A cost estimate is the approximation of the cost of a program, project, or operation.The cost estimate is the product of the cost estimating process. The cost estimate has a single total value and may have identifiable component values.A problem with a cost overrun can be avoided with a credible, reliable, and accurate cost estimate.stimates for the cost of facility construction are a major part of the cost estimate domain. A construction general contractor or subcontractor must normally prepare definitive cost estimates to prepare bids in the construction bidding process to compete for award of the contract.
June-July 1944: Saipan. On June 15, 1944, American forces invaded the island of Saipan, part of the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific. Securing Saipan was of critical importance to the U.S.; its airfields would put the Army Air Force's new B-29 bombers within striking distance of the main Japanese islands.
Natural threats: cyclones. Saipan is the principal island and commercial center of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is about 12.5 miles long and 5.5 miles wide and has a total land area of 46.5 square miles, which is about the size of San Francisco.Saipan is slightly larger than Hong Kong but smaller than the District of Columbia.ourism and garment manufacturing are the major economic activities. Saipan is 120 miles north of the United States Territory of Guam. Saipan is one of 14 islands in the Northern Marianas archipelago that make up the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.