There are three main areas to estimate before your project starts--effort, duration, and cost. Of the three, you must estimate effort first to understand the total amount of work. The duration can be ...

Accurate and precise cost assumptions are critical to developing short-term and long-term budgets for planned projects. Budget planning assumptions help businesses create contract proposals that ...

A small-business owner has the need for both forecasting what projects cost on an estimated cost basis and rough order of magnitude, also called a ballpark estimate. Which method she uses depends on ...

Although technical considerations are normally in the forefront as companies plan automation upgrade projects, cost is often the factor able to outweigh all others. All the wonderful ideas about new ...

The purpose of the estimate is two-fold. First, it allows the contractor to enter into a contractual agreement with confidence. Second, it provides an organized, detailed plan to execute the project ...

Pepper Construction chose estimating software that integrates with building information models (BIM) to slash estimating time and cost, and offer project owners custom estimate analyses that drive ...

The Bolts Lake redevelopment project has reached 30% design, bringing with it new cost estimates, construction plans and a tentative start date. The Eagle River Water & Sanitation District and the ...

The long-planned replacement of the Interstate 5 bridge connecting Portland and Vancouver is expected to cost between $5 billion and $7.5 billion, new project estimates show. The new ...

Corpus Christi's Inner Harbor desalination plant's cost estimate has risen by nearly 60% to $1.2 billion. The city council will discuss the updated cost estimates, and further refinement of the ...