As a General
Contractor and client you have a right to expect experience, confidentiality and a detail-oriented professional. I believe
and I practice an estimating methodology which involves me closely with the design team rather than just producing a
specific estimate, whenever it is possible.
I also
believe there are three parts to an accurate estimate: take-off, pricing and review. Utilizing R.S. Means 2006 software (the
premier software and also the software used by many cities and states, etc.), I give my clients my very best effort and an
accurate estimate.
Take-off
involves 85% of the estimating time and demands the
best pure
science and accurate calculations.
Pricing
input takes about 10% of the time and involves some science and some art. It comes from subcontractors, software, suppliers
and pricing publications.
Reviewing
the project (final 5%) means to review all the intangibles that will impact the project i.e.: bid climate, access to the site,
and any special requirements that can affect the final cost.
Commercial
and Residential construction estimating expertise comes with years of training both from schooling and on the job work.
I have both, 40 + years of practice in my trade, working as an Architectural Draftsman with Pope, Kruse & McCune
AIA on projects like, McKean H.S., The Federal Building in Wilmington, DuPont plants in Delaware and Virginia, Historical
Renovations in association with Albert Kruse and many other projects. I hold a kitchen designer certificate
from the National Kitchen and Bath Association. I am a Delaware
certified lead paint inspector and certified lead paint supervisor. I have worked with Commercial and Residential Construction
companies in Delaware and Pennsylvania as
a senior estimator. I owned and operated my own company for 10 + years renovating used housing stock in Pennsylvania. My hands-on experience and formal education at Goldey Beacom College
and the University Of Delaware provide me
unique insight about all facets of building design and construction. I can visualize and categorize any project enabling
me to process a new project from inception to completion in a very short time. I lose very little
