Challenge: Verify cost estimates to ensure bids are priced to win but are accurate and profitable for each stakeholder in a project’s supply chain. Solution: Create a Cost Estimation Framework (CEF) that uses TruePlanning® top-down, parametric estimating to set cost targets with TrueMapper® feature to cross-check estimators’ bottom-up estimates in Excel based on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Improve knowledge capture by creating an historical data repository of cost models to source information for future projects. Results: A Cost Estimation Framework providing the tools and methods to enhance and integrate bid processes across estimating teams spread throughout the organization, improving the accuracy and credibility of estimates, data sharing, collaboration, and competitive y

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