Description

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

Audience:

The course is designed for construction estimators and those with experience in construction that desire to be estimators or improve their knowledge of estimating.

Course Duration:

16 hours of lessons with instructor plus an online portion involving research, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours).

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

• 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 and online bidding platforms
• Understand the requirements for bonding and insurance
• Understand the post-bidding process
• Work with project managers to pass on knowledge of the bid

Course Facilitator

Tim Williams MBA, B.Econ., CPA, GSC | President of Construction U. 

Tim has worked with numerous construction companies for over thirty years and is a Gold Seal Certified project manager. He is an experienced and sought after trainer who has trained thousands of construction company leaders and companies on behalf of construction industry associations across Canada. Contact Tim

This course is worth 5 Gold Seal Credits