Why is it the Equipment Department that is responsible for calculating the workload of the construction team as well as preparing cost estimates and budgets?
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How is it that the Equipment Department is responsible for calculating the workload and preparing cost estimates for the construction team here? It’s difficult to standardize the workload, and our approach to cost calculation is far from professional. There are pipes of different DN sizes and lengths, as well as elbows, tees, flanges, and valves – so how can we determine the workload and calculate the costs for pipe installation? The five members of the construction team are constantly working around the boiler frame: fixing broken guardrails by cutting them off and welding them back together, repairing rusted or damaged stair steps by welding them fixed. How can we calculate the workload and costs for such tasks?
This work is done by our Equipment Department, which estimates the repair costs based on the maintenance plan, projects, quantity, and so on.
Then what’s the purpose of the budget department? What about the finance department? The equipment department has to know everything – civil engineering, architecture, steel structures, equipment, electrical systems. It also needs to be familiar with budgeting and cost estimation. Where’s the time to analyze equipment failures or deal with them?
The first-hand information is only available in the Equipment Department; the Budget Department merely estimates based on the quantities provided by the Equipment Department and current prices (with a slight upward adjustment), and then submits the request to the Procurement Department for purchase.
The Equipment Department can do anything – it’s a department of all-rounders. Everyone takes advantage of the Equipment Department; they try to exhaust it. While other departments have plenty of free time to watch movies and play games, the Equipment Department is constantly busy, so busy that there’s no time even for eating, drinking, or using the restroom – they’re in such a state that they don’t even resemble humans anymore
Here, everything is handled by the workshop processes – the equipment department, the environmental protection department, the safety department, the production and operation department, the planning and technology department; even testing has become part of the evaluation processes. We do everything, and yet we’re always being evaluated by others. I ignored it.
If there is no budgeting unit, the Equipment Department handles the budgeting. Fittings are priced according to the local installation project budget, while the weight and coefficients for steel structure installation are used for estimation; apply these methods right away.
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There are fixed rates for both installation and maintenance; it is specified how much it costs to replace fittings of a certain pressure and pipe diameter, as well as how much it costs to replace one meter of pipe. It’s sufficient to agree in advance, before signing the contract, which set of rates will be applied. For amounts beyond the quota, it can be calculated with reference to the quota; the Equipment Department needs to provide its opinion on this
The workload is generally tracked by the workshop; the equipment department should assign a dedicated person responsible for preparing budgets and final accounts to handle this task.
Are it the quota standards set by the prefecture-level city where the construction site is located?