Course Details

Cost estimating in construction industry

Academic Year 2023/24

BVA024 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 4th year

Price creation in construction production. Cost calculation for price creation of construction works and buildings. Costs and Costing. Calculating techniques and methods. Price calculations of construction works, methods. Calculation of overhead and profit. Software support for calculations and calculations.

Course Guarantor

Ing. Miloslav Výskala, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Structural Economics and Management

Syllabus

1. Prices and costs in the building life cycle. Construction classification.
2. Methods of pricing. Software for cost estimating.
3. Cost estimating in construction. Technical and valuation documentation.
4. Detaile itemize cost estimating of construction. Rules.Sorting of building works.
5. Compilation of bill of quantities. Methods of measurement of building and construction work. Specifics.
6. Valuation of bill of quantities by catalog prices. Compilation of itemize cost estimating.
7. Costs.Classification of costs.Calculation in the economic system of the company.
8. Calculation techniques.Přirážková calculation.
9. Calculation methods. Absorption costing. Non-absorbent calculation.
10. Calculation of list price of work. Analysis of calculation.
11. Calculation of firm prices of work. Calculation bases.
12. Calculation of firm price of work. Calculating of costs, profit and risk.
13. Price and cost analysis of contract. Price and cost management.

Prerequisites

Design and technology of construction and works. classification in construction, construction enterprise economy, cost estimating and prices of construction.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/272930

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Prices and costs in the building life cycle. Construction classification.

2. Methods of pricing. Software for cost estimating.

3. Cost estimating in construction. Technical and valuation documentation.

4. Detaile itemize cost estimating of construction. Rules.Sorting of building works.

5. Compilation of bill of quantities. Methods of measurement of building and construction work. Specifics.

6. Valuation of bill of quantities by catalog prices. Compilation of itemize cost estimating.

7. Costs.Classification of costs.Calculation in the economic system of the company.

8. Calculation techniques.Přirážková calculation.

9. Calculation methods. Absorption costing. Non-absorbent calculation.

10. Calculation of list price of work. Analysis of calculation.

11. Calculation of firm prices of work. Calculation bases.

12. Calculation of firm price of work. Calculating of costs, profit and risk.

13. Price and cost analysis of contract. Price and cost management.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Theoretical introduction, software support and software work

2. Detailed cost estimating of the building

3. Detailed cost estimating of the building

4. Detailed cost estimating of the building

5. Detailed cost estimating of the building

6. Detailed cost estimating of the building

7. Price and cost analysis

8. Price and cost Analysis

9. Price and cost Analysis

10. Price and cost analysis

11. Evaluation

12. Completion

13. Completion