Listed below are updates to the Accounting Software. Read description and click here-> bricsupdate to download! Then click and save file to a location of your choice. The file is a self extracting exe file. After it has been downloaded to your system use Explorer or the start, run buttons to click on the file. It will allow you to specify your network drive letter and then unzip to the predefined directory BRICSW\PROGCOBW.
To make sure your update worked correctly,
while in the BRICS 2000 program, click utilities, click about BRICS 2000, the release should read 08.06.30
To Update XFD-BRICS
library click here->
xfdbricsup (updated 9-14-07)
To Update XFD library
click here-> xfdup
(updated 9-14-07)
To Download BRICS Manual click
here->BricsMan.doc
(updated 3-12-2008)
To Download Human Resource Manual
click here->BRICS Human Resources.doc (updated 1-17-08)
6-30-2008
-Adjusted print on preprinted
purchase order form (Faulconer)
-Exempted P600 from specific job
cost reports (SL Williamson)
6-25-2008
-Changed depreciation program not
to hang up on a file busy (CWW)
-Ability to use the outside rental
rate from the equipment master file by doing “E” product type in
the miscellaneous billing program in AR.(Higgerson)
-Increased size of vendor email
address (Higgerson)
-401K file specs for Higgerson
06-19-2008
-Correction to Adams sick accrual
(
-Material and subcontract quantity
report
-Ability to archive invoices
generated from the plant ticket system in pdf format for later review through
customer inquiry. Call for implementation details.
06-18-2008
-Modification to Rockydale 401k report increasing first name
field by 1
-Changed location of sort work
file to avoid possible conflicts (CWW)
-Used security code for payroll
report 772 to set access to report 768(Bryant)
6-11-2008
-Fixed bug in timecard entry which
was forcing cursor to ok button after the last payroll day’s regular time
was entered
6-10-2008
-Modification to 401k export file
for Rockydale
-Modification to job cost detail
report to prevent aborting on invalid phases (Glass)
-Rebuild payroll file update
program to correct posting problem
6-9-2008
-The Human resource module has
been changed in the way the premium reconciliation report is done. The company
paid fields have been changed to “total premium”. This should be
the total premium being paid by the company for the employee including both the
employee paid and company paid portions.
Since premiums are primarily paid by the month, you will need to insert
the monthly premium instead of the weekly premium for the employee if you wish
to reconcile the monthly benefit. The reconciliation report has been changed to
use the fields in this way and to also print totals by the benefit number.
6-6-2008
-Depreciation schedule can be
sorted by family code or first 3 characters of equipment number(Bryant)
6-2-2008
-Added padded 9 recs with a block count
of 10 for WV Pipe
-Changed job detail not to abort
if a zero cost type is found
6-1-2008
-Correction to trace number on ach
file (WV Pipe)
-Correction to sick day accrual (
-Change to department on rent
deduction (Rockydale)
5-30-2008
-Vacation accrual at year end only
(
-Added ability to exclude specific
cost type on equipment repair cost by year report (Bryant)
5-29-2008
-Direct deposit account numbers
for WV Pipe
-Added regular and ot hours to
labor class report by crew and craft (Key)
-Added date of last reported
equipment usage to equipment data frame on usage entry screen(Key)
-Added vacation and sick update
for Key phases 000500 and 000600 (Key)
-Changes to drill down to avoid
work file conflicts when running on terminal servers (Key)
5-28-2008
-Correction to RV record on state
w2 electronic media (Rockingham)
-Printing vendor reference number
on vendor list (Higgerson-Buchanan)
5-27-2008
-Correction to overtime
calculation inadvertentley introduced in previous release
-The “PR EDIT REPORT”
has been renamed “TIMECARD EDIT REPORT”. This is the first edit
report available in timecard entry which shows hours only. An option has been
added to this report to print by crew. If printing by crew, crew totals are
printed after each crew. Only the last four digits of the social security
number will be printed. The employee number had been added to the report. If
you do not use employee numbers you can ignore this field.
5-22-2008
-Reverse 5-21 change for plant
P115
5-21-2008
-AUTOMATIC PAY FEATURE
NOW AVAILABLE IN BRICS PAYROLL. THIS IS A FEATURE MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN OVER THE YEARS. You can now set up employees as auto pay employees.
For each auto pay employee, you must have normal hours and a distribution
account set up on the employee master. Using this information the payroll
system will automatically add these employees to the weekly timecard file. This
eliminates the need to key in your salary or office hourly employees who are
paid the same each week and charged to the same distribution accounts. Please
call technical support to implement this feature.
-Plant P115 when charging to Yard,
cost type code is changed from 31 to 41 (
-Plant formula explosion, formulas
for P114 will check and reduce inventory from Yard-P115 (Adams)
-Vacation and sick accrual by
employee anniversary date can now be implemented using the HR module. Call Tech
support for implementation details.
5-12-2008
-Change employee address labels to
print name in first, last format (Faulconer)
-Copy bisys 401k contribution file
to diskette in Drive A as a .csv file (Faulconer)
05-11-2008
-Change to void ticket logic for
plants p003 and p004 on import (
-The Human Resource module has
been modified to include only one field each for the drivers license number,
state and expiration date. There is a flag to indicate the type of license.
Previously there was a field for a regular license and a commercial license. It
came to our attention that an employee has only one license so duplicate fields
were not needed. (CWW)
05-09-2008
-Added plants P003 and P004 for
polling (
-Removed leading 9 from direct
deposit check number for Faulconer
-Added grand total hours to
equipment cost by date report (MVT)
-Added grand totals to equipment
cost by date report (MVT)
05-01-08
-Ability to print overtime and
double time hours and earnings separately on payroll check stub
-Correction to crew number
truncation on payroll time card labels (
-Correction to cost analysis
report so correct year will be reported if the year is changed prior to leaving
the program and running multiple reports (Faulconer)
-Option to sort depreciation list
by equipment family
4-21-2008
-Changes have been made to the
Employee Earnings Report to check for two additional errors. The total travel
pay will be balanced to the travel pay total on each check and the totals of
the four quarterly federal tax withholdings will be balanced to the ytd federal
tax withheld. Error messages containing “not =” will be generated
on the report if the error conditions are found (
8-18-2008
-Put back experimental
screens where fonts were being enlarged
4-14-2008
-Correction to payroll quarterly
report to print fica max correctly. This was a printing issue only,
calculations were being made correctly (
-Correction to eligibility
calculation for Varney 401k (Varney)
-Crystal Menu item has been moved
from top menu bar to a menu selection under the Utilities menu
-Put master menu program back to
original fonts
-Radio id number on equipment
master file (CWW)
-Contract id report corrections
(Faulconer)
04-01-2008
-Minor correction to display of
notes on HR event screen (Nice)
-Added division selection to
equipment list (Key)
03-25-2008
-New report under Job Cost,
Subcontract, “Subcontract Report by ID#”. This report prints all
subcontracts for a job that were assigned the same contract id number together.
