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Core Curriculum
Construction Estimator /Project Manager - 16 Lessons
Total Off-Campus Lessons: 16
• Basic Construction Mathematics
• Blueprint Reading
• Construction Estimating
• Construction Management
• Project Management – Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Quantity Survey
• Computer Training
1. Computer Basics
2. Timberline® Precision Estimating Standard Edition For Windows 95
3. National Construction Estimator
Primavera® SureTrak
Distance Education
The curriculum for our distance education program is a duplicate of the on campus 16-week Estimator & Project Manager course that has been taught at the main branch since 1994. The 16-week program has been divided into 16 lessons. At the completion of each lesson the course material is either submitted online or via prepaid envelopes. The material is graded and promptly returned to the student. Each student is given a number of lessons to complete, so they may immediately continue on to the next lesson. Instruction is provided in three ways; first there is a video, which will guide the student through all sixteen lessons. Next a very specific and detailed assignment list is given which will describe exactly what is contained in each lesson and finally a toll free phone number is given so that a student may call anytime during regular school hours and speak with one of our friendly and helpful instructors.
Skills & Responsibilities
Construction Estimator....
* By definition, estimating is "the act of appraising or valuing the worth of something." In construction , it is the science of mathematics, the knowledge of materials, and the art of interpretation of a blueprint. This combination produces an assessment of a construction project that becomes the bid package, or proposal, and the basis of the construction contract.
There are two basic prerequisites for anyone wanting to learn these procedures:
1. A knowledge of reading and measuring blueprints.
2. A knowledge of mathematics.
* The skills of measurement and pricing of construction work can readily be acquired by any person of average intelligence and competence who has reason and motivation to do so. It should be understood that it is extremely beneficial to be able to visualize and understand building construction systems and processes although it is not required.
Construction Project Manager....
* Every participating organization on a project has its project manager. Although the person is sometimes known by different names, the duties remain the same. Whether in the direct employ of the owner, the design firm, or the contractor, the project manager is usually the person responsible for the management of all phases of the project for his or her organization. The project manager controls the scheduling, budgeting, and cost control coordination of construction, letting of contracts for the owner, and is normally the sole contact with the client as a representative of the contractor.
Construction Superintendent....
* The Superintendent is in full charge of all field projects. When several projects are under construction, he coordinates all of them, directing the interchange of materials, workers, and equipment; stimulating progress; and resolving all problems that do not require the attention of the company manager.
