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What is a cost code, and why bother?

A 30-second animated explainer: what a cost code is, how it adds up your costs, and why a wrong code makes a total lie.

30 sec5 scenes

No voice. Music and sound effects, so sound on helps but isn't needed. The video is an illustration with made-up figures in dollars, so the steps carry over to any job.

What a cost code is

A cost code is a short label, like A20 for Concrete, that files a cost line under a heading. Put the same code on every line of the same kind of work and Bidfident can add them up for you: by code, by heading, and for the whole bid.

That answers 'how much is concrete on this job?' in one step. It also lets you compare one job with the next and reuse a rate you already trust.

The risk is a missing or wrong code: the totals look fine and are quietly wrong. Bidfident flags a line with no code, so it doesn't slip through.

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