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Labour & Plant

Who can use this feature?

All project users can add Labour and Plant to their Tasks.

Project Admins can create new Labour and Plant resources.

Labour and Plant can be added to Tasks to track and forecast your daily resource demand.

Create Labour Resource

Creating Labour resource lets you build a reusable library of Labour to assign to Tasks.

To create Labour:

Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets
Select Labour from the menu
Click
Create your custom Labour resource by entering the Name, Labour Type and a Colour
The Labour resource is added to the library of Labour the team can assign to their Tasks

Labour Types

Individual Resource

Crew

Create Plant Resource

Creating Plant resource lets you build a reusable library of Plant to assign to Tasks.

To create Plant:

Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets
Select Plant from the menu
Click
Create your custom Plant resource by entering the Name, Plant Type and Colour
The Plant resource is added to the library of Plant the team can assign to their Tasks

Plant Type

Plant Types

Access Equipment

Backhoe

Compacting Equipment

Concrete Placement

Concrete pumps

Cranes

Dozers

Dumper

Earthmoving Equipment

Excavators

Forklifts

Graders

Lifting Equipment

Marine Equipment

Other

Painting and Coating Equipment

Piling Equipment

Piling Rigs

Rollers

Small or Hand Tools

Tipper Lorrys (20 Tonne)

Trucks and Lorries

Wheeled Loaders

Assign Labour Resources to Tasks

You can assign as many Labour resources to each Task as you need. Once added to the task, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.

To add Labour to a Task:

On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Labour
Click the Labour cell for your Task & select the relevant Labour option from the dropdown menu
Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Labour quantity needed for the duration of the Task

See also: Bulk Edits

Assign Plant Resources to Tasks

You can assign as many Plant resources to each Task as you need. Once added, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.

To add Plant to a Task:

On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Plant
Click the Plant cell for your Task & select the relevant Plant option from the dropdown menu
Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Plant quantity needed for the duration of the Task

See also: Bulk Edits

Plant & Labour Property Rules

Labour & Plant are multi-select properties
- You can assign multiple types of labour or plant to each Task
- Each assigned item can have its own quantity
Quantities are applied per day
- A quantity of 5 means 5 units are required for each day of the Task's duration
- Quantities cannot vary across the days of a Task
Archived Labour & Plant resources will no longer be available to add to Tasks but will still exist on tasks it was assigned to before the resource was archived

View Forecasted Resources on the Gantt

Use the Resource Overlay in the Gantt to forecast Labour & Plant demand day by day. You'll see how much of each Labour or Plant is needed across the project, with a clear breakdown of which Tasks are driving that usage and who's using it.

To turn on the Labour Resource Overlay

Click and select Resources
Use the icons on the left to view Labour
Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click to filter to either Crew or Individual Resource
Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation
Hover over to see the daily breakdown

To turn on the Plant Resource Overlay

Click and select Resources
Use the icons on the left to view Plant
Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click to filter to a specific Plant Type
Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation
Hover over to see the daily breakdown

Filter by Labour

Filter by Labour to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Labour item across your plan.

Filter by Labour:

Click and
Select Labour in the first dropdown
Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown
Select your desired Labour item in the third dropdown

Filter by Plant

Filter by Plant to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Plant item across your plan.

To filter by Plant:

Click and
Select Plant in the first dropdown
Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown
Select your desired Plant item in the third dropdown

Report on Labour and Plant Demand

Power BI

Connect your Project as a datasource for Power BI to report on Labour & Plant Demand.

Aphex Insight

Utilise Aphex Insight to track Labour & Plant Resource Demand. See trends and drill down into specific Tasks to identify where each Labour and Plant Resource is allocated.

Labour & Plant

Who can use this feature?

All project users can add Labour and Plant to their Tasks.

Project Admins can create new Labour and Plant resources.

Labour and Plant can be added to Tasks to track and forecast your daily resource demand.

Create Labour Resource

Creating Labour resource lets you build a reusable library of Labour to assign to Tasks.

To create Labour:

Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets
Select Labour from the menu
Click
Create your custom Labour resource by entering the Name, Labour Type and a Colour
The Labour resource is added to the library of Labour the team can assign to their Tasks

Labour Types

Individual Resource

Crew

Create Plant Resource

Creating Plant resource lets you build a reusable library of Plant to assign to Tasks.

To create Plant:

Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets
Select Plant from the menu
Click
Create your custom Plant resource by entering the Name, Plant Type and Colour
The Plant resource is added to the library of Plant the team can assign to their Tasks

Plant Type

Plant Types

Access Equipment

Backhoe

Compacting Equipment

Concrete Placement

Concrete pumps

Cranes

Dozers

Dumper

Earthmoving Equipment

Excavators

Forklifts

Graders

Lifting Equipment

Marine Equipment

Other

Painting and Coating Equipment

Piling Equipment

Piling Rigs

Rollers

Small or Hand Tools

Tipper Lorrys (20 Tonne)

Trucks and Lorries

Wheeled Loaders

Assign Labour Resources to Tasks

To add Labour to a Task:

On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Labour
Click the Labour cell for your Task & select the relevant Labour option from the dropdown menu
Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Labour quantity needed for the duration of the Task

See also: Bulk Edits

Assign Plant Resources to Tasks

You can assign as many Plant resources to each Task as you need. Once added, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.

To add Plant to a Task:

On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Plant
Click the Plant cell for your Task & select the relevant Plant option from the dropdown menu
Use the + / - buttons to increase or decrease the Plant quantity needed for the duration of the Task

See also: Bulk Edits

Plant & Labour Property Rules

Labour & Plant are multi-select properties
- You can assign multiple types of labour or plant to each Task
- Each assigned item can have its own quantity
Quantities are applied per day
- A quantity of 5 means 5 units are required for each day of the Task's duration
- Quantities cannot vary across the days of a Task
Archived Labour & Plant resources will no longer be available to add to Tasks but will still exist on tasks it was assigned to before the resource was archived

View Forecasted Resources on the Gantt

To turn on the Labour Resource Overlay

Click and select Resources
Use the icons on the left to view Labour
Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click to filter to either Crew or Individual Resource
Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation
Hover over to see the daily breakdown

To turn on the Plant Resource Overlay

Click and select Resources
Use the icons on the left to view Plant
Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation
Click to filter to a specific Plant Type
Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between Tasks in View and Project Utilisation
Hover over to see the daily breakdown

Filter by Labour

Filter by Labour to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Labour item across your plan.

Filter by Labour:

Click and
Select Labour in the first dropdown
Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown
Select your desired Labour item in the third dropdown

Filter by Plant

Filter by Plant to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Plant item across your plan.

To filter by Plant:

Click and
Select Plant in the first dropdown
Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty, Is Not Empty in the second dropdown
Select your desired Plant item in the third dropdown

Report on Labour and Plant Demand

Power BI

Connect your Project as a datasource for Power BI to report on Labour & Plant Demand.

Aphex Insight

Utilise Aphex Insight to track Labour & Plant Resource Demand. See trends and drill down into specific Tasks to identify where each Labour and Plant Resource is allocated.