How to Calculate Labor Cost per Construction Project
How to Calculate Labor Cost – Man Hours Calculate
Comprehensive guide to calculating the direct labor cost of workers per construction projects. read more in Calculate man hours
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Feb 16, 2019
Construction estimator skills
Skills for Construction Estimators
Basic skill
The estimator needs basic innate skills for successful professional development. Of course, these skills are developed with experience, but the estimator must have at least certain innate skills to perform the job.
Anyone entering the estimating profession should have a combination of the core skills listed in Figure 1.
Math skills
Estimation, by its very nature, requires the formulation of numerous mathematical operations and complex calculations.
Mathematical literacy is essential for beginners.
Estimation, by its very nature, requires the formulation of numerous mathematical operations and complex calculations.
Mathematical literacy is essential for beginners.
Communication skills
Another necessary skill is the beginner's natural ability to develop good oral and written communication.
The success of the project often hides in the details and their correct evaluation.
In most situations, it is necessary to communicate on a routine basis with
Colleagues who specialize in the type of project.
Equipment and service providers.
The client.
With subcontractors.
Or attendees at business meetings.
Good writing is another key skill that will help you present complex reports clearly and concisely.
Another necessary skill is the beginner's natural ability to develop good oral and written communication.
The success of the project often hides in the details and their correct evaluation.
In most situations, it is necessary to communicate on a routine basis with
Colleagues who specialize in the type of project.
Equipment and service providers.
The client.
With subcontractors.
Or attendees at business meetings.
Good writing is another key skill that will help you present complex reports clearly and concisely.
Perseverance or persistence
This trait is a hidden gem, but essential to the Estimator's personality.
Estimators need to be persistent.
Perseverance is used, for example, in the painstaking effort to find the best price for an infinite number of materials for a project in a universe of suppliers.
Perseverance enables the estimator to complete all aspects of the quotation on time, regardless of the effort required.
Honesty and reliability
Evaluation requires honesty and reliability.
These qualities are required by
The company's shareholders, who are interested in the economic success and prestige of their company.
Your own colleagues, who will manage projects on the basis of the valuer's preliminary analysis.
Jan 19, 2019
Audio: How to choose a Contractor
How do I choose a contractor?
Contractor selection checklist
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In this audio, number 3, we discuss the key functions of the client's purchasing department and the role it plays in selecting the most appropriate contractor.
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Jan 12, 2019
Audio: How to Estimate
How to Estimate
How do I carry out construction and industrial assembly?
How to do an estimate? This audio, the second in a series of podcasts, explores the tasks that an estimator or group of estimators typically perform to quote a project and the skills that are most sought after in the research profile of a successful estimator.
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Jan 6, 2019
Audio: How to carry out industrial construction and assembly
How to do construction work?
How to carry out industrial construction and assembly work.
General information
In this first podcast, we provide general information on how to estimate industrial construction and assembly work.
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Mar 15, 2018
Infographic of eBook "Estimator's Piping Man-hours Tool"
Infographic of e-book: Estimator's Piping Man-hours Tool
Man Hours Calculation
After calculating the man-hours obtained by multiplying the type of union of the line of the pipe by the consumption of hours to execute each type of union-consumption of hours that you extract from the eleven tables of consumption verified by the hand of the work of the e-book: "Estimator's Piping Man-hours Tool"; You will need to adjust this total number of hours to increase or decrease it according to the conditions under which your project is being developed.
Here is an infographic that summarizes this concept.
