Since previous versions, bills of quantities created in Arquimedes contemplated three complete price structures (budget, sale and study), although only two of them could be visualised; the one we now refer to as the Budget (quantity, price or amount) and either of the other two (Sale or Study). The price calculation method option (Show > Configuration) indicated if the decomposition referred to the sale price or the study price.
As of the 2013.e version, the three complete price structures, Budget (Quantity, Price and Amount), Sale (Sale quantity, Sale prices and Sale amount) and Study (Study quantity, Study price, Study amount) can be viewed at the same time and so, the previously mentioned, Calculation price method option, is no longer of any use and has been removed.
These three complete price structures share the same decomposition structure. Usually, job items and auxiliary prices will only have yield or a quantity in one of the three structures (usually the Budget structure), unless the concept has been imported from a price bank or another bill of quantities that already had one of the other price structures included in it. For a concept to have data in any of the other price structures the desired yield or quantity (sale or study quantity) must be introduced in it together with its corresponding price (sale or study price).
The three price structures allow for the project budget, study or objectives of the contractor and contract offer to be maintained in the same job, regardless of whether it is a public administration or private sector project.
More information on the changes and new options, provided to our program users, to define the three complete price structures can be found below.
