In my last column, “Learn to build professional estimates,” I wrote about a couple of the basic concepts useful in making estimates. In particular, I tried to build a case arguing that it is vital for ...

As the oil and gas industry explores new regions, the role of cost estimating to support the projects becomes more challenging. Cost estimating for the most part is a specialized field whose end ...

Last week I received a question about project estimation. If you’re part of a next-generation IT group, project estimation is a critically important capability. If, on the other hand, you’re part of a ...

Twenty years ago electrical contractors had no alternative but to run their businesses the old-fashioned way using their heads, hands, hearts and calculators. While the personal computer stood in the ...

When small business owners need contract work done, they almost always ask for bid estimates from contractors that detail the expected costs and time required to complete a project. Analytical ...