Budgeting | Preliminary Cost Estimating with RSMeans

Your will learn the following through the concepts and practical cases.

1. Framework of the build environment

2. Classification and type of buildings

3. Life-cycle of the building environment

4. How cost estimates align with organizational goals

5. Classes and accuracy of cost estimates

6. Understanding key characteristics of cost estimates

7. Fundamental of cost estimation with cost books

8. Examples of cost books

9. Estimating, construction cost indexes, adjustments for time and location

10. Practice exercise on cost adjustments using indexes

11. Fundamentals on Budget estimating

12. Practical case study related to high level budget estimating

13. Fundamentals on Assembly estimating

14. How to develop a preliminary cost for a 200 units apartment building

15. Analyzing the budget and initiating the value engineering

16. Detailed cost estimating using cost books – Basic review