(Faulconer)
-Correction to multiple child
support deduction logic if zeroing out or overriding a child support (
03-18-2008
-Emergency Contact List added to
HR menu (Nice)
03-10-2008
-Added product class range on
inventory counts sheets (Lanford)
-Plant Cost Per Ton Report (menu
selection 851) modified for Adams Plant numbers and expanded to show totals for
three active years(
03-06-2008
-Added record counts
in plant ticket update (SLW)
-Corrected purchase
order printing problem (SLW)
-Corrected work order maintenance
program introduced on 3-2-08 (GuyEavers)
03-02-2008
- Corrected Acu error on Purchase
Order entry (SLW)
-Corrected pm schedule error that
was preventing parts list to print on some work orders (GuyEavers)
-Added Alias Purge routine on
inventory menu to purge alias file of deleted inventory parts (GuyEavers)
-Validated equipment work orders
for reason code (GuyEavers)
-Keep equipment number on screen
when adding inventory parts (GuyEavers)
02-28-2008
-Changed pm scheduling logic in
“Service Maintenance by Date” report to use multiples of PM1
occurrences to determine pm 2 and pm 3. (Nice)
-Ability to choose vacation/sick
report by division (Adams)
-Print division number on payroll
check stub (
02-27-2008
-Added Payroll
Vacation/Sick report to Menu Security Program (
-Added ability to
print to 14 by 11 paper on a line printer to the new print selection
procedure(Rockingham)
02-25-2008
-Contract id number
can be associated with a subcontract record when set up under Job Phase
Maintenance.(Faul)
-HR main screen changed
to show more than one history occurrence of previous employee’s hiring
and termination dates. Also changed the HR program to update the employee
history file if the hire date changes. This was previously only being done when
the hire date was changed in the employee maintenance program. (Nice)
-HR main screen now
has a field to enter a short descriptive reason for the most recent
termination.(Nice)
-Correction to AR customer labels
by number range (
-Added update of job phase to
plant history records for later access during drill down inquiry(Adams)
-Inventory valuation report-591
can now be printed by product range (Lanford)
-PM report can now be printed for
a division or range of crews (Lanford)
-New
Report in Equipment module: “Equipment Repair Cost by Year”.
This report will show you up to 4 prior years of equipment cost, life to date
costs, purchase price and a ratio of total repair cost to purchase price.
-New
Report in Equipment module: “Meter
-1099 module will now give you to
include or exclude subcontractors paid < $600 on the summary report(Lanford)
-Minor adjustment in vendor
selection during drill down(Nice)
-Timecard entry program modified
to allow program exit, if status 99 (file busy) persists (
2-12-2008
-Allow more than 8 hour entry in
absence system. (Nice)
-Default prior period ar report to
snapshot file (Estes)
2-8-2008
-Ability to print a range of
accounts (jobs) on Payroll Report Job/Emp History (reg/ot) (Rockydale)
-Added 2nd account
(uniforms) to be treated as a “loan” account when processing thru
A/P (Adams)
2-6-2008
- Drill Down inquiry has a new
feature. After drilling down to a list of AP transactions for a selected job or
job/phase, you can highlight a vendor with a single click, click on the new
button, View Vendor, and you can see just the transactions for the selected
vendor within a specified date range.(Nice)
-Ability to print marital status,
fed exemptions and state exemptions on the check stub (Nice)
-ESOP report modified for Nice
Construction. (Nice).
2-5-2008
-Magnetic media filing of W2 wage
data for MD, moved the position of the
RV record, and eliminated the need to key in totals. (Rockingham)
-Plant processing for Adams,
handle P118 like P111 (
-ESOP report format for Nice
(Nice)
2-1-2008
-Corrected payroll sort for
Division for Adams(
-Payroll maintenance menu
selection to switch hours and associated labor cost on job employee history
file. (Varney)
1-29-2008
-Debug Tracing turned on in vendor
maintenance (Cleco)
1-28-2008
-Corrected spelling in AIA
document. (Pagliaro)
01-25-2008
-Declarative message in vendor maintenance
for debug purposes (Cleco)
-Added ability to use a
pre-printed purchase order form (Faulconer)
01-24-2008
-Changed equipment allocation by
hours to use monthly instead of ytd totals (CWW)
-Added column “amount
expensed” to subcontractor detail tracking report (Nice)
-Added sort option to EEO
reports-Class/Crew list to sort by hire date (MVT)
-Added new menu option to print
weekly hours by crew report from previous week’s payroll files (
-Added the ability to sort payroll
checks by Dept (Adams)
-Added the ability to print the
inventory list by range of product classes (Lanford)
01-22-2008
-Modified Job Project Summary
Report to print job totals if sorting by locality and/or state(MVT)
01-18-2008 (A)
-Corrected job cost report
generator selected from job cost “reports” menu to use the closed
phase flag correctly. This was working ok on the report generator chosen from
the main job cost menu (Varney)
01-18-2008
-Modified Job Project Summary
Report so the “current activity” option works correctly when
sorting by other than job number. Also took out job totals if not sorting by
Job. (Varney)
-Added middle initial column to
esop and 401k reports and exported files (Varney)
01-17-2008
-Modified W2 programs to allow for
dependent care benefits in
-Corrected gender code display on
HR folders screen (
-Modified 401k matching tiers for
Adams (
01-16-2008
-Modified quarterly payroll
reports to print FL earnings versus moving to TN for Laferney (Laf)
-Changed job cost analysis reports
so multiple jobs could be requested by pressing enter to move thru date fields
(Laferney)
-Corrected employee inquiry to
reflect new status codes (Rockydale)
01-10-2008
- Modified pdf viewing command to
work with different versions of Adobe (SLW)
- Modified Payroll Job employee
History (REG/OT) report to show totals by state (Faulconer)
01-09-2008
-CRITICAL UPDATE! –
Correction to Fica calculation for 2008 earnings
-Added totals only option to Job employee
history report for regular and ot hours (Rockydale)
01-07-2008
-Added option to Sorted Job Cost
Report by Period to sort by locality (MVT)
-Added date range option to Quick
Check Edit Report (Rockydale)
01-04-2008
-Special mod to delete blank ss# from
employee master both current and prior (SLW)
01-03-2008
-Corrected equipment usage program
so meter readings can be entered without valid job phases.(Guy)
12-28-2007
-Federal tax tables have been
updated for 2008. After downloading click on payroll, tables, federal tax
tables to update. Do not update fica max until w2’s have been run.
