unit