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Budgeting 101 provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the means, methods, and best practices involved in quantity take-offs and unit pricing strategies. This course emphasizes the importance of understanding these processes to enhance communication and collaboration between designers and estimators. By gaining deeper insight into budgeting methods, designers can provide more detailed and accurate information, which results in a more reliable and complete budget for their clients. In addition, students are equipped with the tools and knowledge to understand and effectively communicate in the "language" of estimators, enabling them to deliver more precise cost analysis based on various building and finish requirements across different project scopes.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide students with a basic level of understanding of the preliminary pricing process.
• Provide students with ranges of square foot unit costs for various types of interior constructions.
• Overview of interior construction budgeting means and methods. Quantifying construction elements and applying unit prices to develop an overall construction budget.
• Provide students with various unit costs for various elements of construction, for example: paint grade door cost vs. stain grade door cost vs. glass door cost.

Sponsored by: 

HBW Construction