-MD state tax tables have been
updated for 2008.
12-21-2007
-The equipment work order material
import will change cost type by “E” or “T” type of
equipment for Nice(Nice)
-The automatic calculation of
retainage for subcontractor payments during A/P invoice entry has been modified
to work when there is no quantity entered. (Nice)
12-19-2007
-SLW special vacation report (SLW)
-Suppress cost centers on Job List
(SLW)
12-14-2007
-Option to select division on
payroll time card labels (
-W2 ss # moved to correct position
-Added totals and date range to
fuel history report and screen (Nice)
12-06-2007-
-changed to allow for new folder
path for Adobe version 8. (joyce)
12-03-2007
-Added totals to drill down job
list (SLW)
-Debug screen for printing result
codes on aia job request form (Counts)
11-29-2007
-Added option to print benefit
data on HR Employee Master Print Report (SLW)
-Change annual 401k match max to a
parameter which can be changed (Varney)
11-27-2007
-Count sheets bin location sort
option and lines between items (SLW)
-Ability to enter units for unit
priced contracts on job set up screen(SLW)
11-19-2007
-New report in the purchase order
module (unit price variance report) will list any invoices with unit prices
that vary from the original purchase order (Unsolicited)
-W2 Disk format changes for both
SSA and the state of MD. Also W2 print layout changes for 2006 W2s to be run in
2007. (Unsolicited)
- AR Apply Credits (AR-Invoice
Maintenance-Apply Credits-253) is no longer a valid menu choice. To cancel AR
credits against invoices, use Cash Receipts, entering zero as the cash amount
to be applied. This insures the prior period AR Invoice list will be accurate
and agree with the general ledger account balance for AR.
-AP Cancel Invoices has been
modified to update the AP Check History File so the prior period AP open
invoice list will remain accurate when invoices and credits from different
accounting periods are canceled against each other.
11-13-2007
-Ability to sort by vendor number
added to AP Check History Report (Lanford)
-Print button on Plant totals
detail tonnage screen (SLW)
-Payroll Secured password option
added to various payroll reports to insure against unauthorized access to
secured employee data (CWW)
11-07-2007
-New Report: Payroll, 401k, recap
of 401k deductions and loans (CWW)
-Changes to W2 reports and
employee maintenance to allow entering employer contributions to health saving
accounts (Bryant). Also W2 changes to print deductions to Roth plans
(LaFerney). There will be additional format changes to the W2 prior to year
end.
-You now have an option to choose
to print payroll checks with net pay = zero. Checks with net of less than zero
will not print. (B-S)
10-31-2007
-Removed $ from tonnage budget
figures on job set up screen (SLW)
-Changed
-Correction to Random employee
selection to work in small populations (SLW-Betty)
-Correction to Deduction Register
by time period and earnings recap report for fed tax over 100k,
10-22-2007
-Job List and special job set up
screen– (slw)
-Turned on HR and Purchase Order
software trial versions for Eavers
10-16-2007-A
-Insert sub totals on tonnage by
type detail screen.
10-16-2007
-Correct AP overflow check stub to
show negative sign on net column (Rockydale)
-Estes overtime calculation on HJ payroll
timecard entry(Estes)
-Tonnage displayed during job
drill down inquiry is now sorted by mix, by day. Previously it sorted only by
mix, showing the last date that mix was applied (SLW)
-Job Master list now has an option
to list only completed phases (Counts)
-New
Payroll report: Recap of Earnings and Deductions for any range of dates,
one line per week, summarizing the payroll for the period, requires legal
paper. (
10-14-2007
-Installed HJ Timecard entry for
Estes (Estes)
10-11-2007(A)
-Turned on HR and EQ work order
software trial versions for requesting companies.
10-11-2007
-Correction to finance charge
module to work in remote workstation environment
-Correction to Job List option not
to print completed phases (Counts)
-Correction to Job inquiry program
not to abort if the change order master table has not been initialized.
10-09-2007
-Corrected processing of ap
discounts on voided checks
-Removed procedure to zero ap
discounts if over 10 % of the invoice amount/CWW will zero if over 15%
10-08-2007
-Correction to problem introduced
in 10.01 release which prohibits overrides being entered for payroll deduction
17 (Rockydale)
10-04-2007
-Changes to the payroll earnings
report and quarterly report to accommodate failure of program to record over 5
digits per check for Fed tax withheld in the payroll transaction file.
10-01-2007
-Change to Multiple Child support
deduction option so any deduction can be used for a child support or
garnishment. For direct deposit to VA Child Support Enforcement Agency, you
only need to set up the vendor one time.
-Human Resource Eligibility Report
will now work without specifying a benefit code (Rapp)
9-26-2007
-Corrected Faulconer 401k matching
calculation (Faulconer)
-Increased valid A/P discount
percentage to 15, previously 5 %, any discount greater than that is zeroed out
during update (Counts)
-Increased screen customer number
field width on Finance Charge Calculation (SLW)
-Changed path name for Adobe
version 8 when viewing AR history invoices. (SLW)
-Changes to make Multiple
Garn/Child Support option universal (Bryant, Adams)
9-19-2007
-Increased event table by 1 on
employee folders screen (Parham)
-Changed Mgr headings on job
detail transaction list for Key (Key)
-Suppressed Account number on
direct deposit stubs (Faulconer)
09-14-2007
-Corrected cobol abort
in the event the operator does not enter a special earnings code and presses
enter or clicks ok to accept the zero code as displayed on the screen (Counts)
-Equipment Usage Update use cost
type code 45 for Yard job phases ending in 43-45. Use 48 for others(Adams)
-HR: Corrected event inquiry
screen (Parham)
-HR menu: Accident
Statistics has been renamed Statistics. The screen still displays accident
stats but there has been a button added to display stats for all events.
