Cost Loading Tutorial: Direct Expenses & Lump-Sum Costs in Primavera P6

Learn how to load direct expenses and lump-sum costs in Primavera P6 Professional! In this step-by-step Primavera P6 tutorial, you will learn how to use the Expenses tab to assign and manage non-resource-driven costs on project activities. Not every project cost needs to be assigned through labour, material, or equipment resources. Costs such as permits, subcontractor payments, vendor fees, equipment rentals, and other direct expenses can be managed using the Expenses feature in Primavera P6. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how to create expenses, assign them to activities, enter lump-sum costs, and configure cost accrual methods to reflect when project expenses are incurred. What you will learn in this tutorial: How to add direct expenses to Primavera P6 activities How to enter lump-sum costs and expense budget amounts How to configure expense categories and descriptions How to set cost accrual types in Primavera P6 The difference between Start of Activity, End of Activity, and Uniform over Duration How expense accrual affects the distribution of costs over an activity's duration How to review activity costs for project cost control and reporting Who should watch? This tutorial is useful for Primavera P6 users, planning engineers, project planners, project controls engineers, project schedulers, cost engineers, and construction professionals who want to improve their project cost-loading skills.