How does the successful low bidder get low and make money

摘要

This paper shows many simple to complex ideas and methods for 100,000 to 65,000,000 projects contractors have used to rise above the competitive bidding system to be successful. These projects are: Goodwill-Warehouse-Office, Orlando Girls High School, Church of the Ressurection, Jacksonville-church-school, Jacksonville University Lift-slab Dormitory, Orlando Interstate Expressway, Cape Kennedy Umbilical Tower at Launch Complex 17, alterations to Launch Complex 34 Mobile Service Structure (MSS), and Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 MSS and the Vehicle Assembly Building. This presentation is meant to challenge one's thinking -- call it conceptual estimating, brainstorming, imagine-engineering or better yet call it an application of cost engineering, the scientific techniques applied to problems of cost estimation, cost control, and profitability.