March 3, 2017 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Target audience – professionals that have completed Intermediate Construction Estimating or with construction estimating experience that wish to expand their understanding of the process and improve their best practices.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand advanced estimating strategies to win projects
• How to perform a “post-mortem” on the bid, win or lose
• What happens after the bid, win or lose
• How to effectively translate the estimate to a budget
• How to use the estimate and bid day for buyout and negotiating subcontracts and purchases
• The estimate to the budget to the pay application process
• Alternate estimate types beyond the lump sum detailed estimate
• The schedule and budget relationship
• Understand the basics of 5-D BIM estimate integration

Instructor:

George F. Bigham III

Construction Management Instructor at Kent State University

College of Applied Engineering - Sustainability and Technology