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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Thrifty, speedy estimating software coupled with unit cost construction data does NOT an accurate estimate make!!! Budgetary estimating is just another pesky necessity that gets in the way of progress. Wednesday, April 4, 2012.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A New Year in.

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. A New Year in Construction Estimating. Hello to all the friends that I have made over the past 25 years of facilitating construction estimating seminars. Monday, January 16, 2012. To all of you Happy New Year!!! Labor Productivity?

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. In a project management cycle the metrics are Planned , Implemented , Measured (actual vs. budgeted) and then reacted to, correcting for deviations by making changes to the original plan. If scope is wrong a project budget is wrong.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: It Don't Come Easy!

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Examples of project organizing tools are budgets, schedules, cash flow diagrams, manning charts and resource schedules. He is known nationally for his expertise in estimating. Budgetary Estimating. Sunday, April 15, 2012.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Scope, Scope!!!

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Heaven, Hell and Estimating: They say that all good jokes are based on bits of truth. I don’t know if this is the case with all humor but it does hit close to home with a joke I heard about the estimating skills of us engineers.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Scope, Again?

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. I realize this is a repeat but for one I dont have any extra time this week and two scope cannot be over emphasized in the construction estimating process. Heaven, Hell and Estimating: They say that all good jokes are based on bits of truth.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. “ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Estimate contingency should not be an excuse to skip the due diligence. Mark It Up!