AGENDA
L8, 200 Creek Street, Brisbane QLD
10.30am Bellwether Introduction – Stephen Ladds, Managing Director
Who we are, what we do, and why are we here today
10.35am The Estimate work-up: Direct Job costs – Stephen Bailey, Senior Cost Estimator
Terminology: First principles, DJC’s, resources, group resources
Some differences between a building estimate and a civil estimate
Productivities – How are these determined?
The basics of estimating software and commonly used software packages
Margin allocation to schedule items
10.45am The Estimate work-up: Indirect Job costs – Stephen Walter, National Estimating Lead
Terminology: Preliminaries, Indirect Overheads, Direct Overheads
How these are these calculated?
How these are applied in terms of the TIC Schedule M10?
The Estimate: Margin, risks & opportunity & profit – Stephen Walter, National Estimating Lead
Terminology: margin, profit, gross profit and net profit
How is profit and margin are calculated and allocated to the schedule items?
What are some of the approaches to determining risk and opportunities?
11.10am Dayworks – Stephen Bailey, Senior Cost Estimator
The purpose of dayworks
Some common perceptions and myths around dayworks
How are dayworks rates calculated and how are overheads generally applied?
11.20am SHORT BREAK
11.30am Estimate Metrics and or Comparison ratios – Stephen Bailey & Stephen Walter
Some of the useful high-level metrics.
Reliability of these metrics and for what purpose should they be used
11.35am Assessment of Site Overheads with Respect to Delay claims – Tom Hadley, Forensic Scheduler & Adrian Vesnaver, Senior Engineer
Some ways claim costs are generated, time related and overhead costs associated, program with respect to delay claims
11.50am Informal Q & A session
12.00pm Lunch
Opportunity for further informal discussion/Q&A, Networking opportunity
If you are interested in this presentation or would like further information please contact Annelise Price on annelise.price@bellcon.com.au
SPEAKERS: GHD PRESENTATION – A CONTRACTOR’S APPROACH TO ESTIMATING, RISKS & CLAIMS
| Stephen Ladds (Managing Director)
– Responsible for company operations – 20 years’ experience in civil construction projects with major Australian contractors. – Specialising in project development, construction planning and project management |
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| Stephen Walter (National Estimating Lead)
– Over 20 years’ experience across a diverse range of major road, rail, mining & energy infrastructure projects – Stephen’s analytical skills, his ability to work within challenging and complex construction environments, and understanding of the commercial impact of construction methodologies and process, is amongst the best in the industry |
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| Stephen Bailey (Senior Estimator)
– 28 years of experience in the civil engineering industry, with a significant portion gained working in international locations for established civil engineering contractors. – Focussed primarily on pre-contracts aspects of business for the benefit of principal civil engineering contractors. – Knowledge and capability gained in the front end of the contracting business is built on 17 years engineering and operational experience |
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| Adrian Vesnaver (Senior Engineer)
– 19 years of experience in the tendering, design and construction of major transport infrastructure projects in Australia and the South Pacific – Adrian’s attention to detail combined with his open-minded approach to analysing complex projects enables him to identify potential issues and develop elegant solutions |
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| Tom Hadley (Senior Scheduler, Planner & Risk Modeller)
– 30 years of experience in the planning and control of multidisciplinary projects across Australia – Tom is an expert in project planning, project risk analysis, scheduling, cost control, contract claims preparation and analysis, and a specialist in forensic scheduling
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