Construction Cost Estimating and Management

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Overall Introduction

Lecture 2: How to Take the Course

Lecture 3: What is Construction Management?

Lecture 4: Why do Construction Projects Fail?

Lecture 5: Who am I and Why Should You Bother Listening?

Lecture 6: Who are these Courses for?

Lecture 7: Free Construction Management Courses!

Lecture 8: Guidebook

Lecture 9: Section 1 – Introduction to Cost Estimating and Management

Lecture 10: Section 1.1 – Introduction and Key Concepts

Lecture 11: Section 1.2 – Importance

Lecture 12: Section 1.3 – Cost Management and the Project Lifecycle

Lecture 13: Section 1 – Conclusion

Chapter 2: Section 2 – Cost Estimating

Lecture 1: Section 2 – Introduction

Lecture 2: Section 2.1 – Introduction to Cost Estimating

Lecture 3: What is Estimating?

Lecture 4: The Different Types of Estimating

Lecture 5: Types of Construction Costs

Lecture 6: The Estimating Process

Lecture 7: Estimating at Different Project Stages

Lecture 8: Section 2.2 – Direct Costs

Lecture 9: The Work Breakdown Structure

Lecture 10: Case Study – Missing Scope

Lecture 11: Delivery Methodology

Lecture 12: Case Study – Delivery Methodology

Lecture 13: Pricing Model

Lecture 14: Quantity Take-Off

Lecture 15: Per-Unit Cost

Lecture 16: Labour Costs

Lecture 17: Case Study – Labour Costs

Lecture 18: Plant Costs

Lecture 19: Case Study – Plant Costs

Lecture 20: Material Costs

Lecture 21: Sub-Contract

Lecture 22: Case Study – Sub-Contract Costs

Lecture 23: Assumptions

Lecture 24: Useful concrete production rates

Lecture 25: Detailed Example

Lecture 26: Section 2.3 – In-Direct Costs

Lecture 27: Overheads

Lecture 28: Preliminaries

Lecture 29: Case Study – Preliminary Costs

Lecture 30: Insurances and Security

Lecture 31: In-Direct Costs and the Project Schedule

Lecture 32: Section 2.4 – Other

Lecture 33: Risk and Opportunity

Lecture 34: Risk and Opportunity Case Study

Lecture 35: Margin and Corporate Overheads

Lecture 36: Estimate Review

Lecture 37: Cash-Flow Analysis

Lecture 38: Pricing Schedule

Lecture 39: Section 2 Conclusion

Lecture 40: Cost Estimating Worked Example

Lecture 41: Feedback Survey

Chapter 3: Section 3 – Cost Monitoring and Control

Lecture 1: Section 3 – Introduction

Lecture 2: Section 3.1 – Pre-Construction Cost Management

Lecture 3: Going from an Estimate to a Budget

Lecture 4: Case Study – Cost Codes

Lecture 5: Design Cost Management

Lecture 6: Case Study – Design Cost Management

Lecture 7: Procurement Cost Management

Lecture 8: Section 3.2 – Construction Phase Cost Management

Lecture 9: Earned Value Management

Lecture 10: Case Study – Earned Value Management

Lecture 11: Cost Code Management

Lecture 12: Treatments

Lecture 13: Tip – Learn to see money

Lecture 14: Self-Perform Cost Management

Lecture 15: Sub-Contract Cost Management

Lecture 16: Case Study – Sub-Contract Cost Management

Lecture 17: Risk and Opportunity Cost Management

Lecture 18: Section 3 – Conclusion

Chapter 4: Section 4 – Summary of the Course

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Lecture 2: Review of Section 1

Lecture 3: Review of Section 2

Lecture 4: Review of Section 3

Lecture 5: Try out our other courses!

Lecture 6: Overall Conlcusion

Lecture 7: Bonus Lecture