Connecting Actual Job Costs To Estimating

One of the biggest risks to a company in a low-margin construction economy is executing a project differently than how it was estimated (and vice versa). The best way to maintain profitability is to create field-friendly budgets, aggressively track and manage direct costs, and incorporate actual performance into future estimates.

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

1. Incorporate field input into estimates
2. Determine the healthy differences between an estimate and a budget
3. Recognize why and how actual job costs should be tracked
4. Utilize job-cost information to improve estimating accuracy

Speaker: Dave Berry

As a consultant with FMI, Dave focuses on the areas of organizational structure, business development, finance, engineering and production. Specifically, Dave focuses on company positioning and marketing strategies, development of organizational structure, data-focused decision making, and financial management and performance analysis. Dave has experience working with customers throughout the US and overseas to create and pursue business plans regarding significant, strategic opportunities in desired markets to improve, increase, and exceed relations and future business potential. Prior to joining FMI, Dave spent 10 years in the aerospace, defense and water treatment industries in varying business development, project leadership, and senior management roles. Dave has a master of business administration from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering/material science and metallurgy from the University of Connecticut.