Subcontractors can be assigned to Tasks to show who’s delivering the work. They help teams organise, group, and colour Tasks by Subcontractor, making it easier to coordinate and track progress across your plan.
Creating Subcontractors lets you build a reusable library of Subcontractors to assign to Tasks.
Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets
Select Subcontractors from the menu
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Create your Subcontractor by entering a name and assign a colour
The Subcontractor is added to the library of Subcontractors the team can assign to their Tasks
Assigning a Subcontractor to a Task can show who’s responsible for the work and helps with organising and visualising your plan.
On the Gantt, use the column picker to toggle Subcontractor
Click a cell in the column and add a Subcontractor to the Task from the dropdown
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Make it easier to see which Subcontractor is responsible for an activity by changing your Task or Work Area colour according to which Subcontractor is completing the Task.
Open a Gantt View
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Click Bar Colour and select Subcontractor
Open a Board View
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Click Task Card Colour and select Subcontractor
Open a Map View
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Click Work Area Colour and select Subcontractor
Grouping by Subcontractor arranges the Plan by who's delivering each Task. This is possible across all View types, but let's start by looking at Group By Subcontractor on Board.
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Select Subcontractor
Optionally, select a different Primary Group, and select Subcontractor as the Sub-Group
Turn on the Resources Overlay to see how many Tasks are planned each day per Subcontractor. You’ll get a clear view of daily workload, plus a breakdown of which Tasks are contributing to it.
Open a Gantt View
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Click the icon on the left to view your Subcontractors
Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Filter by Subcontractor to review and manage Tasks related to particular Subcontractors across your plan.
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Select Subcontractor in the first dropdown
Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty or Is Not Empty
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Once Subcontractors have been assigned to Tasks, all updates (including Delays, On Track & Improvement events) can be traced back to each Subcontractor. This makes it easy to understand how each Subcontractor is performing across the project.
Aphex Insight gives you a live snapshot of Subcontractor performance - no set up required. Automatically see which Subcontractors are responsible for the highest shares of delay and why.
User Power BI to build custom reporting on Subcontractor delays and performance, based on data in your weekly Published Versions. Aphex provides free templates as a starting point but everything can be customised to suit your project reporting requirements.
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Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation
Hover over the daily quantity value to see the daily breakdown
Select your desired Subcontractor in the third dropdown
Project Utilisation
The demand for your entire project
Hide Un-utilised resources
Removes resources that aren’t assigned to any Tasks from the resource list
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