9-13-2007
-Correction to detail transaction
print that allowed prior year dates to be selected on when multiple sub account
records follow in sequence(Counts)
-Correction to HR Event
processing
9-11-2007
-Employee Evaluation Tab
is now complete on the Human Resource Employee Folder screen. To use the
evaluation procedure, you must set up an event “EVAL” using the
event table. For more information download the documentation listed above.
-Balance Fix program for Counts
(Counts)
9-10-2007
-Added Alert menu item
to Human Resource Module. You can have alerts displayed for specific
events(skill certifications, work permits, etc), pay review dates and cdl
license expirations.
-Corrected due date and discount
calculation on AP invoices imported from Equipment work orders(GuyEavers)
08-31-2007
-Added project1, project2, start
and end dates to job_bal table (Bryant)
08-30-2007
-Added uom and w/c code to job_bal
table (Bryant)
08-29-2007
-Changes for
08-28-2007
-When printing certified payroll
journals you have the option to show salary employee’s hours only. On
some employees the pay rate was still showing on the report. This has been corrected
so pay rates will not show on salary employees unless requested (SLW)
08-27-2007
-Increased size of
location field in Equipment Master to 4 characters (Bryant)
-Changes to 941
quarterly reports to use local work files(WVA)
-AR Invoice Adjustments: When
adjusting and existing invoice, the state and county code will be redisplayed
correctly (
-Changes to the assignment of the
file name to be viewed when sending a report to the screen (Adams/CWW)
08-20-2007
Equipment work order system can
now integrate automatically with A/P invoices.
08-13-2007
-Change to Counts Payroll check
format (Counts)
08-09-2007
-Job Master List will now accept
more than 3 data requests (Sawyer)
-Correction to Period Ending Date
field when printing certified reports from Prior Periods(Key)
-Ability to search sub-accounts
such as employee loans, garnishments, etc alphabetically (Varney)
-Purge routine for old
sub-accounts (Varney)
08-06-2007
-Correction to Certified journal
when the only employees on a certified job turn out to be exempt employees.
Prevents employee from previous job from being printed in error (Key)
-Division number has been added to
the “Missing Time” inquiry screen (Key)
08-03-2007
-Corrected leading number
suppression of grand total line of Equipment Appraisal List (Key)
-Ability to send email from HR
employee folder screen
-Use HR division number on
Employee List (
07-31-2007
-Prevent the possibility of adding
a w/c code with a blank w/c code number(Bryant)
-Human Resource Module Update:
Cell phone number and email address have been added to employee folders and can
be printed on employee master list. (Nice)
7-30-2007
-Change to ticket import for SLW
for Shadwell plant (SLW)
7-24-2007
-Release of BRICS
Document Management Module. Free evaluation period lasts until August 2007.
Cost of this new add-on module is $800. Click here to download documentation
-> DocMgmt.doc
-Added an option on Job Summary
Report by
7-22-2007
-Added the option to print
employee checks to back up the summary totals in the Seasonal vs Permanent
report added on 7-20-07. (Counts)
-Equipment Usage Update has been
modified to change the date of the last meter reading only if a valid meter
reading is entered, valid being defined as a reading >= to the previous
reading on file. If hours of usage are entered and a zero meter reading is
entered, the last used date will be changed but the date of the last meter reading
will not be changed. (Lanford)
07-20-2007
-New Payroll Report: Seasonal vs
Permanent employees hours and earnings by date range (Counts)
-Corrected selection by purchase
date for equipment appraisal list (Lanford)
07-17-2007
-Correct Roth amount on Principal
file (Varney)
-Corrected last expense type for
CWW companies on Phase Budget maintenance (Key-Jeanie)
Human Resource Software:
The event report will now allow the operator to select a range of expiration
dates for those events where expiration dates have been recorded. For example,
this can be used to print a list of employees whose skill certifications expire
during the coming month.
-
7-16-2007.
-Changed plant explosion not to
update prices when Update Run?, NO is selected, (
-Changes to Varney 401k (Varney)
-Direct Deposit bank id numbers
for Digs (Digs)
7-12-2007
-Separated Admin OH from other
costs on Flash Report (Lanford)
-Changed Equipment list option to
print equipment not being used. This previously matched only on period ending
date. It has been changed to allow a start and ending date for those people
entering equipment time daily. (Bryant)
07-10-2007
-Corrected type of work totals for
ticket plant history report-product summary option (
-Customized vacation and sick
account for Lawhorne division of Adams (
-Corrected detail ticket edit
report so fob total is not added to first job total (
-Human Resource Employee
Master List (Nice)
07-09-2007
-Changed roth deduction for Varney
to 13, corrected eligible date (Varney)
07-05-2007
-Changed the benefit elg list not
to recalculate elgibility dates for Varney(Varney)
-Corrected page break on HR
benefit report (Nice)
06-29-2007
-Changed inter company plant
ticket update for Adams to update tonnage to the “YARD” jobs (
-Change equipment update for
-Ability to print employee address
labels for a specified division(Adams)
-Change to Varney 401k program
(Varney)
06-27-2007
- Additional corrections to
Document Mgmt program to handle equipment numbers (Nice)
- Ability to edit or discard data
for a scanned or imported document (Nice)
-Ability to select the default
browse folder for document mgmt system. (Nice)
06-25-2007
-Correction to Pr-batch array
subscript (Rockingham)
-EQ folder naming correction in
Document Mgmt modules (Nice)
06-20-2007
-Financial Statements (tonnage
collection data) now has cancel button(SLW)
-Removed updating of Sales by
Locality file for invoices being posted to AR from the AP system-Adams only (
-Sand plant tickets will go to
cost type 41 if job = yard, otherwise cost type 31 for Adams(
6-19-2007
-Correction to Project Managers
Menu (Lanford)
6-18-2007
-Do not automatically clear check
preparation file when selecting AP Prepare checks.(Counts only)
-Corrected ap due date with terms
= 50 problem (Burliegh)
-General Ledger Financial
statement format 12 month spreadsheet will now correspond to fiscal year.(CWW)
-WV Tax Tables. The state of WV
has added a new table for “two earner/two job familes”. When
setting up a WV employee the marital status will determine which of the two WV
tables will be used. If an employee is coded as single or married filing
single, the “one earner” table will be used. This is the table that
was used for all employees prior to this release. If the employee is coded as
“married”, then the taxes will be calculated using the new
“two earner” table. You may
want to review your employees Form WV/IT-104 to make sure your employee is
having his taxes calculated by the method of his/her choice.
