Course

Construction Project Costing 2024FALL

Ended Dec 13, 2024
4.5 CEUs

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Full course description

Course Overview:
This course provides an introduction to the types of cost estimation from the conceptual design phase through the more detailed design phase of a construction project. 
 
Learning Outcomes:
Through this course, students will be able to:
  • Articulate the importance of controlling costs and know how to monitor project cash flow.
  • Connect jobsite level activities with cost accounting activities performed by the home office including development of financial statements, equipment depreciation, and taxes and audits. 
  • Understand advanced financial management aspects of earned value, activity-based costing, lean construction techniques, value engineering, supply chain material management, and time value of money. 
 
Course Materials:
Students are encouraged to acquire the below textbook for this course. however, please wait until confirmation of the course materials closer to the course start date to acquire materials. 
Cost Accounting and Financial Management for Construction Project Managers. Authors: Len Holm. ISBN 9781138550643. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Copyright 2019
 
Topics:
- Controlling costs
- Monitoring project cash flow
- Jobsite level activities to the home office
- Financial statements, equipment depreciation, and taxes and audits
- Advanced financial management aspects: earned value, activity-based costing, lean construction techniques, value engineering, supply chain material management, and time value of money.
 
Instructor:
Dr. James O. Kereri, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at University of Missouri
 
Length:
16-weeks
 
Department: 
Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
Credit:
4.5 CEUs | 45 Professional Development Hours
 
Audience:
Adult learners 
 
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made.
 
Cancellations and Refund Requests
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