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HMS Inc. has provided complete design estimating services for more than 30 years.  Our employee-owned company takes pride in working closely with designers, planners and owners to provide accurate, comprehensive and timely cost estimates. We also offer many related services. HMS Inc. has an established record of success and customer satisfaction that have given us a reputation that is second to none in the industry.

 

Company founders Cliff Hitchins and Ehsan Mughal established HMS Inc. in Alaska in 198o. We specialize in urban and rural  Alaska projects, but our roots have grown beyond the Last Frontier. Today, our work has taken us around the globe from the extremes of Antarctica to exotic locales in Asia and the Pacific Rim.

 

HMS Inc. understands the unique challenges of construction in Alaska. We have the experience to completely account for project hard costs and anticipate intangibles that can substantially affect the accuracy of your project’s cost estimate.

 

HMS Inc. has completed more than 4,100 projects spanning the urban centers and remote villages of Alaska (see our projects page). Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Barrow, Bethel, Valdez, Kotzebue — these are just some of 280 locations across Alaska where projects have been completed by HMS Inc. We have the experience to go where your project takes you.

 

SERVICES

  • Cost estimating
  • Quantity survey
  • Life cycle costing
  • Value engineering
  • Regional cost analysis
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  • Construction progress inspections
  • Construction scheduling
    • Microsoft Project
    • Primavera P3
    • Sure Trak
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AFFILIATIONS

  • American Society of Professional Estimators
  • Society of Value Engineers
  • Construction Specification Institute
  • Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
  • Project Management Institute