6-12-2007
-Changed Heavy Job import to allow
importing of time charged to equipment (8888) (Nice)
-Added cancel processing button to
Distribution to Accounts Posting.
-Changed benefit eligibility list
in the payroll module to match the HR module if benefits are set up the same
way in both modules. (
06-11-07
-Corrected job totals on AR Aged
Analysis report when first invoice for a customer had a blank job number (CWW)
-Added option on Cash Receipts By
Period Report to list only a history of unapplied credits (CWW)
-Added the ability to use employee
numbers in Employee Inquiry Only screen (CWW)
-List of random
employees in the HR system has the option of not printing address and phone
number(CWW)
-Plant Ticket system has been
change to treat the billing file as a work file tied to the user name folder
for those companies using remote locations. This allows for multiple users to
be entering, updating and invoicing tickets for different plants at the same
time. (
-Plant ticket system invoice
printing: When the system asks if you wish another copy, you must enter Y or N.
This will prevent the user from accidently moving forward and not getting
multiple copies (
6-4-2007
-Changed standard 401k program to prevent cobol error
when not using a 401k loan deduction(Sawyer)
-Another level of
security has been set up for the HR module. In order to be able to make
permanent changes to the data on the main tab, you must have the security box
“Update Clearance for Main Tab” turned on.(CWW).
-The job cost data extract program
now has a ‘cancel processing” button. In the past if this report
was started and you wish to stop it, the only method was ctl-alt-del, end task.
You can now click the cancel processing button on the screen to stop the
extract and return normally to the master menu.
-Equipment hours update has been
modified to include a ‘cancel processing’ button. You would not
normally use this feature but just having the button on the screen keeps the
screen in focus and prevents any outside windows pop-ups, etc to prevent the
“not responding” message. This has also been done in the job cost
analysis report(cancel printing). (
5-31-07
-Option of job unit costing on Job
Cost Analysis report. (Adams-thompson)
- Data field cutoff in
importing of heavy job data into Payroll to prevent page scrolling on report
(Nice).
- On equipment update
for Adams, if equipment is charged to the YARD job, cost type 48 will be used
instead of 32(Adams)
05-24-2007
-Get default state
from price file on imported tickets (
-HR Module now has tab
specific/menu specific security. You will need to grant security rights to HR
for all users involved after this update has been posted to your system. The HR
loading module will also require a security code to load “secured”
employees.
05-22-2007
-Modified rounding of
tonnage on imported tickets (SLW)
05-21-2007
-Modification to AIA
billing to handle billing after retention is completed. (Counts)
-Under job cost menu,
there is a menu item that will print and optionally update actual equipment
cost to jobs based on usage hours. This should only be used if you are NOT
using internal equipment rates (reporting hours of usage only) to allocate
equipment cost to jobs. Call if you have questions about this allocation
method. (Key)
05-17-2007
-Corrected sort by
dept on HR Drivers Report
-Changed dept default
to 1000 for Adams (
-Changed plant numbers
in polled plant report (
05-14-2007
Change to
-Suppressed cost
centers on Job Summary report (SLW)
-Changed plant numbers
on ticket import (
05-10-2007
- Equipment Work Order
Report (CWW)
05-09-2007
-Added selection for non
cdl drivers to random employee report (CWW)
Other modules:
-Correction for sand
plant update (
-SS number will no
longer appear in mechanic table display (CWW)
5-8-2007
-HR License for Adams
Construction Company (Adams)
-Correction to regular
drivers license field on the Drivers Report (CWW)
Other Modules:
-When tickets go from
the Sand plants to stockpile asphalt plants, default cost type code to 41
instead of 31 for Adams(
-Refinements to Parts
List from Equipment Work Orders
-A/R Progress billing
request based on Production Quantities (
-Subcontractor file
Purge to delete subcontractor records of deleted jobs. (Faulconer)
05-01-2007
-Rockydale/FRM 401k
plans (Rockydale)
04-30-07
-In Plant ticket
input, zero phase numbers will not be allowed. (
-Modified ticket input
to allow for entering of tickets during plant ticket invoice update (
-Equipment Work Orders
now have the ability to enter the repair location. There is also a maintenance
routine under the work order tables menu selection to set up a table of valid
repair locations (CWW)
4-27-07
-License for Human
Resource Module for Bryant Contracting
-New data field on Equipment Master File Maintenance, Value
Screen: Original Meter
-Validation of date fields on equipment work order screens. Also, dates can be entered with 6 or 8 numbers, no slashes. 050107 or 05012007 can be entered. Prior to this change, century and year (2007) had to be entered to get a valid date. (CWW)
4/25
Human Resource Module: The evaluation period for the HR module ends with this update. If you wish to continue evaluating the product please contact us for a temporary license. If you have licensed the product and do not have access after this update contact us immediately.
Drug Test results fields added to event report. You can request
either a list of positive or negative results when printing a report for
drug/alcohol testing events.
Option of printing ss# on drivers report.
Claim Payment processing is complete and ready for use. Let us know
if you need additional data associated with the claim payment.
Other Changes:
-Verification of fields in Job Maintenance when adding new jobs
(CWW and Key)
-Added Pay Rate History to list of files modified when changing
social security numbers.
-Corrected job list for active jobs when listing job phases. (Key)
4/18/07
-New Report showing job cost summary totals sorted by project
manager (Varney)
-Correction to Adams’ Direct Deposit Remittance Format (
4/13/07
Human Resource:
The event report now has an option to print employees not meeting
the report criteria specified . This is useful for example of listing all
active employees NOT attending a safety meeting for a specified range of dates.
(Parham)
Other Changes:
-New Report – Under Equipment, Work Orders, Work Orders Part
List. This report will give you a list of all parts and which equipment uses
that part or vice-versa, a list of equipment with all parts that have been
assigned to that equipment during the work order process. This is based on work order history and does
not require you to have parts set up in the inventory master file (Nice)
-Correction to Adams direct deposit format (
04/07/06
Human Resource Updates:
- Changes to the CDL drivers report. Landscape Printing, New sort
options, new one line per employee report option, ability to select a specific
dept, division, etc.
