Course Details

Cost estimating in construction industry

Academic Year 2025/26

BVA024 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-EVB Summer Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Prices and costs in the building life cycle. Construction classification.
  • 2. Methods of pricing. Software for cost estimating.
  • 3. Cost estimating in construction. Technical and valuation documentation.
  • 4. Detaile itemize cost estimating of construction. Rules.Sorting of building works.
  • 5. Compilation of bill of quantities. Methods of measurement of building and construction work. Specifics.
  • 6. Valuation of bill of quantities by catalog prices. Compilation of itemize cost estimating.
  • 7. Costs.Classification of costs.Calculation in the economic system of the company.
  • 8. Calculation techniques.Přirážková calculation.
  • 9. Calculation methods. Absorption costing. Non-absorbent calculation.
  • 10. Calculation of list price of work. Analysis of calculation.
  • 11. Calculation of firm prices of work. Calculation bases.
  • 12. Calculation of firm price of work. Calculating of costs, profit and risk.
  • 13. Price and cost analysis of contract. Price and cost management.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Theoretical introduction, software support and software work
  • 2. Detailed cost estimating of the building
  • 3. Detailed cost estimating of the building
  • 4. Detailed cost estimating of the building
  • 5. Detailed cost estimating of the building
  • 6. Detailed cost estimating of the building
  • 7. Price and cost analysis
  • 8. Price and cost Analysis
  • 9. Price and cost Analysis
  • 10. Price and cost analysis
  • 11. Evaluation
  • 12. Completion
  • 13. Completion