Party A - the cost management ability of the whole process.
The cost engineer may do a feasibility study, budget, settlement, and bidding;
A higher level will do comprehensive cost management, and it can not be simply said to be a cost engineer.
Consultation - Follow-up settlement: how to negotiate the off-contract unit price and save money for Party A.
To undertake some of Party A's budget settlement work, it will be in a process of calculation in the initial stage, and the use of calculation software to maintain a fast and accurate completion of the calculation work; The group price is the place to distinguish between novices and veterans, and the ones who can accurately assemble the components are definitely the old costers who are very familiar with the site and the project.
The cost of the construction unit.
Bids can be won; Settlement can make money;
In fact, it is not easy to do a good job in cost work, but the core things are roughly the following points:
1) Solid basic professional knowledge.
One of the main purposes of the project cost is to reasonably calculate the construction of the project**. Don't underestimate this first article, most of the practitioners, who have been in the industry for many years, are still difficult to reach the qualified level, either the method is not proficient, rigid and inflexible, do not understand, or can not reasonably use the quota, the use of various valuation methods, it can be said that most of the beginners and people who have been in the industry for two or three years, are still groping and accumulating on this road.
2. Proficient in the use of standards and specifications.
The standards and norms here refer to laws and regulations and industry standards, which are mandatory provisions of the state and are the policy guidance of the country's major policies. Only by "thoroughly understanding" these laws, regulations, guidelines and policies of the country can you make your own cost rely on a reasonable and legal place.
3. Excellent negotiation skills.
For the cost, it is impossible to achieve a very accurate value, so it is necessary to find a satisfactory ** in the negotiation.
4. Ability to obtain and accumulate information.
If a person has a very detailed project cost information resources and database, coupled with a very solid basic professional knowledge and market information acquisition ability, then his ability to accurately budget the project cost will be very strong.
5. Strong learning ability.
There are new processes or less common equipment and materials on the market, because they are not well understood, so the channel for asking about ** is narrowed.
"Look at the map, calculate, group price" these are only the basic requirements of the project cost, is the basic skills that every cost personnel must master, is the starting point of the cost practitioners, and is definitely not the end.