Diploma of Cost Estimation of Construction Projects

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Construction Projects Financial and Accounting Management, Cost Estimation, Pricing and Tendering

This course is divided to two levels as below:

Level-1 includes the following topics:

• Lecture 1: Introduction

• Lecture 2: Accounting methods

• Lecture 3: Introduction to construction management

• Lecture 4: Introduction to cost estimating

• Lecture 5: Jobsite general conditions

• Lecture 6: Overhead and profit

Level-2 includes the following topics:

• Lecture 1: Cost control

• Lecture 2: Earned value analysis

• Lecture 3: Cash flow

• Lecture 4: Payment requests

• Lecture 5: Financial close-out of the construction project

By end of level-1 of this course, you will be able to :

1. Manage the accounting cycle and tender process.

2. Understand the projects delivery methods, procurement ,contracts types and the associated risks.

3. Estimate and manage the construction costs elements(Labor, Material, Equipment and Subcontractor).

4. Estimate and manage the jobsite indirect cost in a professional way,

5. Implement the strategies to optimize the jobsite indirect cost.

6. Mitigate the impact of change orders, claims, and delays on the jobsite indirect cost.

7. Estimate and manage the home office overhead costs , conduct breakeven analysis ,markups and profit determination and management.

8. Price a whole project in a professional way.

After completion of this level, you will be eligible to take the Level-2, which includes the rest of financial management topics, then, you will be able to manage the construction projects financially from the tender stage to the financial close out stage in a professional way.