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Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. A New Year in Construction Estimating. Hello to all the friends that I have made over the past 25 years of facilitating construction estimating seminars. Monday, January 16, 2012. To all of you Happy New Year!!! Labor Productivity?
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. The Estimating Process; Get it Right! If you are interested in an expanded discussion on the most crucial step in the estimating process then go back and read my blog on "Scope, Scope, Scope!" Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Thrifty, speedy estimating software coupled with unit cost construction data does NOT an accurate estimate make!!! Budgetary estimating is just another pesky necessity that gets in the way of progress. Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Heaven, Hell and Estimating: They say that all good jokes are based on bits of truth. I don’t know if this is the case with all humor but it does hit close to home with a joke I heard about the estimating skills of us engineers.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. I realize this is a repeat but for one I dont have any extra time this week and two scope cannot be over emphasized in the construction estimating process. Heaven, Hell and Estimating: They say that all good jokes are based on bits of truth.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. He is known nationally for his expertise in estimating.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. At the heart of and crucial to controlling costs is an accurate cost estimate which translates into a cost budget. A cost estimate then is very important to cost control. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Scope, scope, scope!! Enough said!
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. I realize that I promised a blog with topics on construction estimating and this is not exactly on topic but it is very much related and relevant. He is known nationally for his expertise in estimating. Budgetary Estimating.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Pay close attention to the math and follow the logic and in the end we will arrive at a useful range of markups that can be used for facilities budgetary estimating. Estimate contingency should not be an excuse to skip the due diligence.
Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. In my estimation this could be worth at least a couple of points; conservatively I would argue for a 2% savings in this analysis. Thursday, February 16, 2012. A Savings Analysis! I was set to publish a blog this week on cost control.
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Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. I have been compiling and reviewing Job Order Contracting cost estimates (proposals) for over 20 years and I actually had a bit of an awakening at this symposium. For this cost estimator this was always uncomfortable.
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