206 STP-CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY & COST MANAGEMENT, UNIT 5

Description

This online course teaches the essential skills supervisors need to complete construction projects on time and within budget. Students will learn the principles of cost control, including estimating, cost analysis, production scheduling, reporting, and project evaluation, through real-world construction scenarios and case studies. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understand the estimating and quantity take-off process and how they are associated with construction cost control
• Be familiar with the content of a typical construction estimate
• Be able to evaluate subcontractors and participate in the subcontractor selection process
• Know who has responsibilities for cost control and understand the risks associated with construction contracting
• Learn how to increase productivity by using labor and equipment efficiently
• Understand the general relationship among project estimating, productivity planning, measurement, project planning, scheduling and project control
• Gain additional insight into the process of planning labor crews and preparing for labor costs
• Know how to identify labor cost problems and solve the problems using project cost data
• Learn several techniques for managing subcontractors at the job site
• Learn strategies for using cost control data to influence the work and minimize negative cost impacts
• Understand how to the evaluate project after completion and determine strategies for future projects
• Know how to participate in a project debriefing and understand the value associated with debriefing
• Learn about schedule acceleration methods and how to apply them
• Learn how the schedule is used as documentation for changes and disputes