Quantity Takeoff and Estimating I
Measuring work from drawings and building unit-price estimates: estimate types and AACE classes, MasterFormat and UniFormat, measurement rules, takeoff workflow and digital takeoff, loaded labor rates with FICA, unemployment taxes, workers' compensation and Davis-Bacon wages, equipment owning and operating costs, material quotes, waste, escalation and sales and use tax, and takeoff of earthwork, concrete, masonry, wood framing, structural steel and finishes, ending in a capstone unit-price estimate.
CON-200 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons · 5 h 42 min
Offered by HSM University · Construction Management
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe who prepares estimates on a project, the kinds of estimates prepared as design develops, and the AACE estimate classes and their indicative accuracy ranges
- Prepare conceptual estimates from cost per unit of floor area, adjusted for time, location, size and quality, and state their range
- Organize estimates using MasterFormat, UniFormat and ASTM UNIFORMAT II, apply measurement rules and set up cost codes
- Plan and carry out quantity takeoff by count, length, area and volume, on paper and digital drawings, and check quantities by independent methods
- Build loaded labor rates including FICA, FUTA, SUTA, workers' compensation and fringes, and price labor from crews and productivity rates
- Calculate equipment owning and operating costs, compare renting with owning, and price work from equipment production rates
- Price materials from leveled quotations with waste, delivery, escalation and the correct treatment of state and local sales and use tax
- Take off clearing, stripping, cut and fill, building excavation and trenches, and convert between bank, loose and compacted volumes
- Take off concrete volume, formwork contact area, reinforcing and finishing for footings, walls, slabs and other elements
- Take off masonry units, mortar, grout, reinforcement and accessories for concrete block and brick veneer walls
- Take off wood framing, sheathing and structural steel, convert lumber to board feet and steel to tonnage, and identify separate items
- Take off finishes, doors and hardware from schedules, use estimating software and BIM quantities critically, and assemble a unit-price estimate
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 42 min total · final exam
- 1 The estimator's role and types of estimates 31 min · quiz
- 2 Estimating standards and work breakdown 29 min · quiz
- 3 Quantity takeoff methods and workflow 28 min · quiz
- 4 Labor pricing: crews, productivity and labor burden 28 min · quiz
- 5 Equipment pricing: owning, operating and rental costs 28 min · quiz
- 6 Material pricing: quotes, waste, escalation and taxes 28 min · quiz
- 7 Sitework and earthwork takeoff 28 min · quiz
- 8 Concrete takeoff: footings, walls, slabs, reinforcing and formwork 28 min · quiz
- 9 Masonry takeoff: units, mortar, grout and reinforcement 30 min · quiz
- 10 Wood framing and structural steel takeoff 28 min · quiz
- 11 Finishes takeoff: drywall, paint, flooring, ceilings, doors and hardware 28 min · quiz
- 12 Estimating software, BIM quantities and capstone unit-price estimate 28 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
- CON-120 Construction Drawings and Blueprint Reading
- CON-130 Construction Mathematics and Measurement
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Measuring work from drawings and building unit-price estimates: estimate types and AACE classes, MasterFormat and UniFormat, measurement rules, takeoff workflow and digital takeoff, loaded labor rates with FICA, unemployment taxes, workers' compensation and Davis-Bacon wages, equipment owning and operating costs, material quotes, waste, escalation and sales and use tax, and takeoff of earthwork, concrete, masonry, wood framing, structural steel and finishes, ending in a capstone unit-price estimate.
Part of the Construction Management stream, typically taken in year 2.