DGS Real Estate Services Division
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State of California
Department of General Services
Real Estate Services Division
707 Third Street, Suite 6-100
West Sacramento, CA
95605
(916) 376-1800
fax (916) 376-1780

Cost Engineering Section

Jeff Carosone, Chief
(916) 375-4700 -- Fax (916) 375-4704
Jeff.Carosone@dgs.ca.gov

Ted Park, Assistant Branch Chief
(916) 375-4838 -- Fax (916) 375-4828
Ted.Park@dgs.ca.gov
 
Cost Engineering Section
Fred Cheesebrough, Section Chief
(916) 375-4672 -- Fax (916) 375-4708
Fred.Cheesebrough@dgs.ca.gov
707 3rd Street, Suite 400, West Sacramento CA 95605

Cost Engineering Section understands the importance of quality service that meets the customer's needs. Customers are encouraged to contact the persons listed below regarding current on-going services and the Asset Management Branch at (916) 376-1800 when requesting new service.

Services
The Cost Control Section provides cost and schedule information to RESD management, project managers, and customers to enable responsible individuals to make timely, mission critical, business decisions. These services include:

  • Project Estimating and Budgeting for project construction cost, change order estimates, value engineering and estimates of project design and management fees.
  • Project Scheduling including preparation and maintenance of branch wide master schedule, assisting project managers in preparation of project specific schedules, monitoring and tracking project progress, forecasting potential project delays and recommending possible options for corrective action.
  • Cost Analysis, including maintaining, tracking and analysis of project cost data, preparing project status reports for project managers and customer agencies.
  • Project Administration, including processing fund transfer documents, creation of work authorizations, and coordination with outside control agencies.
  • Workload Authorization including logging and tracking of projects, adjusting work authorizations and coordinating workload modifications with customers.

End Products

  • Project Cost Estimates
  • Value Engineering Reports
  • Project Cost Reports
  • Project Schedules
  • Project Status Reports
Updated : 7/9/2008