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This guide shows users with 'Admin' level permissions on the Project level Admin tool how to set up a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a new Procore project by leveraging the available segments defined in your organization's default WBS.
To add a segment items to a segment in your Project level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
A segment is a discrete category that an organization uses to break down its work into manageable components. A segment item is one of many distinct items in a segment. After creating a segment, your company's Procore Administrator can add an unlimited number of segment items to it at the Company level. However, whether or not you are permitted to use the steps below to add custom segment items at the Project level, depends on the segment's Company level settings.
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To save the new line item, you must enter both a 'Code' and 'Description'. If you do NOT have an entry in both fields and move your cursor's focus, a popup message reminds you that any changes made will NOT be saved.
To edit segment items in your Project level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
A segment is a discrete category that an organization uses to break down its work into manageable components. A segment item is one of many distinct items in a segment. After creating a segment, your company's Procore Administrator can add an unlimited number of segment items to it at the Company level. However, whether or not you are permitted to use the steps below to edit segments at the Project level, depends on the segment's Company level settings.
To edit a company level custom segment item that was copied to your project, the Add/Edit/Delete Project Level Segment Items setting must be turned ON by your company's Procore Administrator when adding the segment. To learn more, see Add Custom Segments.
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In this example, we changed the 'Description' field from "Phase 1" to "Phase I" on a custom segment named 'Phase'.
To delete unused segment items from a Procore project.
At the Project level, segments and segment items can be deleted in accordance with the policies set by your company's Procore Administrator when the segment was created (see Add Custom Segments). Much like segment items in your Company level WBS, Project level segment items can be deleted only when they have not been used to create a budget code on your project.
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To assign cost codes to sub jobs for your project's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
If your company has option to enable the sub jobs feature, you can add sub jobs to your Procore project. After adding sub jobs, you can then use the steps below to assign cost codes to the sub jobs. This allows you to associate your project's sub jobs (which is a flat segment) with your project's cost codes (which is a tiered segment)—which allows you to better track your project's financial information.
To copy company cost codes to a Procore project using the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) page of the project's Admin tool.
A Cost Code is a code that defines the specific type of work being completed on a construction project.
To add a sub job to a Procore project in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) page of the project's Admin tool.
In Procore, a sub job allows you to compartmentalize job costs within a project. Once they are added to Procore (or imported via an integrated ERP system) you can monitor your project budgets and costs against them to help you better determine if you are making money on your project. For example, if your project is a multi-story commercial building, you might create a separate sub job for the build of each floor. Or, if your project is a multi-unit development, you might create a separate sub job for each individual structure.
After a sub job has been created, you can issue specific line items on the Schedule of Values (SOV) for a change order to the sub job.
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As shown below, after you add the 'Sub Job' segment to a project, it will automatically be added to the 'Segments' table in the Company level Admin tool with a tooltip beside it. Adding the 'Sub Job' to a project counts as using one (1) of your company's thirteen (13) available segments.
To assign cost codes to sub jobs for your project's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
If your company has option to enable the sub jobs feature, you can add sub jobs to your Procore project. After adding sub jobs, you can then use the steps below to assign cost codes to the sub jobs. This allows you to associate your project's sub jobs (which is a flat segment) with your project's cost codes (which is a tiered segment)—which allows you to better track your project's financial information.
To edit a sub job to a Procore project in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) page of the project's Admin tool.
You can edit a sub job on a Procore project only if that sub job is not being used in a budget code on your project.
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To delete one or more sub jobs from the 'Sub Job' segment of the Work Breakdown Structure page in the project's Admin tool.
You can delete sub jobs from a project only if they have NOT been used in a budget code on the project.
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To add new Company level custom segments to your Project level budget code structure.
When your company's Procore Administrator adds new custom segments to your Company level WBS, it is automatically added to your existing project's 'Available Segments' list. These new Company level segments are grayed out and unavailable, to show have not been added to the project's budget code structure. If you want to add that new Company level custom segment to your project, it can be added both before or after you've created budget codes on the project.
To arrange the default and custom segments order to customize a project's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Your company's Procore Administrator can enable a setting that allows users with the required user permissions to arrange the segments in a project's budget code structure in any order you want. Because editing a project's budget code structure permanently disconnects it from the company's budget code structure, you should only use this setting when a project requires a unique budget code structure.
To copy company level segment items to your project's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
When setting up your project, you can choose which segment items to copy from your company's WBS.
To remove a custom segment in your company's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) from a project's budget code structure.
You can remove a custom segment from your project level budget code structure, as long as there are no budget codes using that segment on your project.