Controlling

Projects Costs
(Material Control)
Introduction
Tender data.
Cost control Budget.
Kickoff Meetings.
Material Control and Reports.
Closeout Projects Meetings.


Tender Data and Breakdown
Sample of Tender Budget Calculation

Level of details in Tender Budgets

Cost Control Budgets
Sample of Cost Control Budgets

Cost Control breakdown and level of
details required to control project costs.

Cost Categories

Project Direct
1. Permanent Material
2. Subcontractors
3. Manual Manpower
4. Construction Equipment
Project Indirect Cost
5. Other indirect (Mobilization Running Cost)
6. Non-Manual Manpower
Head Office
7. Profit
8. Contingency and escalation
9. Over heads and General Expenses

Kickoff Meetings

Time to be Held(Within 45 days after
awarding)

Attendees(Tender Operation Controls)

Signing projects original budgets.

Material Control
Buyout items
1. Studying Tender data.
2. Communicating with Tender for more details and understand their point of
view about the execution strategy for all items. ( Tender Budgets)
3. Communicate with operations to determine their execution strategy for all
items.
4. Prepare Buyout list and apply modification resulting from changing
execution strategy. (Original Budgets)
5. Updating the data during Project lifetime for any changes in quantities,
Variation orders and change in execution strategy. (Current Budgets)

Buyout Groups

Prolog Entry

Material Control Reports
Material Control Report.

Forecasting.

Critical areas and recommendations.

Availability of Material Reports in Prolog
Projects Closeout Meetings
Time to be Held. (Within one month after
Closing Projects Costs)
Attendees.(Tender Operation Controls)
Providing Feedback, Closeout Project
Cost report, performance reports, Lessons
learned and recommendations

List of Projects
Project # Project
11027 Research Center Dammam University
11028 Prince Salman University in Wadi Al Dawaser
11029 Qatif Hospital Phase 1
11030 College of Human Studies at Prince Salman University in Sulayel
11031 Engineering College-Jazan University Phase 2
12013 Construction of Infrastructure works in Buraidah
12014 Construction of Infrastructure works in Al Rass
12015 Construction of Infrastructure works in Al Shammassia
12016 Construction of Infrastructure works in Al Badaye
12017 Construction of Infrastructure works in Shinan
12018 Construction of Infrastructure works in Hail
17025 Sewage Networks in Dawadmi Phase 5
17026 Storm Water Drainage Network in Murooj, Massif & Nakhil
17028 Construction of Storm Water Drainage Channels, Networks and Clearing Wadi Sulai (Phase 2)