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Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Control
- À son rythme
- Accès libre
- Certificat payant
- 5 séquences
- Niveau Introductif
Détails du cours
Déroulé
- Week 1 - Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Control Overview
Professor Odeh describes the course and provides an overview of what will be covered. Also covered is an introduction to Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Controls. - Week 1 - Understanding Design in the Construction Industry
Ian Taylor, project manager for Turner and Townsend, introduces the stages of design in a construction project. - Week 1 - Introduction to the Types of Cost Estimates
Professor Odeh describes the types of cost estimates in a construction project. Also covered in this module are the tools and methods used to create estimates. - Week 1 - Quantity Take-Off and Measurement
James Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management for Turner and Townsend, and Ian Taylor, Project Manager for Turner and Townsend, discuss Quantity Take Off and Measurement. Estimating cut and fill costs is taught along with a detailed example of using cut ... - Week 2 - Pricing
James Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management for Turner and Townsend, discusses pricing, labor costs and equipment costs. Topics include, cost materials, formwork, reinforcing steel and concrete. Money component and productivity component is discussed i... - Week 2 - Building the Estimate
ames Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management at Turner and Townsend, Inc., illustrates how to build an estimate. Sneath does a deep dive into a schematic design project. - Week 2 - Procurement
James Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management for Turner and Townsend, discussed the procurement stage of a construction projects and they typical involvement of a cost manager or cost estimator. - Week 2 - Post Contract and Cost Estimation within a Project
James Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management for Turner and Townsend Construction, discusses post contract and cost estimation with a construction project. Also covered in this module are cost reporting, change orders and communication and meetings. - Week 3 - Construction Cost Control Methods
Professor Odeh introduces construction cost control and the work segments contained in a project. - Week 3 - Earned Value Method (EVM)
In this module, Professor Odeh goes deeper into the Earned Value Method of Cost Control. - Week 3 - Close Out Period
Ian Taylor, Project Manager at Turner and Townsend, Inc., introduces cost management close out and punch-list review. - Week 3 - Cost Estimation in Practice
James Sneath, Associate Director of Cost Management at Turner and Townsend, Inc., talks about cost estimation in general practice. The unit starts with tips in cost estimating and cost management and ends with a discussion of the international roles of cost ma... - Week 4 - Project Cash Flow
Ben Miller, Project Manager at Gilbane Building Company, discusses contracts and cash flows. Revenues, expenses and how they impact projects as a whole will be covered. - Week 4 - Technology Trends in Cost Estimating and Cost Control
Kevin Labrecque, Senior Vice President at Harper Limbach LLC discusses technology trends in cost estimating and cost control. Topics include 5D Estimating Systems (BIM), estimating software, technology workflows, and implementation. - Week 5 - Program Cost Estimating
Christopher Toomey, Senior Vice President at AECOM Global Programs, discusses cost control for large programs. - Week 5 - Lean in Cost Control
Sam Spata, Owner of Method Lean, presents this module on Lean In Cost Control.
Prérequis
Intervenants
Ibrahim Odeh, Ph.D., MBA
Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University
Director of Research and Founder, Global Leaders in Construction Management
Éditeur
L'université Columbia est une université privée située dans le quartier de Morningside Heights, dans le nord-ouest de l'arrondissement de Manhattan, à New York (États-Unis). Elle trouve son origine dans le King's College fondée en 1754 par le roi George II de Grande-Bretagne. Elle est l'un des plus anciens établissements d’enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis et fait partie du groupe de l'Ivy League regroupant huit des universités les plus anciennes, les plus célèbres, les plus prestigieuses et les plus élitistes du pays.
Columbia est l'une des universités les plus sélectives et prestigieuses au monde. Le taux d'admission était de 5,1 % en 2019, comparable à ceux de Harvard et de Stanford. Classée première aux États-Unis pour la recherche, elle figure au sixième rang mondial (4e aux États-Unis) du classement CUWR des 1 000 meilleures universités mondiales et au huitième rang mondial du Classement Shanghai des universités.
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