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Construction Cost Control, Budgeting and Cash Flow Management

This course focuses on the financial management of construction projects from a contractor's perspective, covering budgeting, cost control and cash flow forecasting. Participants learn to build project budgets, track actual cost against budget, manage retention and payment cycles, and forecast cash flow across a project programme, strengthening the financial discipline needed to protect margins on competitive contracts.

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What you will be able to do

  • Build a project budget that allocates cost to labour, plant, material and overheads.
  • Track actual costs against budget using site cost reports.
  • Manage retention, payment certificates and cash flow timing across a contract.
  • Forecast project cash flow against the construction programme.
  • Identify early warning signs of cost overrun and margin erosion.
  • Report project financial performance clearly to management and clients.

Course outline

  1. 01Building the Project Budget
  2. 02Cost Coding and Allocation
  3. 03Site Cost Reporting Methods
  4. 04Retention and Payment Cycles
  5. 05Cash Flow Forecasting Techniques
  6. 06Linking Cash Flow to Programme
  7. 07Identifying Margin Erosion Early
  8. 08Reporting Financial Performance to Management

Who should attend

This course is intended for contracts managers, quantity surveyors, commercial managers and finance staff working within construction and engineering firms.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
12 to 14 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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