With bowling and golf, one miscalculation will drastically alter the end result. Similarly, construction estimating is a precision sport. This article discusses strategies to adjust estimates to market conditions and avoid gutter balls and bogeys.

To successfully create collaborative construction cost estimates, you need to understand the roles being played, appreciate how roles affect each other, establish a common organizational framework and designate a “conductor.”

While reflecting on past experiences is often a solid foundation for planning, old construction cost data is often outdated and inaccurate.

Developing accurate, thorough and defendable cost estimates on a consistent basis is an arduous and – sometimes – imposing undertaking.

“I’m not trying to be an estimator” is a phrase you’ll likely hear if you spend even a few minutes discussing work with Elizabeth Battaglia.

An accurate budget estimate begins with a clear, detailed Scope of Work. But how do you write a good scope?

In the past three years, only 31 percent of all projects came within 10 percent of their budgets.