It is Robert Taylor, an experienced civil engineer by profession. I teach students studying in the engineering field and offer estimating services to contractors. In my spare time, I love to spend time exploring innovations and technologies in the construction sector. I am a good influencer too.
I am Robert Taylor, an experienced civil engineer. While teaching civil engineering students, I provide estimating services to construction contractors. Providing construction estimating services is my passion and I love to explore innovations and technologies in this sector. I am a good influencer too.
I got my Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Fordham University in 1994. Since my childhood, numbers have always fascinated me. So, while pursuing my engineering degree, I did my bachelor’s of business administration in financial analysis from New York University in the same year. My estimating passion didn’t allow me to stop here, with managing two intricate degrees at the same time I started working for various independent contractors and developed cost analyses for their projects.
I never thought that my estimating enthusiasm would turn into a successful career for me. In my long working history, I collaborated with numerous construction contractors to estimate the cost of their potential construction projects and optimized their profits by reducing overhead costs. With the successful bidding of my independent construction contractors, I got the confidence to work with an estimating firm that helped me polish my estimating skills.
I joined an estimating firm as an estimating engineer in 1997. At that firm, I made strategies to maintain the established budget and minimize the fluctuations in operating costs that eventually affected the business success rate. After working 8 months in that estimating agency, I switched to another agency for the position of financial analyst. With my hard work and passion, I achieved the milestone of catering to 200+ clients in a short span of time. To make my estimates accurate, I contacted suppliers and other vendors to get information on the projected expenses to identify common sources of expense fluctuation and figure out their potential to recur.
Finally, in 1999 I laid the foundation of my dream estimating company USA Estimators. I started this company with a very small investment and a few staff members but I had confidence in my skills and passion.
Knowing how to run a successful business is one thing, but knowing how to make a business successful, starting from scratch is a whole other skill. But I did this challenging task. With the passage of time, my small company turned into a leading estimating company all across the USA. More than 250+ construction estimators are working in my firm now.
This is how all this started, and now after 25 years of hard work, I volunteer my time for teaching students while managing my estimating company. From the bottom of my heart, I want to teach civil engineers students and spark their passion for the construction industry.
