Live support chatThe Effective Use of Allowances in Design Documents
In The Effective Use of Allowances in Design Documents, you'll learn ...
- How current communication methods affect a project's costs
- How budgets are set for construction projects
- Different types of cost overruns that can be encountered
- Different types of allowances that can be used on design documents
Overview
Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 9 pages
It can be very challenging to prevent cost overruns during the course of completing a construction project in today's design and construction environment. The primary challenges for these overruns can come from many factors including aggressive budgets and our current methods of communication including mass emails and ftp sites.
Unfortunately, designers can often be given the blame for these cost overruns even when they are not responsible for them.
This course covers how to effectively use allowances in design documents to prevent cost overruns from being attributed to design issues.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain how current communication methods affect a project's costs.
- Describe how budgets are established for construction projects.
- Identify the types of cost overruns that can occur.
- Distinguish among the types of allowances that can be used in design documents.
- Explain the appropriate uses of allowances in design documents.
- Identify projects that should be considered for the use of allowances.
- Describe the importance of communication in maintaining a project's budget.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 9 pages
