Rory Woolsey

MAY 31, 2012

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” ” I get this question a lot from my architect friends when helping them budget their projects through the design process. Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog.

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Rory Woolsey

JANUARY 16, 2012

I have figured that I have facilitated about 8,500 hours of classes on estimating, Job Order Contracting, and project management related topics. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. The WAG Way!!

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Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

” The facilities manager is already strapped for time with another demanding tenant, tight timelines, on-going operations, and emergency fixes. Bare is exactly that; it is the bare cost of the direct activities less any mark ups for labor burden, taxes, bond, overhead and profit.

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Rory Woolsey

MARCH 20, 2012

Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. Kaiser Constructors and has worked on projects ranging from heavy, military, industrial, commercial and residential. Follow by Email. Budgetary Estimating.

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Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I heard the Critical Path Method (CPM) defined once as a management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control! Not so funny if you have ever been at the management end of a tight timeline, in an old facility, around on-going operations with the concrete truck on its way and the formwork delayed because the backhoe is out of fuel!!

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Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

This equates to 75 labor hours x a cost of $60 per hour (with all overhead and burdens) which equates to about 6% additional savings on a typical $80,000 JOC project. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972.

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