Rory Woolsey

MAY 31, 2012

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. Overhead: Overhead is the markup for the general contractor’s home office overhead.

Estimating 40

Estimating Overhead Profitability Remodeling 40

Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

The first crisis will occur when the contractor bids are greater than the budget estimate. Bare is exactly that; it is the bare cost of the direct activities less any mark ups for labor burden, taxes, bond, overhead and profit. All direct costs are then adjusted to include home office overhead and profit for the installing contractor.

Estimating 45

Estimating Construction Overhead Software 45

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Ed Carrigan asked: “Do you believe there is a savings between JOC program and a bidding process (design-bid-build)?” For multi-trade repair and improvement type projects, Job Order Contracting will win out on a savings analysis over design-bid-build. ” Thanks for the question, Ed.

Estimating 40

Estimating Bidding Negotiation Contract 40

Rory Woolsey

MARCH 20, 2012

Successful "hard bid" contractors know very well that scoping construction goes well beyond the AE scope and must include field specific scope. Competitive bidding contractors will get their unit costs from subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and their own cost records. Typically the published unit costs do not include all the above.

Estimating 40

Estimating Construction Overhead Structural Engineering 40

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

A project cost should also include the indirect costs such as site specific overhead (indirectly attributable to all the project direct costs and can be 5% to 15% of project cost), home office overhead, profit, bond, sales taxes and even certain contingencies.

Estimating 40

Estimating Cash Flow Budgeting Budget 40