Adjusting Goldenseal Estimating

Once you have finished a comparison estimate in Goldenseal, compare it to your original job costs or your original estimate.

If they are very close (say within 2%) you can use the Goldenseal costs right "out of the box" and be pretty confident that they'll be accurate for your future projects.

If there is a significant difference, you'll need to "calibrate" Goldenseal so it matches your actual costs.

There are three ways you can adjust Goldenseal to match your conditions:

1. Use the adjustment percentage to make a "quick and dirty" adjustment.
2. Change Cost Items or Assemblies to match your actual expenses.
3. Add line item adjustments for special conditions.

Click here to see the first method for adjusting prices-- using the Adjustment percentage.

To return to calibrating basics, click here.
Click here to return to estimating topics.

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