A professional construction cost estimator in an important team member of any Owner, Contractor, or AE organization’s involvement in a facility renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project. A cost estimator’s role is to review the many factors, variables, and information sources associated with a construction project and to present an accurate total cost (the [...]
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The Role of a Construction Cost Estimator
By mbrown on May 17, 2012 in 4Clicks, AEC, e4Clicks, eTakeoff, MasterFormat, Spreadsheets, Technology, UniFormat
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
By mbrown on April 22, 2012 in IPD, Job Order Contracting, JOC, MACC, MATOC, POCA, QTO, RSMeans, SABER, SATOC, Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements, Technology, Uncategorized, UniFormat, Unit Price Book
It’s amazing how many cost estimators exclusively use spreadsheets. In end, this practice creates more problems than it solves. Certainly spreadsheets play an important role, however, study after study has proven them to be inefficient and prone to error when collaboration is required, or when relatively sophisticated databases are commonly used. The solution for Owners, [...]
The Importance of Construction Cost Data
By mbrown on December 16, 2011 in BOA, IPD, JOC, MACC, MasterFormat, MATOC, POCA, SATOC, Uncategorized, UniFormat
Masterformat, Uniformat, and reference cost databases such as RS Means Construction Cost Data are important “best practices” for enabling facility Owners, Contractors, AE’s, and oversight groups to achieve higher productivity, accuracy, and transparency for all construction, renovation, repair, and sustainability projects. – MasterFormat is a standard for construction unit price line items for commercial and [...]
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