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The Comcast Construction Company Civil Engineers consists of two divisions. The divisions are Water and Infrastructure. The company sells engineering services to various customers. The following are the bill rates for the various staff classifications: Vice President $250/hour Senior Engineer $200/hour Associate Engineer $190/hour Staff Engineer $160/hour The two divisions expect to bill the following hours: Water- 10,000 hours, vice president at 10% of the time, 20% of Senior Engineer time 10% to Associate engineers and remaining to Staff Engineers. Waste Water-6,000 hours, vice president at 12% of the time, 20% of Senior Engineer time, 5% to Associate engineers and remaining to Staff Engineers. . The Direct Labor costs per hours are as follows: Vice President $90/hour Senior Engineer $70/hour Associate Engineer $60/hour Staff Engineer $50/hour. The utilization (billable ratio to total hours) for each staff members are as follows: Vice President Senior Engineer Associate Engineer Staff Engineer 60% 80% 85% 90%. The company has the following other costs: Admin Salaries $81,000 Rent $120,000 Utilities $16,000 Benefits $75,000 Assume that there are 2080 hours per year that each engineer can work including vacation and other benefit hours. (1). Prepare a static budget for the company. (2). Assume that the actual utilization came in at the following rates: Vice President 50% Senior Engineer 82% Associate Engineer 88% Staff Engineer 93% Based on the above utilization, prepare a flexible budget and calculate the Level 2/3 variances. (3). What recommendations can be made for the upcoming year in budgeting to the CFO for additional profitability and increasing revenue? (4). What approaches would your recommendations to increase the company overall utilization of staff and billable hours? (5). How will your recommendations impact customer profitability or divisional profitability? (6). The company wants to add a new division. It will be the Construction Division with 3 people. Please discuss pros and cons of adding a division and when you might consider not to add the division. The Comcast Construction Company Civil Engineers consists of two divisions. The divisions are Water and Infrastructure. The company sells engineering services to various customers. The following are the bill rates for the various staff classifications: Vice President $250/hour Senior Engineer $200/hour Associate Engineer $190/hour Staff Engineer $160/hour The two divisions expect to bill the following hours: Water- 10,000 hours, vice president at 10% of the time, 20% of Senior Engineer time 10% to Associate engineers and remaining to Staff Engineers. Waste Water-6,000 hours, vice president at 12% of the time, 20% of Senior Engineer time, 5% to Associate engineers and remaining to Staff Engineers. . The Direct Labor costs per hours are as follows: Vice President $90/hour Senior Engineer $70/hour Associate Engineer $60/hour Staff Engineer $50/hour. The utilization (billable ratio to total hours) for each staff members are as follows: Vice President Senior Engineer Associate Engineer Staff Engineer 60% 80% 85% 90%. The company has the following other costs: Admin Salaries $81,000 Rent $120,000 Utilities $16,000 Benefits $75,000 Assume that there are 2080 hours per year that each engineer can work including vacation and other benefit hours. (1). Prepare a static budget for the company. (2). Assume that the actual utilization came in at the following rates: Vice President 50% Senior Engineer 82% Associate Engineer 88% Staff Engineer 93% Based on the above utilization, prepare a flexible budget and calculate the Level 2/3 variances. (3). What recommendations can be made for the upcoming year in budgeting to the CFO for additional profitability and increasing revenue? (4). What approaches would your recommendations to increase the company overall utilization of staff and billable hours? (5). How will your recommendations impact customer profitability or divisional profitability? (6). The company wants to add a new division. It will be the Construction Division with 3 people. Please discuss pros and cons of adding a division and when you might consider not to add the division