Cost Management

Industry-Leading Cost Engineering and Management

With a volatile supply chain, high inflation, and soaring material prices, precise cost management is more important than ever. At MOCA Services, our team of cost engineers provides estimating, forecasting, cost optimization, products, and services for some of the largest, complex projects across the globe.

Our Cost Management expertise includes:

  • Cost estimating, scheduling, and risk management

  • Programmatic budgeting and parametric cost modeling

  • Value engineering and earned value management

  • Change order and claims analysis, including litigation support

  • Economic and market analysis for informed decision-making

  • Constructability reviews and resource planning

What Makes Us Different?

Our world-class estimators are the most experienced in the industry. The average MOCA Services’ estimator has 25 years of experience mastering the art of precise, efficient estimating.  

Our people and our process:

  • Expert team of Certified Cost Professionals, Registered Architects, Professional Engineers, Economists, and certified cost engineers, schedulers, and risk analysts.
  • Deliver expert construction cost estimates for projects of all sizes throughout the U.S. and abroad.
  • Provide expertise across all program life-cycle phases including conceptual, parametric, design, construction, and post-construction.
  • Transition projects from conceptual/parametric to detailed design estimates to improve execution, reduce costs, and minimize risk.
  • Collaborate closely with project designers to ensure target construction costs are achieved.
  • Deliver projects using Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, and Early Contractor Involvement acquisition strategies.
  • Maintain a reputation for accuracy and quality through practical knowledge of construction methods and cost data.
  • Utilize multiple cost engineering systems and tools tailored to each client and project.

Our specific Federal experience:

  • Certified Small Business in multiple NAICS codes.
  • Only U.S. firm—large or small—to hold three prime IDIQ contracts for Cost Engineering Services directly with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
  • Cost engineers utilize MCACES 2nd Generation (MII), Primavera 6 Scheduling, MS Project, Oracle Crystal Ball, and industry-recognized Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis Software.
  • Pioneer and leader in preparing programming/conceptual estimates using the Tri-Services PACES system; our cost engineering staff were the original developers of the PACES application and its sophisticated parametric algorithms.
  • Thought leader providing special cost studies and analyses, Independent Government Estimates (IGE), cost product assessments and validations, market conditions research, and unique risk analysis process research.
  • Expertise and efficiency in automated cost models provide clients with a wide range of unique, cost-effective, and responsive solutions for program and budget estimate preparation.
  • Extensive database library of over 2,500 completed Federal projects, enabling accurate benchmarking and guidance for future estimates.

Proven Accuracy That Sets Us Apart

Over the past 20 years, MOCA Services has built an outstanding reputation for preparing accurate cost estimates. We are best in class at accuracy – averaging less than 5% variance from awarded bids over the last 10 years.