Tips in Construction Cost Estimating
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Speaker : SALEH MUBARAK
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When : Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Time : 03 : 00 PM EST
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Saleh Mubarak, Ph.D.
- Construction project management professional, professor, consultant, author, public speaker, and trainer.
- Ph.D. in civil engineering from Clemson University, USA, specialized in Construction Project Management.
- Experience: 30+ years, diversified:
o Industrial: private and public sectors, in the U.S. and international. Positions occupied include project engineer / manager, cost estimator, planner / scheduler, project controls manager, cost manager, training manager.
o Academic: faculty member / professor, head of department. - Extensive experience in continuing education and professional training around the world.
- Author of:
o Construction Project Scheduling and Control, 4th edition
o How to Estimate with Means Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction, 5th edition.
o Many articles, technical and other - Many presentations in professional conferences such as PMI, AACE International. Public speaker in many local, regional, and international events.
- An authority on project planning, scheduling, and project control.
An advocate of holistic healthy living.
This seminar is important for construction cost estimators and all the contractor’s team members who deal with the cost estimate. It provides valuable tips that can make a big difference during both the estimating / planning and the execution phases. The seminar includes tips in quantity take off, mathematical intuition and judgment, estimating the cost of labor and labor addons, estimating the cost of equipment and materials, estimating the cost of overhead, contingency profit, and other indirect expenses, putting the estimate together, and cash flow issues.
Areas Covered
- Introduction to the Concept of Construction Cost Estimating
- Reading the contract terms
- Visiting the site
- Realizing the type and level of estimate needed
- Making adjustments to productivity and other factors
- Materials waste allowance and non-standard items
- Missing and duplicating items / missing and conflicting information
- Getting quotations from vendors
- Estimating indirect costs
- Putting the estimate together
- Cash-flow issues
Who Should Attend
This seminar is important for the entire project management team, particularly cost estimators, contractors, project managers, project controls managers, planners, schedulers, and other project management team members.
Why Should You Attend
Attending this seminar is important for construction cost estimators and all the contractor’s team members who deal with the cost estimate. It provides valuable tips that can make a big difference during both the estimating/planning and the execution phases. The seminar includes tips on direct and indirect costs. It includes tips on small items that may become big in the outcome. Examples are contract terms, visiting the site, making adjustments to productivity, materials waste allowance and non-standard items, missing and duplicating items / missing and conflicting information, estimating indirect costs, and putting the estimate together.
Topic Background
Cost estimating for construction projects is a complicated matter that requires knowledge and expertise. It involves so many aspects that a mistake in one of them can be devastating for the contractor. This seminar will provide a group of valuable tips that will improve the accuracy of the cost estimate. The tips include quantity take-offs, identifying individual items, adding waste allowances, pricing items, adjusting cost for productivity fluctuations, additional charges (such as shipping, delivery, taxes, customs, other fees), custom and special items, estimating overhead and profit, and contingency allowance, and putting the estimate together. Other topics include the impact of location and timing on the price and importance of reading the contract and good documentation.
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$160.00
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