Among the five common project discriminators – time, cost, quality, performance, and scope – most clients concentrate their efforts on determining and controlling project costs. PRODESIGN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION recognizes the importance of having accurate cost estimates before even a single shovel goes into the ground.
Accurate estimates are needed for budgeting, verifying, or modifying design decisions at the various stages of the project development and analyzing the accuracy and fairness of contractor bids.
Project owners use cost estimates to determine a project’s scope and feasibility and to allocate budgets. In addition, contractors use them when deciding whether to bid on a project.
To minimize the stresses of potential cost overruns and failing to complete a project, the contractors and owners devote time to estimating how much a project will cost before deciding to move forward with it. Since a cost estimate can only be accurate with a well-defined project plan, it is standard practice to create multiple estimates during the pre-design and design phases. These become more accurate as of the project’s level of definition increases.
Knowing how essential are the cost estimates for proper planning and funding, we work with our clients to evaluate and develop accurate estimates for their projects. Using our technical expertise and database of historical project cost data, we help our clients every step of the way as they:
- Develop preliminary project budget costs.
- Develop design estimates through design progression.
- Develop project budgets for the full-designed project.
- Evaluate estimates for completeness and accuracy relative to scope.
- Estimate costs and time for change order proposals.