Construction Estimating Checklist

Direct Overhead Costs Indirect Costs

(Project Overhead) (Main Office Overhead)

Personnel Salaries
Superintendent President
Project manager (if for that project only) Executives
Field engineer (if for that project only) Secretaries/reception
Cost engineer (if for that project only) Estimators/schedulers
Scheduler Project managers
Warehouse personnel (if for that project only) Construction manager
Watchman/guard dogs Cost engineers
Tool room keeper (if for that project only) Purchasing agent
Tool room keeper (if for that project only) Cost/bookkeeping
Timekeeper (if for that project only) Engineers
Foreman (if for that project only) Other office personnel
Site safety manager Yard personnel
Tool manager
Mechanics/maintenance
Drivers
Equipment operators

Bonds
Surety
Bid
Payment
Office
Performance
Rent/cost of ownership
Electricity
Gas
Water
Sewer
Miscellaneous Telephone
Internet
Postage
Vehicles
Office equipment
Permits
Furniture/furnishings
Licenses
Office supplies
Tools and equipment
Advertising
Photographs
Literature
Surveying
Club/association dues
Testing
Job signs
Pumping
Dust control
Scaffolding
Lifting/hoisting
Cleanup (periodic) Professional Services
Final cleanup
Damage/repair to adjoining buildings Legal
and/or public ways Accounting
Architectural
Engineering

Temporary Facilities
Field office expense Vehicles
Set-up and removal
Light Cars/trucks
Water Cost of operation
Telephone/internet Mileage expenses
Supplies
Equipment
Fax machine
Copy machine

Insurance
Blueprint machine
Coffee machine
Computers/software
Temporary light and power Fire
Temporary heat Property damage
Temporary water Vehicles
Cell phones/radios Public liability
Toilet facilities Windstorm
Enclosures Workers’ compensation
Storage trailers Unemployment
Fencing Social security
Barricades and signals Flood
Construction road Theft
Project sign Elevator