Pre-Construction Services

Pre-Construction Services
Managing preconstruction services including: Building Information Modeling (BIM), competitive bidding strategies, bid analysis, document management, site work, quantity takeoff, and cost estimation.
CFM
411
 Hours4.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 3.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesCFM 155
 TaughtFall, Winter
 ProgramsContaining CFM 411
Course Outcomes

Pre-Construction

Ability to influence a project's design based upon cost, constructability, and sequencing of processes.

Technology

Ability to use cutting-edge technologies in the preconstruction process.

Quantity Takeoffs

Ability to perform accurate quantity takeoffs using construction drawings and specifications.

Analyze

Ability to analyze subcontractor bids and understand the scopes of work.

Ethics

Understand ethical issues in estimating.

Estimating

Ability to estimate from building information model.

Assessment

Assessment of the above learning outcomes is performed through instructor analysis of homework, exams, classroom observations, student feedback, and course evaluations.