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Construction Cost Estimators – A Critical, Experienced-based Profession

Building Information Management

A professional construction cost estimator in an important team member of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project. The Department of Labor projects a 36% increase in demand for cost estimators over the next several years. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program.

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Construction Cost Estimating Software vs. Spreadsheets – State of the Nation 2012

Building Information Management

While accurate, timely, and transparent cost estimating is critical to the success of any renovation, repair, sustainability, or new construction project, most construction cost estimators (over 55%) continue to rely primarily upon manual methods, hard copy documents, or electronic spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

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Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Owner creates internal estimating (IGE). Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Owner creates internal estimating (IGE). Contract, Project, Estimating, Document Management.

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Worldwide Need for Construction Collaboration

Building Information Management

BIM , however, is not the solution if the focus and/or requirement is associated with 3D visualization. Enhanced productivity. Consolidation of procurement creates lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Owners are virtually singularly responsible for low productivity and waste in the construction sector. Reduced risk.

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You are what you measure… and/or … You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Building Information Management

Whether you are cost estimating, designing, managing projects, and/or involved in Integrated Project Delivery – IPD, Job Order Contracting – JOC, and involved any related collaborative construction delivery process… or thinking our it… now’s the time to get more serious, or get on board! KPI: Overhead rate.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.