-Added drug results field on Drug Test Events.
-Ability to change time field on an event.
-Ability to request a specific absence code on the absence
report(CWW)
Other Modules:
-Equipment work order module has been changed to allow
automatically adding parts to the inventory file as they are assigned to a work
order. Enter Y in the equipment control file options parameter “WO
ENTER-ADD INVENTORY?”
-Corrections to equipment work order module that were result of
the number change below (David-SLW)
-General Ledger Detail Transaction Extract- New menu selection
which allows the creation of a secondary table to be used in ODBC containing
detail transactions for all or selected GL Accounts.
-Equipment number is entered as a 6 character number instead of
being entered as catagory(3 characters) and id (3 characters)
3-23-2007
-Removed verification of job location if sales use tax is N for
the distribution(
-Corrected problem with JE description introduced in update of
3-19(Rockydale)
-Added date range to plant ticket update (
-Change sales use tax processing to go to location of job instead
of defaulting to location 01 of the job state.
-Corrected divisional equipment posting for Adams Divisions.(
3-19-2007
-Changed description columns of the JE Import. The first description
of the first line of an entry will be the
header description line transferred to the JE. The second description
line of each row will be transferred as the account detail line description. If
the second description line is blank, then the first line will be used.(Counts)
3-16-2007
-Correct balance extract program for year to date totals (Counts)
-Added new fields to the equipment master file. Tire Size has been
changed to Tire Size Front, A second field has been added, Tire Size Rear. Also
a field for
-Added an option when printing the tasklist to allow printing of
other supplier parts (Parham)
03-14-2007
-Moved printing of total lines up 2 lines on Adams/Blackrock misc
billing invoices (Adams-Kim)
-Added option to equipment cost analysis report not to print sold
equipment. Also added an option to only print equipment with current
month’s activity (Bryant)
-New report, Payroll, Process Payroll, Weekly Hours by Crew
Report, this report sorts the weekly timecard file by division, by job with
totals for each job and division. It lists all employee distributions, there
are no earnings on this report. (
03-08-2007
-Corrected invoice date format on order history detail file and
extract (CWW)
-Added option on plant ticket edit reports to specify a plant
number (Adams)
-Added option to AR Open Receivable Report-277 to print open
invoices for a specific division.
03-07-2007
-Added
option to certified payroll reports to print description of race code(J and P)
-Added
home folder capability to Quantity Input and Update, Labor Allocation Update
and Revenue Allocation Update (
03-06-2007
-Changed plant system updates to use home folder method (
03-05-2007
-Changes to the HR system. The DOT screen has been changed. Instead
of flagging a CDL driver, you now choose from 4 choices: CDL, Non-Cdl,
suspended, or no license. Similar changes have been made to the report. The
“short list” on the report has a new format. Points as a selection
criteria has also been added to the report options.
Other
changes:
-A new extract option has been added to create an extract file of job balances to be used in creating ODBC reports. This allows for cost types to be arranged in columns.
03-01-2007
Changed the way tracked po’s are designated for Varney Electric
02-28-2007
-Added
new Bisys format for Faulconer (Faul)
-Corrected
division posting for Key Equipment (Key)
-Added
importing of WC code from Heavy Bid Budget File (Nice)
-Added option to Inventory List to print the list of equipment where each inventory item is used(Nice)
02-10-2007
-Added
vacation jobs for
-Correction
to heavy job payroll entry so salary employees would be exported(March)
-Added
Data Extract for the Detail Order History file produced in Misc Billing. (CWW)
-Corrected
date format problem in change order process for budgeted hours (Varney)
-Added group code to account maintenance screen. This will be exported to the GL-FILE odbc table and can be used in excel for sorting, etc (CWW)
2-5-2007
-MD format for mmref-1 to report w2 data has been modified to meet MD’s new specifications.
2-1-2007
-Quarterly
Payroll Report for SUI will transfer any WV state earnings to VA for purposes
of the report only for selected companies. (Varney/Lanford)
-W2
electronic media format for PA earnings (CWW)
-Message
area for Counts Special Payroll Check (Counts)
-Equipment picture viewing for CWW (CWW)
1-31-2007
-Added
the ability to delete notes after printing on an workorder(GCE)
-Added
inquiry of work order cost by family code (GCE)
-Added
qty used column to parts list(GCE)
1-29-2007
-Changes
to Equipment PM report and screen(GCE)
-Allow
equipment notes to be inserted automatically in work orders(GCE)
-Fixed printing of parts list with equipment work orders(GCE)
1-25-2007
-Employee
Class list will not list rate of pay for secure employees (CWW)
-Corrected
tonnage divisors for consolidation for Appomatox Stone(Rockydale)
-Detail
Earnings Report has an optional format (Dept of Labor format) to print
earnings, hours and related data for employees(Counts)
-Modified
record layout for Crestar bank recon import file (Lanford)
-Corrected
payroll weekly clear routine to handle longer folder names so payroll timecard files
can be copied(Key)
-New
Report! Job Cost-Reports-“Job Cost Report by Date Range-695”. This
report reads and summarizes detail transaction data between a range of dates
and prints a job cost summary by cost type code. This report can be used to get
job cost data by the week, month, quarter, or any date range you select. (Key)
-Enlarged state id number on W2’s and W2 disk file.
01-09-2007
-Corrected
equipment parts product class on parts inquiry screen (GCE-Shop)
-Program
changes for consolidation of Key companies (Key)
-Correction
to weekly workers comp report (CWW)
01-08-2007
-Corrected
LaFerney’s matching calculation (Laf)
-Corrected timecard entry program to prevent error for clients who do NOT have a 401k deduction(Moffett)
01-03-2007
-Removed date edit for Varney for pm entry of percentage of completions(Varney)
01-02-2007
-Changes
for Laferney 401k plan (LaFerney)
-Changed
wording on check from vacation to paid time off (Nice)
-Option
on Absence Report not to print terminated employees (CWW)
-On
any address checking for government reporting, the programs have been changed
to allow you to enter blanks in the state field when kicked out for an invalid
address. This will allow the program to continue, however we do not guarantee
that the resulting file will be accepted by the government. We will be looking into the requirements for
reporting of payroll data (w2 and quarterly) when there are
-Updated
-You can now associate a supervisor in addition to the project manager on the job record. You can also associate a supervisor and pm at the phase level. (Varney)
12-27-2006
-Change
in Payroll Year End for CWW to prevent dropping of terminated employees (CWW)
-Changed
Faulconer 401k matching formula to use plan percentages as entered on 401k plan
maintenance screen. (Faul)
12-21-2006
-2007
FEDERAL TAX TABLES UPDATED. AFTER UNZIPPING THIS UPDATE, GO TO PAYROLL,
TABLES, FEDERAL TAX TABLES AND CLICK ON
THE BUTTONS TO UPDATE THE TABLES IN YOUR SYSTEM. DO THIS BEFORE YOUR FIRST 2007
PAYROLL. Do not update fica max until after W2’s are run. (George Bush)
-Changed Counts 401k report to allow for zero zips and blank states to accommodate foreign addresses(Counts).
