Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):       11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Afternoon Session:           12:45 – 4:30 pm

Producing Different Types of Cost Estimates

   Purposes of and methodologies for cost estimates
      • Design estimate
      • Bid estimate
      • Control estimate

Construction Estimating Resources and Processes

   Estimating team
   Estimating process
   Data resources
   CSI MasterFormat

Estimating Labor, Equipment, Overhead and Profit

   Estimating labor costs
   Estimating for construction equipment costs
   Estimating overhead costs
   Estimating profit

Estimating Construction Materials and Services

   Earthwork and excavation
   Pavements
   Concrete structures
   Wood structures
   Steel structures
   Masonry
   Floors
   Roofing
   Interiors
   Finishes

Estimating Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing

   Plumbing
   Electrical systems
   Mechanical systems

Using Construction Estimating Software

   Review of industry-standard software

Credits

Professional Engineer
     6.5 PDHs

Architects
     6.5 PDHs/CE Hours (HSW)
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to engineers and 6.5 PDHs/continuing education hours (HSW) to architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Tennessee.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Partial attendance cannot be reported to the AIA.

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 offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board for mandatory continuing education credit.

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

Daniel Frondorf, CPE, CDT

DG Frondorf and Associates LLC, Cincinnati

Mr. Frondorf owns and operates Cincinnati-based DG Frondorf and Associates LLC, a construction cost estimating consulting firm. He is a member of Consulting Estimator’s Round Table (CERT), AACE, and the American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE). He has 25 years of service as a construction estimator, and has presented several seminars on estimating practices and ethical bidding topics to trade associations and at industry events. Mr. Frondorf is also a past instructor of construction estimating at the University of Cincinnati and has guest lectured there and at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. He has also written several articles on estimating related topics in Estimating Today and Design Cost Data magazines.