Construction Cost Control

Basic Course
Lesson : 1.3
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Presented by : Hany Ismael MSC,PMP

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Section (1) : Cost Control General View and Definitions

• What is Cost Control In Construction Projects?

• Why We Need Cost Control in Construction Projects ?

• How to Perform Cost Control ?

• What we will and What we will Not Study During this Course ?

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How to Perform Cost Control ?

In order to Perform Cost Control , We Need to Process Fours Steps

Step1
Baseline

Step 4
Report Step 2
Progress
Forms
& Take
Actions

Step 3
Collect
Progress
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Develop Cost Control Baseline Plan

Step 1 : Develop Cost Control Baseline Plan

First Sep is Preparing the Cost Control Baseline Plan Which Should
Includes the Following Data :

A : Activities Required Man-hours Per Profession

B : Activities Required Equipment

C : Activities Required Materials

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Step(1) : Baseline

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Develop Cost Control Baseline Plan

Step 2 : Develop Cost Control Forms

Second Step is Preparing the Cost Control Forms Which Should

Includes the Following Data :
From the Site engineer
A : Daily Report
From the Store Keeper
B : Materials Store Daily Report
From the Equipment
C : Equipment Daily Report Supervisor

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Step 2 : Develop Cost Control Forms

A : Daily Report

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Step 2 : Develop Cost Control Forms

B : Materials Store Daily Report

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Step 2 : Develop Cost Control Forms

C : Equipment Daily Report

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Collect Progress

Step 3 : Collect Progress

Since the Cost Control is more Complicated than Planning and

Controlling Time Only , You Should Prepare Some Special Forms
and Templates to Collect the Progress.

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Step(3) : Progress Updates

Project Progress Updates

Material Updates

Labors Updates

Equipment Updates

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Material Updates

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Labors Updates

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Equipment Updates

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Report Progress

Step 4 : Report Progress

There are Several Areas Where you Need to Report the Cost Control
Progress Such As :

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Report Progress

 Productivity Performance

 Material Usage / Wastage Performance

 Equipment Usage Performance

 Engineers Performance

 Items Performance

 Project Overall Performance

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Take Actions

Further Actions Could be Taken Based on Progress Observations

and you May Need to Revise Your Baseline or Develop Catch Up
Plans.

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