Why Attend This Training Course?

• Importance of Quantity Takeoff and Required Documents for Construction Project

• Construction Project Earthwork fundamentals and Estimation

• Project Cost Estimation and Budgeting

• Variation Order Adjustment

• Construction Project Time-Cost trade-off

• Construction Project Future Cost Performance Forecasting

• Integrated Human Resource Management

What Is The Training Course Methodology?

This training course methodology depends on enabling participants to interact and exchange experiences, explore their competencies and achieve their career aspirations, using forward-thinking training arts, such as theoretical lectures and/or open discussion to exchange opinions and experiences, scenarios, innovative thinking brainstorming. Participants will receive an agenda including training material as a reference, in addition to some extra notes and booklets. 

Who Should Attend This Training Course?

The course is developed for engineers who seek a career in the construction industry other than as a designer, project manager, site supervisor, or tradesperson or who is already working as an estimator, but wants an industry recognized professional designation.

What Are The Training Course Objectives?

• Knowledge & understanding of Construction Estimation & Quantities Take-off

• Intellectual skills

  • Express ideas in Quantities Estimation

  • Evaluate obtained results both individually or as a part of team

  • Professional and practical skills

  • Carry out modeling and optimization of Construction Estimation & Quantities Take-off

•  Participants who successfully complete training modules attendance will learn the basic principles of construction estimating that include:

  • Types of estimates

  • Elements of an estimate

  • Quantity take off techniques

  • Pricing techniques 

  • Adjusting the estimate for a variety of variable factorsEstimating labor, materials and equipment

  • Profit and overhead markups

What Is The Training Course Curriculum?

Introduction and Orientation

• An orientation module to get you started in the course.

• This module gives you a chance to play with the course tools and features before the course actually begins.

Why We Estimate

• Teaching the many different uses for construction estimates.

• Learn that how an estimate is to be used affects estimating methods.

Estimating Skills

• There are certain skills and disciplines that all estimators need to develop.

• Discuss each of these skills and provide some guidance on how to develop them

Estimating Tools

• Recognize various estimating tools. 

Different Types and Levels of the Estimate

• Learn how the amount of information available to you and the time you are allowed to prepare the estimate affects the quality and accuracy of your work.

Organizing the Estimate and the Master format

• How you organize your estimate is almost as important as how carefully you prepare your quantity take off.

•  Learn about the Master format and common organizing methods.

Estimating Materials

• Quantity take-off procedures, waste factors, and pricing methods are dealt with in this module.

Estimating the Cost and Quantity of Labor

• We will learn about using and developing production rates and how to adjust your estimate for a wide variety of factors that affect production rates.

Estimating Equipment

• Quantity take off procedures, pricing, and estimating techniques will be covered along with equipment production rates.

• Learn how to choose the correct equipment for the job.

Estimating Overhead and Profit Markups

• How, when and why to add contingencies.

• Adjusting the estimate for risk, inflation, and geographic location will be covered.

Estimating Errors

• Learn about common errors estimators make and how to avoid making them.

Determining and Using Unit Prices

• How to use unit prices effectively.

• The crew method, what it is and how to use it. 

• Using unit prices for conceptual estimating and for detailed estimating will be covered.