Private Civil Sitework Estimating Seminar

Participants will learn skills and knowledge to estimate civil sitework construction projects and prepare a successful bid.

Audience:

The course is designed for those interested in becoming civil sitework estimators and for workers with experience in construction that desire to improve their knowledge of sitework estimating.

Course Duration:

Two days (16 hours) of lessons with instructor.

Education credits:

The course is eligible for 5 CCA Gold Seal education credits upon completion.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

  • Calculate work quantities from engineering drawings
  • Adjust for material swell and shrink factors
  • Assemble efficient crews, and determine productivity
  • Put into practice effective methods for determining job costs
  • Use essential formats for clearly estimating equipment, labor, material and other service costs related to completing a project
  • Assess and decide how a variety of physical site complexities may affect the estimated cost of a project. Use methods to counteract these variances
  • Better identify and interpret general site conditions, special conditions and technical specifications associated with sitework projects
  • Analyze projects and decide on which ones to bid
  • Understand risk analysis and how to price this into a bid
  • Do competitor analysis and understand how this impacts the bid
  • Do client risk analysis and how to price this into bids
  • Record material and other prices and maintain contact lists
  • Formulate a bid strategy
  • Understand how to prepare an estimate and the estimating process
  • Become familiar with Construction Division Codes
  • Understand how to present a bid
  • Be familiar with how to use the bid depository
  • Understand the requirements for bonding and insurance
  • Understand the post-bidding process
  • Work with project managers to pass on knowledge of the bid