Cost Estimating
Oct · 2026
Field Indirects: How to Estimate Distributables on Capital Projects
How to estimate field indirects on capital projects from time, manpower and fixed drivers, so distributables move when the schedule moves.
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Cost Estimating
Aug · 2026
Owner’s Costs: How to Estimate the Indirect Scope on Capital Projects
Owner's costs are the most under-estimated block on a capital project. How to build them against a code of accounts instead of a percentage…
Cost Estimating
Aug · 2026
Unit Rate Build-Up: How to Price Quantity Take-Off on Capital Projects
How to build a defensible unit rate from a quantity take-off on capital projects — measurement conventions, labor constants, allowances and…
Cost Estimating
Jul · 2026
Estimate Validation: How to Run a Cold-Eyes Review on Capital Projects
How estimate validation differs from estimate review, and how to run a genuine cold-eyes check that tests the number before sanction on cap…
Cost Estimating
Jul · 2026
Value Engineering: How to Optimise Cost on Capital Projects
How value engineering optimises cost on capital projects through function analysis and the SAVE job plan — cutting cost without cutting sco…
Cost Estimating
Jul · 2026
Cost Benchmarking: How to Normalise Historical Data on Capital Projects
How to normalise historical cost data across time, location, currency and scope so cost benchmarking survives an estimate review on capital…
Cost Estimating
May · 2026
Cost Escalation in Long-Duration Capital Projects: How to Model Inflation in Project Estimates
On a five-year capital project, a 4% annual escalation rate compounded across the spend curve can shift the total installed cost by 15–20%…
Project Controls
Apr · 2026
Estimate Basis Memorandum: What It Is and Why It Matters on Capital Projects
Every cost estimate for a capital project tells you what the project is expected to cost. Only the estimate basis memorandum tells you why.…