-Added
“resigned” as a employee status code choice (CWW)
-Added
the ability to print a parts list with the equipment work order or with the
individual equipment task lists (Guy Eavers)
12-14-2006
Human Resource Module
Added standard insurance tables for cause of loss, body part
and nature of injury to accident screen.
If you wish to use the pre-loaded tables, copy the following files from
bricsw\progcobw to bricsw\(and the folder of your company’s file): HR-LOSS, HR-INJR ,HR-BODY.
-Added reason for drug test and whether a drug test was DOT
requested
-Added vehicle number to accident record.
-Added up to three more levels of supervision to track events.
-Added button for multiple payment data per claim. This is not yet
working but will be in next release.
-Allowed for negative driving points
Other:
-Correction
to job cost report 694 to correct bug that occurred in Varney logic if last
phase of job was a tracked purchase order (Varney)
-Revised format of federal file for w2 transmission to include new fields. (George Bush)
12-07-2006
-Corrected
date conversion on Journal Entry Import procedure(Counts/March).
-Added
another column on the Journal Entry Import file for reversal date. If you wish
to reverse an imported entry, put the reversal date in the column following the
amount field, column 7(Counts).
-Employee Number option for March Construction (March)
-Added
absent file to change social security number procedure(CWW)
-Change
man hours to complete logic in ManHour Budget vs Actual Report (Varney)
-Combined
pay scale cash rate and fringe rate when comparing to employee’s combined
cash and fringe rate for pay rate determination on jobs with federal pay scales
(Previously only pay scale cash rate was considered).(Varney)
12-04-2006.
-Added option of printing meter readings for the current period on the Equipment Usage Report(Nice)
12-01-2006
-Corrected
sign direction on Man Hour Budget vs Actual report for jobs with remaining
labor cost(Varney)
11-30-2006
-Changed
equipment work order system to allow for negative invoice amounts to be entered
(G.Eavers)
-Modifications
to Man Hour Budget vs Actual Report for accurate reporting of jobs with
remaining labor cost (Varney)
-Add
new job cost menu options to PM’s menu (Varney)
-Void Payroll Check procedure will now insert 99 as the first two digits of the void check transaction instead of 9. This is to avoid conflicts when voiding a direct deposit transaction. (B-S Contracting)
11-28-2006
-Modifications
to Job Forecast report (Varney)
11-22-2006
-Modification to SFS’ format for direct deposit file (Rockingham)
11-21-2006
HR Enhancements:
-Added a check box, ”Driver Approved to Drive Company
Vehicle” to DOT screen and report.(Counts)
-Added new data fields for Accident Claims on event screen
-On a new event, default the division/crew code from the
employee’s master record
-On copy event screen, option to copy the event to all employees in
a division/crew
-Division/Crew number to print on the Random Employee List
-Print events by Division/crew.
Other
BRICS Module:
-Enhancements
to Forecast Cost Analysis Report for Varney(Varney)
-Added 2nd line of address when present to the employee address labels (Varney)
11-09-2006 HR Enhancements
-The ‘Accruals’ tab on the employee folder screen has
been changed to ‘Attendance’. Under this tab you will be able to
view a grid of a calendar year showing all absences within that year for the
employee. You can also enter absence data from this screen.
-On the benefit screen you now have monthly and biweekly benefit
amount fields for both employee contribution and company paid amounts. This is
for employees who are being paid biweekly and/or monthly to be shown correctly
in the payment schedule.
Other
BRICS Changes:
-Company
Selector Drop Down on Main BRICS menu can now have up to 30 entries. The
previous max was 10. Many clients use this to access prior year folders so all
prior year data is available at a click of the mouse. Call if you need help
implementing the archiving of prior year data. (Bryant)
11-07-2006 HR Enhancements
-Corrected printing of OSHA type explanation on accident
report(G.Eavers)
-Added crew number to event data file. (Lanford)
-New Report- Report of Weeks Worked for a specified date range. You
can also optionally have a specified event count for the time period. This could
be used for example to get a report of the number of weeks worked and accidents
reported for use in calculating safety awards, etc.
-Speeded up search of employees when entering letters to search alaphabetically
Other
BRICS Modules:
-Corrected
unit cost calculation bug introduced in previous update(Lanford)
11-06-2006 HR Enhancements
-Added social security numbers and birth dates to dependent data.
Other
BRICS Modules:
-Allowed
for larger city, state zip combination of AR statement address line (SLW)
11-03-2006
-Changes
to the Employees by Labor Class report. This report now includes date of hire,
date of last raise, rate of pay and fringe rate of pay. This report has been
moved on the menu to the EEO reports sections. This is an excellent report for EEO
requirements as you can determine sex, race and rate of pay sorted by labor
craft codes. You can also optionally list hours worked with totals for each craft
classification. An EEO code legend
prints on the final page of the report. If you would like to see this legend
printed on other reports, please let us know. (Bryant-Lanford)
-Change Order budget included on Weekly Labor Report (Lanford)
11-02-2006
-Added
Job Cost Statement with Forecast report.
