
James Cope
Senior Cost Estimator, GC
James Cope is a cost estimator with over thirty years of experience in commercial, industrial, and residential construction as a cost estimator, construction manager and general contractor. His experience includes public works, data centers, co-gen facilities, EV charging stations, hotels, retail, medical, restaurant, and office buildings. He specializes in identifying cost for new and corrective construction, quantity take-offs, contract and bid interpretation, proposals and submittals, construction scheduling and field inspection.
Areas of Expertise
- Cost estimating
- Construction scheduling, phasing and sequencing
- Repair scope development & analysis
- Compile and/or verify quantity take-offs
- Construction bond evaluation
- Establish trade responsibilities and allocation of liability
- Field inspection, workmanship / quality control
- Subcontractor Buyout & Bid Management
- Code requirement and compliance
- Review plans, specifications, contracts, change orders, daily reports and correspondence for contractual, material and scope compliance
Licenses / Registrations
- California State Contractors License – B #859500
- International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI)- NACHI 12082201
