Advance Your Skills in Construction Estimating

Detailed, accurate estimates are a critical part of construction, and professional estimators are in demand. Learn the estimating skills that construction managers use to build budgets, get approvals, and hire workers.

• Explore the terminology and tools used in construction estimating.
• Create takeoffs, extensions, bid recaps, and change orders.
• Discover the software tools used in the trade.

• Course 1: Learning Construction Estimating
• Creating high-quality, accurate estimates is a critical part of construction. Learn what it takes to get started as a professional estimator.
• Course 2: Construction Estimating Takeoff
• Learn how to develop a takeoff sheet, including materials, quantities, and measurements, in this construction estimation training course.
• Course 3: Construction Estimating Extension
• Get step-by-step instructions for developing a price extension (aka cost estimate) sheet—a critical construction document.
• Course 4: Construction Estimating Bid Recap
• Review the bid recap process. Learn how to pull together information and documentation—including takeoff, extension, taxes, and labor rates—into a professional bid proposal.
• Course 5: Construction Change Orders
• Changes are an unavoidable and essential part of the construction process. Learn how to price and negotiate change orders with clients, so jobs can proceed.
• Course 6: Construction Estimating: Specifications and CSI MasterFormat
• Learn how to read and use constructions specifications and understand the CSI MasterFormat classification system.