Doina Dobre, P.Eng., GSC - Senior Cost Consultant
I want to thank you for stopping by. If you have any questions or feedback, I would like to hear from you. It took me over four years to develop this training program. My goal is to put you, the course participant, in a cost estimating state of mind. I know it might sound like a strange idea, but it is not. After over 20 years of successfully practicing construction cost estimating, and over three decades of overall construction industry experience, I had to ask myself a question: what is the common ground that all good cost estimators stand on? And the answer I came up with was: they all have a great deal of on-the-job experience, they closed a large number of tenders, worked on a great variety of projects, had construction site related work experience, and worked alongside great managers. I then had to ask myself, how can I transfer that kind of knowledge into bite-size courses? And the answer to that question is this training program. This three-tier training is designed to take you from the ground level of cost estimating to experienced level, in such a way that it all makes sense, without leaving any boxes unchecked. Here is to happy learning!
