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Consulting Estimators Round Table (CERT) Application for Membership

Date

Firm Name

Principal/Owner

Street Address

City/State/Zip

Telephone

Fax

Email Address

Website

Applicant firm provides estimating services in which CSI Divisions?Is the applicant company a full time or part time enterprise (35 hours per week is considered full time)?

Part TimeFull Time

Applying for Membership level

SCEF (5 or more years in business)CEF (less than 5 years)ACEF (part time)

Date the applicant firm was establishedIncorporated?

YesNo

If yes, in which State?Please list business structure:

Sole PropLLCS CorpOther

Federal ID Number

Check this box if this is a Social Security number

Number of Employees excluding Principal:Does the applicant firm carry insurance? (check all that apply):

General LiabilityProfessional LiabilityWorkers CompAutomotive

Does the applicant firm perform other technical work besides cost estimating? (check all that apply):Other professional associations of which the applicant firm or principal is a member (check all that apply):Credentials held by Principal of applicant firmWill you be willing to serve on a committee?

YesNo

If yes on 18, please check one:Programs (plans Best Practices calls and writes articles)Membership (acts to increase and improve CERT membership)Best Practices Manual (edits and publishes the next edition of the CERT BP Manual)Events (plans seminars and conferences)Members of the Consulting Estimators Round Table must subscribe to the ASPE Cannons of Ethics – Will you subscribe to the ASPE Code of Ethics?

YesNo

List here projects from the last six months including their size.How did you become aware of the CERT?

Please Review the Important Information Regarding CERT Membership Types

A membership type will be assigned by the CERT Executive Director upon the review of the application; a non-refundable application fee as determined by the fee structure listed below must accompany this application in order to be reviewed.

All new members of the CERT enter at one of these three levels depending on experience:

Senior Estimating Consultancy Firm

Membership Classification SECF
Individual or firm primarily engaged in five years or more of full-time private practice providing cost estimating services, independent of a contracting, construction management, or design firm.

Consultant Estimator Firm

Membership Classification CEF
Individual or firm primarily engaged in less than five years of full-time private practice providing cost estimating services, independent of a contracting, construction management, or design firm.

Associate Cost Estimating Firm

Membership Classification ACEF
Individual or firm engaged in providing cost estimating services on a part-time basis while being primarily employed elsewhere for full or part-time, so long as the estimating service is not for the primary employer. An ACEF designation shall only be valid for two years; in that time the firm should become fully independent and change the classification to a CEF.

Yearly Membership Dues: $200.00 due January 1st

New members that join will be pro-rated January to March = $200.00; April to June = $175.00; July to September = $150.00; October to December = $200.00 (carries the member to the end of the following year).

Membership Includes:

The CERT Best Practices Manual for a Private Firm Engaged in Construction Cost Estimating.
Access to educational conference calls.
Twice yearly conferences to be held in various locations.
Access to fellow consulting firms for business advice and networking.

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Consulting Estimators Round Table (CERT) Application for Membership

Please Review the Important Information Regarding CERT Membership Types

Senior Estimating Consultancy Firm

Consultant Estimator Firm

Associate Cost Estimating Firm

Yearly Membership Dues: $200.00 due January 1st

Membership Includes:

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