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Advance Appia® project to construction

In this article: things to know, advance to construction

By advancing to construction, your selected project moves from the New phase to the Under Construction phase. This should be done only when all required fields and the details of your project, such as items and funding, have been entered. 

The Advance to Construction button will not be available until there are items in your project item list.

Things to know

  • Any changes to a project that has been advanced to the Under Construction phase must be done with a change order.
  • You will not see the Index Price fields if none of your items have adjustment factors for asphalt or fuel.  Values entered in the Index Price fields will be used in the payment adjustment calculator.
  • The worksheets calculation rule setting can't be changed in an under construction project.
  • If a date is entered into the Construction Start Date field, that date must fall after the date in the Notice to Proceed Date field.

Advance to construction

  1. Select the project from the New section of the My Projects page.

  2. Click the Advance to Construction button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to the Advance Project to Construction page.

  3. Enter the appropriate information into the required fields, which are marked by red asterisks. The required fields include the Notice To Proceed Date field, the project settings, and the Prime Contractor field. The prime contract can't be changed if you imported the project, nor can it be changed once the project is executed.

  4. If you have items with fuel or asphalt price indexes, the Index Price field is also required.

  5. Enter any information in the remaining fields.

  6. Click Execute in the upper-right corner.

  7. A Project Details window appears with any warnings and notices about your project. This includes if you are missing time limits and if the worksheets calculations setting is on or off.

  8. Click Yes, advance to construction to proceed or cancel to return to the previous page.

After clicking Yes, the Appia service brings you to the selected project’s page. An Under Construction banner will be displayed next to the project’s name.

The Appia service may automatically enter information about items or materials.