Source | cost management platform 1
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Professional introduction construction engineering cost personnel, also known as cost engineer, refers to those who understand engineering technology, engineering economy and management, and have practical experience to provide the whole process cost determination, control and management for construction projects, so as to closely integrate engineering technology and economic management, so as to achieve the most effective use of human resources, material resources and construction funds, so as to make the cost of both engineering and economic management The person who controls the fixed project cost limit and achieves the maximum investment benefit
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More accurately, the cost engineer refers to the engineering economic professionals who are authorized and registered by the state, specially accept the designation, entrustment or employment of a department or a unit, and are responsible for and assist in the valuation, pricing and management of project cost, so as to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests
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Its core content is investment estimate, design estimate, revised estimate, construction drawing estimate, project settlement, completion final account and so on
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Main task: according to the drawing, quota and list specification, calculate the direct cost, indirect cost, profit and tax included in the project
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The cost personnel of construction project is to calculate, estimate, budget and settle accounts for the amount of funds of the whole project, which is the direction of the consumption of labor, materials and machines of the whole project
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Job content, tasks, responsibilities: 1, responsible for the whole process of construction project cost management
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The project cost engineer with certain working experience can provide the owner with the estimation service in the early stage of the project; 3
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Bidding: provide the owner with the process services such as bid evaluation, bid clearing, bid setting, project contract compilation, construction change, settlement; 4
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Economic evaluation: prepare the economic evaluation report according to the information provided by the professional and technical personnel, and draw the relevant conclusions
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2、 Career highlights and slot office is generally indoor, rarely on business, and rarely go to the project site
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The office space environment is usually clean, but the personnel density is relatively large, basically belongs to one person one station, the private space in the office environment is limited, and the traffic in the office area is usually more convenient
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But usually the intensity of work is relatively large, sometimes follow-up project task is heavy, demanding and time is tight, need to work overtime
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The salary is not bad
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According to work experience and qualifications, the annual salary ranges from 100000 to 1 million
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But if you don’t have a good sense of responsibility and initiative, you can’t be competent for this job
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Three, occupation typical computer day 1, 8:20 in the morning or so to the company, open the computer, pour yourself a cup of hot tea, look at the progress of their work, take time to make complaints about the project is Monday, and the result is weekend
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It’s estimated that I will have to work overtime at the weekend; at about 2:40 and 8:40, I will watch my drawing progress, measure the time of project delivery, set today’s goal, and then start working
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In the forenoon, the general efficiency is relatively high, the progress is relatively fast, and make complaints about the design institute’s drawings, while the problem is summarized in the compilation instructions, while continuing to draw the project
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When it’s almost noon, we’ll sort out our progress as a whole to determine the workload of the next afternoon; 3
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We’ll have a good lunch at noon, change our thinking, take a nap for about 10 minutes, and continue to work in the afternoon
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Although a lot of work is more anxious, as long as I have time, I usually don’t work overtime in the evening
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I prefer to move to the weekend to do it
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After a busy day, my eyes are generally sour and painful
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In addition, I have a high concentration all day
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It’s easy to make mistakes in the evening
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Forget it, do it tomorrow 4、 Professional skills (1) professional skills: 1
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Understand the latest policies and regulations of the construction industry; understand and be familiar with the latest norms and regulations of the cost related industries
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Engineering related background knowledge: especially the engineering practical experience is very important, and the construction technology and process are relatively clear
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It is necessary to have the basic knowledge of drawing recognition, understand the engineering drawings, and be able to compare and consult the atlas; 4
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Master some contract knowledge, such as equipment, materials and other professional subcontract matters
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Good ability to read drawings and understand construction drawings
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Understand the general engineering principle, such as pipeline layout, system routing, etc.; 6
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Master the basic operation of CAD software, Guanglianda software, project software and office software such as Excel, word, PPT, etc
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(2) general skills: 1
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Strong communication skills, because of work needs, will communicate with Party a, construction party, Design Institute, material supplier, etc; 2
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If you have certain qualifications and participate in the production of bidding documents, the planning ability, integration ability and interpersonal coordination ability will be very prominent
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At the same time, they should have good writing ability
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This occupation in general skills is more emphasis on the sense of responsibility, initiative, need to be careful, a bit similar to the requirements of financial personnel
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（3） Industry skill certificate: registered cost engineer, constructor qualification registration (Level 1 and level 2); registered Equipment Engineer (Level 1 and level 2); Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
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Development prospect (1) industry development prospect: with the promotion of national economic construction, infrastructure and urbanization construction, the industry will develop better and better, Where there is a construction project, there is a cost, so we should not worry about no business
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（2） Personal development path: in terms of professional qualification, the basic development path is cost engineer; in terms of professional title, it is a series of junior intermediate senior professional titles; in terms of job promotion, it depends on the career development path of the organization
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For example, in real estate enterprises, they usually start from management trainee, cost specialist, cost supervisor, cost manager, cost director and deputy general manager; in professional cost consulting companies, domestic enterprises usually follow the development path of auditor, project manager, deputy department manager and department manager; in foreign cost companies, they follow the development path of surveyor, team leader, Department Manager and director
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（3） Career employment trend: of course, for individuals, the requirements for comprehensive quality of this profession will be higher and higher
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In addition to the engineering itself, we have to learn a lot of things other than engineering, and accumulate more and more experience
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6、 Counterpart specialty of University: engineering cost
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