Take the sketches above, some dim photos from inside the flood ravaged building, let simmer in the brain pan for a couple of days and voila..... the estimate below (all work allocated to each user group - a funding issue).  No structural engineer on board - no problem - an hour of research and in it goes, complete with piles.

Click estimate above to open full estimate.Click the files below to open other samples of estimates and the production drawings that were used in their creation.

Estimating

 

I'm told I'm good at estimating. 

I suspect it's a combination of:

Construction Administration experience.

Hands on construction experience.

MEP engineering experience.

 

Endless research and reading about the nuts and bolts of building.

Vivid imagination.

The example to the left is for a post Katrina evaluation of a major community center.

 

This is the best I've ever done.  Given little more then one line diagrams and photos I turned out a FEMA acceptable detailed cost estimate for a nearly 10 million dollar multiuse center

 

Though I've done the same for projects from homes to ice rinks.

 

How To Estimate

 

Instructions for jr. staff to enable them to usefully contribute to cost estimating projects without leaving too much work out.

 

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