Budget management and all the related controls services have been, since the beginning, a mainstay of the U.S. Cost consulting practice. These services include Scheduling, Estimating, Value/Analysis Engineering, Change Order Management, Document Controls, Litigation Support, Marketplace analysis and Data research and development.
Our very knowledgeable and savvy technical and management teams are focused on the current issues facing the construction and related industries and the effect they have on the ever shrinking purchasing strength of the construction dollar.
With the collaboration of the software arm of the company, our services practice is able to develop and use the most up-to-date technology in the cost effective and efficient creation of reports used by our customers to make critical go-no-go decisions about their projects.
We work for all customer groups within the construction industry. Designers, contractors, facility owners, financers and government agencies. Our independence guarantees unbiased and untainted opinions supported by facts and diligent research.
- Budget Management
- Cost Estimating
- Value Engineering
- Value Analysis
- Project Scheduling
- Change Order Management
- Document Controls
- Constructability Studies
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
- Partnering Solutions
- Marketplace analysis
- Data research and development
USC cost estimators generate discrete estimates for the various elements of projects currently under design or construction. USC technical analysts then normalize the project estimates to reflect a common construction base year and metropolitan area, and execute statistical analysis to determine a common, most likely, cost for the systems, subsystems and assemblies (SSA). This approach results in systems, subsystems, and assembly level costs that are not contingent on any one representative project, but a number of representative projects.
