Jacobs Associates’ cost estimating services provide clients with an accurate, thorough assessment of project construction cost at any level of project definition. In conjunction with cost estimates, Jacobs Associates prepares schedules for evaluation of design alternatives and produces detailed project schedules to accompany Engineers’ Estimates. Feasibility studies include evaluating various alternatives considering a range of variables that may include environmental factors, geological conditions, risk, cost, schedule, and constructability considerations. These services are increasingly important in the support of Environmental Impact Studies and Reports that must stand the test of time and scrutiny from various audiences.

What sets us apart from our competitors?

Our cost estimators have gained their prior experience under the employment of underground construction contractors. As a result, the estimating services we provide are especially valuable for underground construction projects because they rely more heavily on practical experience than on published historical cost data or other indices that often fail to reflect the wide variations of subsurface, geographic, and other project-specific parameters. Jacobs Associates has developed a proprietary estimating program that utilizes methods- and production-based cost estimating algorithms which, in conjunction with our estimators’ practical experience, rely on a minimal level of project definition to quickly generate accurate underground construction estimates. These estimates, together with realistic construction schedules and constructability assessments, produce accurate evaluations of the feasibility of various alternatives and assist in the budgeting of construction costs.