CIE 4913 creditsPrereq: Pre-Requisite: Civil Engineering and Engineering Science Majors Only.
CIE 491: Construction Estimating
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- Estimation of construction costs. Topics include project life cycle, financial considerations, order-of-magnitude estimates, the project acquisition decision, material/labor and equipment costs, overhead and profit consideration, building systems estimates, uncertainty, the bidding process, value engineering, and cost control.
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- Satish Mohan
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