6103 S Glencoe Way, Centennial, CO 80121
Rule of Thumb Services (RTS) has been in business since 1991 and actively engaged in contract work for the last seven years, 2012 – 2018. We offer a wide range of services that address feasibility and planning through construction close-out that include civil, heavy civil, highway, facility, tunnel, water & wastewater, environmental remediation expertise for domestic and international for dryland and marine projects.
Rule of Thumb Services (RTS) has been in business since 1991 and actively engaged in contract work for the last seven years, 2012 – 2018. We offer a wide range of services that address feasibility and planning through construction close-out that include civil, heavy civil, highway, facility, tunnel, water & wastewater, environmental remediation expertise for domestic and international for dryland and marine projects.
Discipline Experience
- Construction Cost Estimating
- Construction
- Construction Inspection
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Construction Claims
- Scheduling & Claims Avoidance
- Contract Administration
- Contract Procurement
- Planning Military, Environmental & Industrial
- Security Planning & Costing
Market Experience
- Petrochemical & Pipelines
- Power Plants
- Building Facilities
- Environmental Remediation
- Water & Waste Water
- Dams/Water Facilities
- Highway & Bridge
- Piling & Heavy/Deep Foundation
- Arctic & North Slope
- Marine & Dry Land
- Domestic & International
Scope Of Work Development
- Work Breakdown Structure Development
- Bid Item Development
- Specification Review
- Front-End Bid Document Development Div. 00 & 01
- Feasibility and Alternatives Analysis
- Design Quantity Analysis
- Non-Design Quantity Analysis (Quantity Take-off)
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
- Benefit-Cost-Analysis
- Value Engineering Analysis (Design Phases)
- Front-End Bid Document Development
- Construct-ability Review
- Contractor Pre-qualification
- Bid Review and Evaluation
- Contractor Selection
- Comparative Cost Studies
- Value Engineering Analysis (Construction Phase)
- Cost Management and Control
- Project Oversight and Assessment
- Claims Avoidance and Mitigation
- Claims Analysis
- Change Order Preparation
- Change Order Negotiation
- Construction Audits
Software Development
- Parametric Cost Estimating Templates (PCET) for Flood Control Levee Planning for California Department Of Water Resources (DWOR)
- MII Tool Box for Heavy Civil and Flood Control Levee Planning & Rehabilitation for USACE Sacramento District
- Merlin Pro (E-O-M SpreadsheetTM)
- Merlin Pro (Highway & Heavy Civil)
- Merlin Pro Plus (Tunneling)
- Merlin Pro Plus (Pipeliner)
- Parametric Cost Estimating Templates (PCET) for Flood Control Levee Planning for California Department Of Water Resources (DWOR)
- MII Tool Box for Heavy Civil and Flood Control Levee Planning & Rehabilitation for USACE Sacramento District
We follow AACE International Cost Estimate Classification for our cost estimates and schedules.
- Work Breakdown Structure Development
- Bid Item Development
- Specification Review
- Specification Division 00 and Division 01 Development
- Design Quantity Analysis
- Non-Design Quantity Analysis (Quantity Take-off)
- Cost to Complete
- Change Orders
- Presentation Schedules
- Preliminary and Baseline Schedule Preparation and Analysis
- Current Schedule Maintenance and Analysis
- Schedule Progress Monitoring and Updating
- Delay Impact and Consequences Analysis
- Cash-Flow and Manpower Projections
- Construction Equipment “Use Rate” Analysis
- Construction Equipment Application and Utilization
Rule of Thumb Services has 48 years of diversified professional experience in the construction industry with 36 years inclusive of cost estimating and managing projects in the range of less than $100,000 to over $1,500,000,000. Our experience includes construction cost estimating and scheduling, planning, construction management, project management, construction claims, quality assurance/quality control, subcontract negotiation, material procurement, independent government estimates, and government and commercial negotiation support for private industry projects, and government agencies of FHWA, State DOT, DOD, DOS, DOE, EPA, GSA, VA, USAF, USACE, NAVFAC, AFCEC, IBWC, NOAA and FEMA.
- Rule of Thumb Services’ construction and cost estimating experience includes heavy/civil, environmental and facilities projects. Heavy/Civil projects include site work development for industrial petrochemical and power plant facilities, residential developments, water, and wastewater treatment facilities, medium and large earth-moving and rock excavation for levee, dam and highway projects, light and heavy bridge construction, bearing pile/caisson and heavy foundation, underground and utility structures, tunnel and large diameter pipe for water and wastewater conveyance systems, stabilized and concrete paving, site preparation, sheet pile cofferdam and cell construction for marine and dry land projects.
- Environmental remediation project experience includes ex-situ and in-situ chemical fixation and solidification, soil vapor extraction, bioremediation, active and passive groundwater remediation systems, low and medium temperature thermal desorption, high-temperature incineration, landfills and hazardous material removal, transport, and disposal.
- Facility project experience includes planning, new construction, and renovation of administration/offices, dry and wet laboratories, training and educational campuses, hospitals, senior assisted living, airport terminals and flight-line facilities for private, commercial, federal and military programs.
- Rule Of Thumb Services has provided special services to USACE including beta testing/reviewing MCACES 2nd Generation MII software during its early stages of development; lead the development of Parametric Cost Estimating Templates (PCET) for heavy civil and flood control levee planning and rehabilitation including design concepts and cost estimating system. The PCET software has been used by USACE in conjunction with California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA), City of Sacramento (COS) and other government agencies in California. The PCET software has been proposed to USACE as a parametric add-in software called “MII Tool Box”.
Software Skills
- MCACES MII, MFW, and MCACES Gold
- Success Estimator
- Heavy Bid /Comprehensive
- Merlin Pro Plus (Tunneling, Pipeliner, Highway & Heavy Civil)
- RACER
- PACES
- OnScreen Takeoff (OST)
- Microsoft Project
- Primavera SureTrack
- MS Office
- AutoCAD
- AutoDesk DWG TrueView
- AutoDesk Design Review
- DRChecks (ProjNet)
- AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange (AMRDEC)
PFC Treatment Facility, Fountain, CO – Hard Bid Substructure & Electrical - $2,314,00
Reventazon Hydroelectric Project Repair, Costa Rica – Cost - $150,000 (Ongoing)
Racine Hydroelectric Dam Repair, Racine, OH USA – Constructability & Cost - $137,500
Natomas Basin Reach H & D, Sacramento, CA - Constructability & Cost - $114,900
Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2B, Yuba City, CA - Constructability & Cost - $68,200
Big Sandy Ash Pond Closure, Lawrence County, KY - Constructability & Cost - $114,200
Renovate Security Forces Training Facility, Minot AFB, ND - Constructability & Cost - $54,900
Design FSC Ballistic Protection, Minot AFB, ND - Constructability & Cost - $11,100
Repair MAF Topside, Sites A - O, Minot AFB, ND - Constructability & Cost - $12,900
Construct Magic City Gate (Main Gate), Minot AFB, ND - Planning & Cost - $19,700
Mountain Area Sites Presumptive Remedies with Alternatives, Sites 163, 164 and 165 Alt-03, Site Wide LUCs and Site Wide Stormwater Management, Belle Plant, Belle, West Virginia – Planning & Cost - $6,200
Mountain Area Sites Presumptive Remedies with Alternatives, Sites 165 and 168, Belle Plant, Belle, West Virginia – Planning & Cost - $4,100
Trap & Skeet Range 17, Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Study (FS), Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland - Planning & Cost - $3,000
