COSTCOREConstruction Estimating & Cost Intelligence
How CostCore works

Estimate → Build → Measure → Learn → Estimate better.

The workflow preserves the simplicity of estimating while creating a usable record of the costs, assumptions and performance that make future estimates better.

STEP 01

Define the estimate structure

Use bid items, work packages, cost codes, CSI, activities and areas alone or together.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 02

Price the work

Use simple unit pricing or detailed labor, burden, equipment, material, subcontractor, crew and production build-ups.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 03

Use company history

Reference saved estimates and comparable work with project context behind the price.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 04

Review and finalize

Review assumptions, unusual rates, estimate versions and final pricing before the estimate becomes the bid or internal budget.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 05

Create the field budget

Translate the estimate into manageable quantities, labor hours, equipment budgets and production targets.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 06

Capture actual performance

Record or import completed-job costs, hours, quantities and production.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
STEP 07

Improve the next estimate

Use completed estimates and actual performance as company-owned cost intelligence for future work.

Preserve the basisKeep the logic understandable and reusable.
Estimator judgment stays centralCostCore organizes information; it does not replace the person responsible for pricing the work.
The outcome

Your company builds a cost database by doing the work it already does.

Every estimate adds pricing logic. Every completed project adds actual performance. The company's own experience becomes easier to find and reuse.

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