4. Managing Baseline Costs and Project Phases
General Contractors: learn how to manage project phases with Milestones, view baseline estimate costs, and pivot Milestone and Item costs by WBS.
If you work for a General Contractor and have been invited to a Join project, here's everything you need to know to get up and running.
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What You'll Learn
- Get familiar with Milestones and view baseline estimate costs
- Pivot Milestone Estimate and Item costs by your WBS
Milestones Overview
A Milestone is a significant point in time that occurs during preconstruction and typically coincides with the issuance of a new drawing set or updated cost information. In Join, Milestones allows you to keep track of project estimates and budgets and specify any metrics or units of measure for summarizing costs.
Tip: Need to import an estimate? Check out Getting started for Project Admins.
Milestone Summary Report
Create a comprehensive view of costs from Estimates, Budgets, Running totals, and Items in your project.
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