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Project Cost Control in Engineering and Construction

Estimating | Advanced

What you will learn

  • Get practical skills in estimating, budgeting, and cost management to manage your construction project.
  • Understand project cost control systems, processes, and methodologies to effectively manage a construction or engineering project.
  • Communicate effectively about the health of construction projects.
  • Get the strategies, processes, and methodologies to improve project performance, and manage the profitability of your project.
  • Understand the management processes in construction management including application for payment, change orders, forecasting, resource tracking and management.

About this Course

Effective cost control ensures that a project’s budget is on track and the project is progressing and will be completed according to its planned schedule and cost. For a contractor or a contracting organization, cost control is the pivot of the organization’s success, and the amount of profits and benefits to be realized from a project is directly related to the organization’s cost control approach. It dictates the profit and loss on a project and companywide button line. For successful contracting organization, cost control starts before bidding. The company cost control process is well established and documented as part of the organization’s process assets. They understand that without effective cost control, they have no visibility on any project.

In this training, participants will learn all aspects of project cost control including estimating, budgeting and cost tracking and management. Participants will learn how to establish project budgets and perform cost management activities such as application for payment, cost forecasting, performance management, and resource management.  The course is designed for project, and construction managers, or project controls professionals who are looking to deepen their understanding of project cost controls. Whether you are working in a contracting organization or in an owner’s organization, this course will provide you with practical skills required to estimate, manage, and control costs on your project. 

Prerequisite

Have understanding of construction management, processes and methodologies.

Technical Requirements

None

Who Should Attend

 

This course is suitable for everyone who is part of any team that executes construction and engineering projects including large capital improvement programs. This course is primarily aimed at:

  • Project Directors
  • Project Managers
  • Construction Managers
  • Project Accountants
  • Project Planners,
  • Schedulers
  • Project Engineers
  • Cost Engineer/Estimator
  • Quantity Surveyors
  • Risk Manager
  • Project Controls Engineer

Course Details

 Day 1- Cost Estimating and Budgeting

    • Introduction and Setting of Expectations
    • The Construction Market
    • The Construction delivery methods
    • The Total Cost Framewrok
    • The Construction Cost and Budget
    • The direct and Indirect Cost
    • Uncertainity and Contingency Determination
    • The Construction Budget
    • Management and Contingency Reserve
    • Market Forces and Escalation

Day 2-Construction Cost Managment

    • Establishing Project Cashflow
    • Labor and Equipment Curves
    • Progress Measurement
    • Payment Application
    • Cost Management and tracking
    • Forecasting
    • Labor, Material and Equipment Management
    • Tracking the actual cost of work
    • Accounting for Construction Change Orders
    • Introduction to EVMS

Day 3: Cost Control and Earned Value Management Systems

    • Earned Value Based on EIA-748
    • The Organizations
    • Planning, Scheduling and Budgeting
    • Analysis and Management Report
    • Accounting for Changes in EVM
    • Forecasting using EVM