Construction Cost Estimating
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Types and Levels of Cost Estimates: Purposes and Objectives
Conceptual estimates
Design estimates, contingencies, and escalation
Bid estimates and the bid process
Construction control estimates and change orders
Construction Estimating Resources and Processes
Estimating team
Estimating process / quantity takeoff
Data resources
CSI Master Format / work breakdown structure / assemblies
Cost / bid factors / construction economy
Estimating Labor, Equipment, Overhead and Profit
Estimating labor costs
Estimating construction equipment costs
Estimating overhead costs
Estimating profit
Estimating Construction Materials and Services
Earthwork and excavation
Pavements and other site work
Concrete
Wood
Steel
Masonry
Thermal and moisture protection
Interior construction
Finishes
Equipment, furnishings, conveying systems, special construction
Estimating Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing
Plumbing
Mechanical / fire protection systems
Electrical / communication systems
Value Engineering, Lifecycle Costing, and Estimating Software
Value engineering
Life-cycle costing
Estimating software
Credits
Architects
6.5 Public Protection PDUs
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Interior Designers
6.5 Public Protection CE Hours
Contractors
Non-Credit Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 PDUs to Georgia architects, 6.5 continuing education hours to Georgia interior designers, and 6.5 PDHs to Georgia professional engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Georgia. Architects and Interior Designers: This course subject is classified as Public Protection.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been reviewed by any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education purposes.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Mike Keating, PE, MBA
Mr. Keating has been in the construction industry for over 29 years in various capacities including estimator/cost engineer, project manager, construction manager, director of construction, and A/E construction administrator to name a few. He has been involved in both commercial and residential construction projects both in the public and private sector with several individual projects exceeding $100 million in construction value. He currently works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a cost engineer and value engineering officer on large military, civil works, and inter-agency developments. In addition, he teaches a class in Construction Engineering as an adjunct instructor at the University of South Alabama, Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering.
Mr. Keating grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and holds a bachelor of science degree in Construction Management from the University of Nebraska. In addition, he received his MBA degree from the University of West Florida in 2004. He is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the State of Virginia and a certified general contractor (CGC) in the State of Florida, and he holds several other industry certifications including certified cost engineer (CCE), value management associate (VMA), certified professional estimator (CPE), and certified construction contract administrator (CCCA).