Expert Estimation: the Early Days

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GLEN’S SOAPBOX – A history of Expert Estimation It’s been a while since I’ve reminisced on the origins of Expert Estimation, but it’s coming up to the thirtieth anniversary this November, so it’s made me reflect on how far we’ve come. When I started in an estimating department, all estimates were paper-based. That’s right, we […]

Industry Experts look at Why Construction Projects Fail

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Recently iSeekPlant wrote an article on 5 Reasons Construction Projects Fail They list: Underestimating the project Scope creep Issues with Productivity Failure to adequately plan for contingencies Communication Breakdowns We immediately saw how using Expert Estimation and Expert Project would help avoid these issues. For Issue No. 1 they talk about discipline, checking numbers and […]