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CM 224 - Construction Estimating I

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Course provides a working knowledge of processes and information applied to order-of-magnitude and budget-level construction cost estimates during preconstruction. Learning includes components of direct and indirect construction costs; cost database, work breakdown, and estimate structure using CSI UniFormat and MasterFormat; contingency and risk; and estimate adjustments for productivity. Automated techniques for construction estimates are applied. Ethical considerations in budgeting and estimating are looked at. (prereq: AE 2212 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Interpret, read and understand construction documents and specifications
• Prepare a conceptual preliminary estimate
• Estimate building costs by systems
• Understand selected aspects of the bidding process
• Analyze construction productivity
• Apply estimating skills and understand their integration into computer spreadsheet applications
• Understand the ethical issues surrounding the budgeting and estimating process
Prerequisites by Topic
• Building Construction Materials
Course Topics
• Course Introduction (1 hour)
• Work Breakdown Structures (1 hour)
• Use of Computers in Estimating (1/2 hour)
• Order-of-Magnitude Estimating (2 hours)
• Feasibility Studies (1 hour)
• RS Means Use in Estimating (1.5 hours)
• CSI Formats as they Relate to Estimate Organization (2 hours)
• Assemblies Estimating (1/2 hour)
• Cost of Work in Construction (1 hour)
• Productivity Estimates (2 hours)
• Construction Bidding Process (4 hours)
• Risk Assessment in Construction Estimating (1/2 hour)
• Ethics in Construction Estimating (1/2 hour)
• Estimating with Building Information Modeling (1 hour)
• Course Review (1 hour)
• Construction Document Plan Reading (2.5 hours)
• Preparing a Preliminary Estimate-Final Project (4 hours)
• Assessment (5 hours)
Laboratory Topics
• No associate laboratory
Coordinator
DeAnna Leitzke


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