Quantifying and accurately accounting for the labor, materials, and time spent completing construction projects and operating a construction business is crucial to your success in the construction contracting business. From protecting and improving your profit margins to identifying ways to increase efficiency and to gain a competitive edge, much of your business depends on your estimating skills.
We offer a 12-hour live online course designed to help you
refine your estimating method and skills, so that you can produce successful construction estimates, whether you are an early-career or seasoned contractor.
The Course is made up of 4 sessions, all held via Zoom, and which will be supplemented with hands-on exercises to reinforce the concepts presented in class.
We offer a 12-hour live online course designed to help you refine your estimating method and skills, so that you can produce successful construction estimates, whether you are an early-career or seasoned contractor. The Course is made up of 4 sessions, all held via Zoom, and which will be supplemented with hands-on exercises to reinforce the concepts presented in class.
Objectives
Topics
- Basic estimating concepts and principles.
- Use of construction drawings to produce quantity take-off cost estimates.
- Quantity take off techniques.
- Pricing techniques.
- Preparing thorough construction cost estimates.
- Accounting for variable factors and adjusting estimate.
- Estimating labor, materials and equipment.
- Profit and overhead markups.
- Allocate direct and indirect project costs.
- Estimating Strategies.
Patricia Ferrufino-Mendoza Plan Reading Instructor
Educational Background
A.A.S. Construction Management
