About Us

Varela Ingeniería de Costos

Intercost was founded on February 29th., 2004 and Varela Ingeniería de Costos (VIC) on May 19th. 2005, derived organizations from Compuobras that operated since 1983.

Mission :

Being the best Cost Engineering firm in Mexico

Main Courses

Consulting -core business.
Books and data bases Edition,
Training.

Specialization Field

Construction Costs Engineering

And Complemented with

Value Engineering
Economic and Financial Engineering

Main Clients

Varela Ingeniería de Costos:
- Teodoro González de León Archs.,
- Canada Government,
- KMD Architects
- Augusto Quijano Archs.,
- M+A Architecture and Planning (Houston),
- ICON Group,
- Grupo Mall+Hogalia (Spain),
- Estudio Lamela (Spain),
- Strategic Hotels & Resorts (Chicago),
- Grupo Mayan
- 4A Archs
Intercost:
- Policía Federal
- Muñoz Arqs,
- BBVA Bancomer- Avamex,
- HSBC,
- Grupo LAR (Spain),
- Betstone (England-Ireland),
- Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero
Compuobras:
- Public Sector: SCT, ASA, ICAO-UN, Sicartsa, Fonatur, DDF, CFE, Conade.

Relevant Aspects

Our publication "Square Meter Construction Costs" is the most referred source of information to sustain appraisals and Pre-Estimates.

The company is an "Academy" on its Expertise, to innovate and training its people.

Certification

Its Principal is certified as Cost Engineer expert professional by the Colleague of Civil Engineers as with validity for The Ministry of Public Education.

Yucatán península Branch

Mérida, Yuc.

Divisions

I. Consulting Division

International experience in 6 Americas countries. Learn More

II. Construction cost books publishing and data base division

This part of the organization could be described with its books:

"Costs of
- Construction and Building"
- Heavy Construction"
- Square meter Construction Cost"
- Industrial Construction"
- Cost Engineering –Theory andy Practice on Construction"

And cost data bases with own Software:

m2 © System for pre-estimating and appraisals

III. Training Division

Offers Trilogy Seminars:

Cost Engineering – Theorical And Practical Fundamentals
Cost And Efficency on Construction Machinery

Ing. Leopoldo Varela Alonso, General Manager's Resume

Civil Eng. For the National University of Mexico. Cost Eng. specialist certifícate from International Cost Engineering Council and for the Civil Eng. Colleage as Proffessional expert. Management Diploma from IPADE.

Field Resident on industrial and heavy constr. Consulting Experience in 11 americas and european countries.

One of 3 living mexican authors specialists with 5 publicacations and offered more tan 200 seminars on 31 cities.

Paper Coordinator “Office Building Costs in Australia, Canada, USA and Mexico”, American Association of Cost Engineers en Calgary, Canadá.

Professor and Academic Councellor for the Cost Pstgradute at La Salle University.

Former Director for Compuobras, Bimsa Southam and Constr. Chamber

Actual CEO of Varela Ingeniería de Costos and Intercost.

References in USA

Kenneth Humphreys
International Cost Engineering Council
Roger Grant
Construction Specification Institute
Tom Dion
RS Means

Main previous Projects Varela+Intercost+Compuobras:

Institutionals
- Senate new Building (Muñoz Arqs)
- Canada New Ambbasy and Consoul (Canada Gov.)
- Police Headquarters cost opinion and negociation (State of Guerrero)
- Guanajuato Deputy Congress new bldg. (Teodoro González de León -TGL)
- Cost Auditing –Metropolitan University.
- Labor Cost Indexes –Social Security Mexican Institute.
Office Buildings
- Call Center Santander Bank in Querétaro. 4.5 mill US$ saving
- Judicial Bdgs. in Toluca and Querétaro (4A Arqs)
- Consulting for Operadora de Bolsa, S. A.
- Replacement Value for Bancomer buildings (Main Bldg 122,000 m2)
Residential Projects
- 900 apartments in Cancún, Punta Mita, Puebla y Rosarito (ICON group)
- Condominiums Rincón del Bosque (Hasbani)
- Nubia y Moras Projects (K-SA)
- Condominium Maya-ka’an in Cancún (Muñoz Arqs. / U-Calli)
- Housing costs in159 cities INFONAVIT
- Real state bldg. Up-date. Banca PROMEX
- Cost Auditing aptms. unit DeMet
Culture and Entertainment
- Theatre -Opera & Art School Poliforum León, Gto. (Augusto Quijano Arqs)
- Tamayo Museum(TGL)
- Mayan civilization Museum (Zoreda Arqs)
- Cost Auditing - 2-Lion Casino Guadalajara (Betstone)
- Theatre&Convention Center in Querétaro (Teodoro González de León)
- Replacement Value for 10 buildings at the National Art Center (Carreño)
- Republic Cultural Pavillion, Cabo Sn. Lucas BCS (Serrano y Monjaraz)
- Vasconcelos Library pre-estimate
- Sport facilities costs (Conade).
Hotels
- Four Seasons Hotel Punta Mita –ampliación (Strategic Htls & Resorts)
- Palace Hotels reconstruction cost for Wilma hurricane
- Replacement values for Hotel Princess Riviera Maya (VYA)
- Opinion on Contractor reclamation Hotel Artesana Sn. Miguel Allende: 1 mill US$ saving
- Hotel at Los Cabos BCS (Haselden USA)
- Bid estimate. Hotel Nikko.
- Hilton & Travelodge Hoteles for Chartwell.
Commercial
- Garden Santa Fe (Arquitectoma-Copri)
- Shopping Centers pre-estimates in Zacatecas & Cd. Victoria (Grupo LAR)
- Shopping Centers: Esmeralda Atizapán y La Vista Puebla (Grupo GDI)
- Shopping Centers Pre-estimate Parral – Grupo Ingra-Cinépolis
- Shopping Center Metropol (MAC-Arquitectos).
Mix Developments
- Campeche Playa, Golf, Marina & SPA Resort (M+A, Mall, Hogalia)
- Structure opinion for a 300,000m2, Project Malecón-Américas (Gpo ICON)
- Unit prices catalog (HSBC)
- Mormon churches
Infraestructure
- Unit Preces Negociation for Cochabamba Airport, Bolivia (ICAO-UN Internacional Bid); 9 mill US$ saving
- Airport Construction & maintenance Costs (SCT 1985, ASA 1993)
- Road construction cost Guide-Conacal (Banobras).
In progress:
- Cost management of Federal policestations headquarters and heliports
- Contemporaneum art museum GDL (Herzog-DeMoure, KMD Arch)
- Jumex Museum (Chipperfield/TAAU)
- Torre Operativa BBVA Bancomer - SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)