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

Introduction to Cost Estimating

    Classifications of estimates and respective project design stages 
   Direct and indirect costs

Basis of Estimates

   Project documents and significance for estimating 
   Blueprint reading skills (scales and projection of views)

Cost Components – A Closer Look at the Estimates

   Concept of labor time and labor cost estimation 
   Breakdown of labor hourly wage rates (open shop vs. prevailing) 
   Material cost estimation 
   Equipment cost estimates (purchase, rentals and depreciation costs) 
   Overhead and profit 
   Inflation 
   Bonding and insurance

Organization of Estimates and Examples 

   CSI master-format 
   Cost summaries – an overview

Cost Estimate Examples – Quantity Take-offs and Pricing

   General requirements 
   Site-work 
   Concrete 
   Masonry 
   Metals 
   Wood and plastics 
   Thermal and moisture protection 
   Doors and windows 
   Mechanical 
   Electrical

Other Related Topics 

   Value engineering 
   Project scheduling and relationship with cost estimating 
   Technology utilization for estimating 
   The bidding process 
   Management of scope changes (addenda and change orders)

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours

Architects
     6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 continuing education hours to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700). HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects.

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.

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

Ha Yeung (Henry) Yu, P.E. P.Eng. PMP LEED Green Associate CTS

Senior Cost Engineer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Mr. Yu is a licensed professional engineer in New York State and the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Yu is a project management professional (PMP), a LEED green associate and an AVIXA certified technology Specialist. He possesses extensive experience in planning and management for diversified domain construction projects ranging from medium to large-scale industries, and he has an in-depth understanding of engineering design and construction management. He also provides on-call service as a FEMA substantial damage estimator. Mr. Yu’s areas of expertise includes heavy civil construction, cost estimating, value engineering, project scheduling, feasibility studies, risk assessment, asset management and lifecycle cost analysis. He has conducted cost estimating training programs by invitation of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and has been teaching the cost estimating and project management lectures for more ten years for the New York City Local 3 electricians, plumbers, carpenters and workers of other trades at the SUNY Empire State College and the Mechanics Institute of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.