PROGRAM  LIMITATIONS
The Super Rate Analysis program is based on IS: 7272 - part - 1 - 1974. Wherever the items are available in the code, the relevant labour constants are used. For all other items various publications given in "References" are used. The recommended labour output constants for building works in the IS: 7272 code is valid only for north zone of  India comprising of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Utter Pradesh & Rajasthan. However these labour constants give fair bit of an idea about the Indian labour productivity.
Labour productivity not only varies with the place, but also depends up on:
* Application of Machinery to help labour.
* Degree of training.
* Availability of Labour.
* Attitude of Unions regarding Productivity.
* Attitude of management towards Labour.
* Following of Local practice.
* Daily Wage or Contract Labour.
* Male or Female, Heavy Or Light Work & General Physique / Health of the Labour.
Considering the above variables the assumed labour productivity will be always approximate.
" Super Rate Analysis " program is not based on "Data Base". Hence facility for file creation, save, re-open, edit & display are not available. Every time program starts with its default settings. However you can print the area within the table. Before printing indicate some information in  "Project / Reference No. / Item Designation " Box. This is because only data within the table will be printed without specification & its heading.
You can save the info within the table by printing to a text file. For the following steps to print data to a file & not to a printer.
Start -> Settings -> Printer. 
Add new printer. 
Select Generic printer. 
Now Window will ask for Window system disk. Insert the disk & required file will be copied.
Tick Copy to file box. Give a file name with extension .txt or .doc.
Use any text editor to view the file. Here again Window will ask for M. S. Office Disk. Insert the disk & required file will be copied. Now the text file will be displayed.
You can also save the full screen which is currently being displayed on your monitor. When the page on screen is large, the user has to save the page more than one times. The saved page is actually a graphics bitmap image with .bmp extension. Hence to view this page use PAINT OR PHOTOSHOP OR PAINT SHOP OR PHOTO EDITOR OR such graphics programs. We have also included a Graphical Irfan View package in the CD for displaying these Images.
For ease of programming following default values of various categories of labour are taken. A user has to change the labour rate as per the prevailing labour rate in his area or as per the minimum labour wage. Once the labour rate is changed in one file it will not automatically change the values in other file. Also once the user exit's the program the values he has entered are lost. When the program is re-started the default set of values are displayed.
The Default set of Labour Wages are:
# Foreman = Rs 200 / Day. 
# Skilled Labour = Rs 180 / Day
# Semi Skilled Labour = Rs 150 / Day
# Un-Skilled Labour (Heavy) = Rs 100 / day
# Un-Skilled Labour (Light) = Rs 80 / day
User has to enter prevailing material rate of his area. Once the Material rate is changed in one file it will not automatically change the values in other file. Also once the user exit's the program the values he has entered are lost.
A user can select the required specification & right click, select copy. Now go to any editor of your choice such as note pad or word, again right click & paste. Now specification can be saved to this file or could be printed.