This report uses the forecast that can now be entered using the job
phase maintenance budget screen(see 10-27-06 update). The total budget plus the
projected variance equals the forecast (Varney)
-ManHour
Budget vs Actual Over/Under report. This report calculates percentage of
completion based on units of work completed and then projects an over/under
labor cost.(Varney)
-Added
menu option to print daily plant production from polled files before import to
plant system (
-Added
job number and fob mix totals to weekly and daily production reports (
10-31-2006
-Horsepower
has been added on the Spec tab of the Equipment Maintenance file. If you wish
to access this field through ODBC, copy equipmnt.xfd from the bricsw\progcobw
folder to the bricsw\xfd folder of your network drive.(Lanford)
-Fuel
qty totals on edit report(slw)
-Shift
po number import 2 positions to left(slw)
-Arrangement
of Job Cost Reports on menu has been changed into a more logical sequence
-Change
truckers payroll for Adams to take haul rate from imported ticket (
10-27-2006
-Corrected
page break in Equipment Appraisal List when printing to screen (MVT)
-
Corrected material input edit program to
allow for ticket dollar amounts > 9,999.99 if displayed on the screen. (SLW)
-
Set defaults as requested in General Ledger Detail Print (CWW and related
companies)
-Budget
screen for jobs has been changed to allow the operator to enter and maintain
projected variances. If you would like to know more about this new feature call
technical support.
10-24-2006
-
Payroll file rebuild for Pagliaro
-Corrected display of equipment in fuel entry program. (CWW)
10-18-2006
-Modified
Journal Entry Import procedure to recognize cost type 98 and not imply the
entry is out of proof(
-Added
option on Customer Master List to print a list of “Customers on
Hold” due to credit problems(SLW)
Human Resource Module:
-Added benefit inquiry button, corrected out of bounds message
-Change page up and page down procedure on employee pane to make it
work faster and more efficiently.
-Added the first name to the employee selection pane.
10-16-2006
-Added
Time to header lines on Equipment work order tasklist form (Nice)
-10-16-2006- Human Resource Enhancements
-Corrected errors on benefit payment schedule, event desc code not displaying,
event notes failing to print.
-The event code table now allows for an event to be flagged as an
accident type event or an event which requires an expiration date. An example
of this would be employee certification events. The event maintenance screen
now only displays data fields relative to the type of event. Please update your event table to initialize
these new table features.
-The fixed payroll deduction amount from the employee master file
will now be displayed on the HR Benefit screen. You cannot change the amount of
the payroll deduction, it is there for verification only.
-There is now both a benefit eligibility date (calculated from hire
date) and an override eligibility date on the benefit screen. The eligibility
date is now being calculated and displayed on the screen.
-The eligibility report is now available.
-The Benefit Premium Report is now available. This gives you a
report for a range of dates to verify enrolled employees’ premiums with
the invoiced amount from your carrier.
10-11-2006
-Corrected
boundary error on ap-maint introduced in version 10.10
-Changed picture viewer on equipment maintenance screen (CWW)
10-10-2006
New HR Features in this release:
-Accident Statistics: You can display a screen (and print) at a
click of a button accident statistics gathered from your event data base. You
will see date of last accident, days and weeks since last accident, the dates
of the longest accident free period on file, the longest accident free
period in days and weeks, month to date
accidents, year to date accidents and year to date accidents thru this same
date in the prior year. You will also be able to view the details of the last
accident reported.
-CDL Drivers List now available
-Events and Accident Report is now available
Other changes in the BRICS system
in this release:
-Added
vacation tracking at the Job Phase level for Thomas Brothers-Roanoke (TBI)
-Corrections
to CWW-Key-Lyle ESOP report (CWW)
-Corrected
out of bound error on 401k contribution report that occurs in non-debug
environment(Bryant)
10-04-2006
New HR Features with this release:
-The benefit screen has been inserted and while other data fields
are planned, you hopefully will see the value of the benefit tracking module.
You will be able to print a schedule for each benefit tied to a payroll
deduction for any period of time. You will know how much has been deducted
versus what should have been deducted making it easier to catch up on employees
who have missed work or not worked enough hours to pay their insurance, etc.
-Events can be
classified as “accident” type events. This will provide you the
ability to have different types of accident event codes and still preserve our
ability to gather and report accident statistics. Because of this the system
will reinitialize your event data base, sorry but you will lose any test events
you have entered.
-List of randomly
selected employees is now available as a report. Try this the next time you
need a random list of employees for drug testing, etc.
-The problem of an extra
sheet of paper being ejected on HR reports has been corrected.
Other changes in the BRICS system
in this release:
-Removed the validation of
equipment id’s in the fuel maintenance module if you are not posting cost
by equipment(Lanford)
-Direct Deposit for Special
Fleet Services (ROC)
-Added Sun Trust
Positive Pay export file format to Bank Reconciliation Export ASCII file
formats. (ROC)
-Corrected
“weeks worked” accumulator on Employee master file. The number will
self correct starting Jan 1 after you have cleared your payroll for the year.
(Lanford)
9-29-2006
-Corrected page break
on over under version 1 report (Varney)
- Added “on
Hold” flag to
- Purchase Order Entry
Screen: You can now return to processing the
-Put employee status
code on employee “inquiry” screen and corrected display of status
on employee maintenance screen (SLW)
-Added new absence
code “PA=Paid Absence” (SLW)
-Modified the job cost
report generator programs to compare report date with job ending date when
making the decision to include or exclude completed/uncompleted jobs. (SLW)
-Added option on
min/max hours report to include overtime and doubletime hours in comparison
(SLW)
09-19-2006
-Added Status flag to
employee inquiry only screen (SLW)
09-18-2006
- Added “Credit
on Hold” flag on Customer Maintenance screen. If turned on this will also
appear on the Aged Analysis Report (SLW)
- Added “Part
time-Seasonal” as a possible choice for the employee status code. (SLW)
-Fuel Import (SLW)
- Added “per
unit” calculations on Equipment Report by
09-12-2006
-Added additional heading lines on
Equipment Field Forms (Lanford)
-Changed vendor number for
material import (SLW)
-Added menu selection in Inventory
section to import inventory items from csv file (CWW)
09-05-2006
-Changed AR Customer Master Credit
Report so old customers where a limit has not been entered will not print with
202020. (SLW)
-New Report! Equipment Location Report on a specified date. This report will give you a list by location where your equipment last reported usage for the date range entered. If you want to know where your equipment was on Jan 1 for personal property reporting, select the last working pay period through Jan 1 and the report will list all equipment used, sorted by location. If a unit of equipment was used in multiple locations during the week, then the location selected will be where the equipment was used last. For this to work you must have the county and state codes assigned to your job master records and the locality defined in your AR-Locality File (Faulconer)<