CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING

Catalog description

This course serves as a leveling course for students without a construction background and as an open elective to students with a construction-related background. The course provides students with the knowledge to perform construction estimating using digital tools and software, construction bidding, and cost control. Course lectures cover quantity takeoffs from construction plans; specifications on materials, labor, equipment, profit, contracts, bonds, and insurance; and overhead of a construction project. The course also highlights the importance of cost control and monitoring project cash flow. Students are introduced to construction estimating software utilized in the construction industry. (3 credits) fall