You'll want to use a WBS code for your Bid Items. You can set up as many separate line items (mats, etc) under/inside each Bid Items as you need. You'll also want to make a Spreadsheet Sequence to sort your estimate by Bid Item so you can see all your Bid items sorted together nice and neatly. Only work on that tab/spreadsheet sequence.

You'll also want to open/make visible the "Crew" column on that WBS Spreadsheet Sequence so you can right click and "Edit Crew" for any labor/equip resources for each item in each Bid Item.

Use the Default Values button to assign DB Items during takeoff to your Bid Items, or if you already have the items on your Estimate, right click on the "Row" header to use "Move/Copy" to put them in the correct Bid Item.

It works pretty well for Sitework! And when you upgrade to 18.12 you'll be able to import your client's/owner's list of Bid Items into your estimate's WBS codes which will save you some time manually building that list of WBS/Bid Items.

Good Luck!

Thanks for the reply it gives me a good starting point.  Seems like the program is geared more toward vertical construction but I'll give it a go...thx

Thanks for the reply it gives me a good starting point.  Seems like the program is geared more toward vertical construction but I'll give it a go...thx