Drywall Courses
Two Week Course
Currently, we are offering our two week course, designed for the beginner estimator. It is assumed that students who attend this course may or may not be familiar with construction estimating. The purpose of this course is to teach construction estimating from the ground up. A knowledge of basic math, the ability to read and write in English, common sense and a desire to learn are the typical prerequisites for this course.
This course is designed to help you read construction drawings, details and specifications, assemble the correct facts and to apply special formulae to improve your estimating skills on medium to large size
projects. In the time span of one, or two weeks, you will learn how to organize procedures to reduce errors and save time. You will learn how to spot unusual job requirements, and thus avoid the bad jobs.You will learn how to prepare estimates that can be adjusted to variable economic conditions and geographical areas.
Specific course content includes:
GENERAL ESTIMATING BACKGROUND
This covers specification analysis, mathematical tricks of the trade, and organization.
THE QUANTITY TAKE-OFF
Includes systematic take-off methods and sequence color coding.
EXTENDING THE ESTIMATE
This includes general rules and quantity summary methods.
PRICING THE ESTIMATE
Includes general rules, sources of price information, production rates that you can put into practice immediately, and accurate summary and unit pricing using man days or dollar unit pricing depending on what part of the country you are from.
ESTIMATE SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Covers general rules used by many successful contractors. Bids, Adds, Deducts, Escalation, and construction procedures on projects that require special scrutiny.
SPECIAL ESTIMATING APPLICATIONS
Includes bidding strategies, cost control, productivity, cash flow, manpower management, forecasting, federal specifications, fire classifications and fire ratings.
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