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education iconsMC Cost offers seminars on all of the topics listed in the Articles section of our website. In addition we can quickly develop additional topics of interest for inclusion in our seminar presentations.

Seminars may be as short as two hours or as long as two days, depending upon your needs. They may be presented to your company, your professional association, your educational institution or in any other forum you choose.

With the appropriate co-sponsors continuing education credits may be granted. Our fees are minimal for this service allowing your organization the ability to raise funds for your other projects. We provide as part of our fee all seminar materials including handbooks, advertising brochures and other marketing materials.

With the publication of the Estimating Earthwork text we are able also to offer as a two day seminar a short but intensive course at your location on this subject which may be of value to the members of your association.

Topics Include:
Estimating Earthwork – an Introduction  --- 16 hours
A Thousand Ways Owners Waste Millions – 8 hours
Bidding Procedures – 4 hours
Cost Reporting – 2 hours
Estimate Preparation – 4 hours
Estimating Change Orders – 4 hours
Estimating General Conditions – 4 hours
 Estimating Systems – 3 hours
Estimator Training – 3 hours
Estimating as a Marketing Tool – 2 hours
Estimate Scheduling – 4 hours
Ethical Issues in Estimating – 4 hours
Time Management for Estimators – 3 hours
Unfavorable Contract Clauses – 4 hours