How can real estate leaders estimate office renovation or consolidation costs before design?

Discover how conceptual cost estimating helps validate early budgets, compare options and make informed capital decisions.

Using Forecost to solve early budget uncertainties.

Forecost is a web application to develop office fit-out budget under 30 minutes.

Once you understand the context, business needs, and potential benefits of a renovation project, the worst mistake is to move too quickly into hiring contractors without first defining conceptual options and obtaining the cost intelligence required to make confident decisions.

You don’t have to wait months for design procurements et drawings. No waiting for weeks after your cost estimator.

With Forecost you input your space needs and get a detailed cost estimation under 30 minutes.

A commercial interior renovation is about more than aesthetics. Like choosing a fine watch, it requires careful consideration of functionality, identity, long-term value, and budget. Discover what to consider before you commit.

What is a tenant improvement allowance ? TIA should not be ignored in commercial real estate. Explore why.

Many organizations believe that the best way to plan a project and minimize risk is to throw excessive amounts of money at it.

It should not be the case. Explore why.

What are budget estimates for adding offices, meeting rooms, and phone booths to your workspace in Canada?

We explore costs and a cost tool for developing cost in minutes: Forecost.

Maintaining and increasing the value of commercial real estate assets requires proactive management and long-term planning. Discover few strategies from preventive maintenance and tenant satisfaction to sustainability improvements.

Benchmarking is defined in the Juran Quality Handbook as “a systematic and continuous process that facilitates the measurement and comparison of performance and the identification of best practices that enable superior performance.”

Explore how to implement benchmarking for commercial real estate projects

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

The general objective of this course is to explain the fundamentals of cost estimation to engineers, managers, and professionals involved in the construction industry. At the end of the course, the professional should be able to develop a critical opinion and contribute to discussions related to cost estimation and cost engineering. The following key questions will be covered.

1. What is cost estimation? and what skills are necessary for cost estimators?

2. Which steps are required to develop a cost estimate?

3. What is the falsification criteria for cost estimate?

4. Are there any actions to be done after a cost estimate was developed?

5. How to distinguish between the various project delivery methods?

6. Can one review an example of how to develop a high-level and preliminary cost estimate?

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.