1) Basic Estimating Overview* - All Disciplines (Non-Gold Seal Course)
2) Estimating - General
3) Advanced Estimating – Electrical*
4) Advanced Estimating – Civil*
5) Advanced Estimating – General Contracting*
*Course dates to be announced soon.  Scroll down for course descriptions.

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce basic blueprint reading, basic specification reading and an estimating overview.  With the current astronomical demand for good estimators throughout Canada in all disciplines of the construction industry, it is essential to begin the journey with a thorough introduction into this highly structured and deeply focused part of our world. All construction disciplines are welcome in this four-hour seminar.  Each participant will receive a folder with an architectural drawing, excerpt from the NMS and IMS specification and additional handouts.  A brief overview of the seminar is as follows:
-Blueprint Reading
-Specification Reading
-Explaining the process
-What is a labor unit
-Scaling drawings

The purpose of this course is to teach individuals basic estimating and bidding skills.  The need for good estimators in Western Canada is astronomical and problems with past courses were that they were incomplete and not instructed by senior estimators working in the industry.  We have (3) instructors who all have extensive backgrounds in bidding and estimating, and one key instructor who is still in the industry as a senior estimator for a major company in B.C. The course includes (2) full days of instruction plus an additional (3) weeks of on-line estimating and instructions during evenings and weekends at home.  Each participant will receive a complete 120-page Estimating manual.  A brief overview of the course is as follows:
-Analyzing projects to bid
-Risk analysis
-Researching bids/clients
-Knowing the competition
-Estimating costs/updating
-Contact lists for prices
-Bidding strategy and Recommendations
-Bidding preparation
-Site visits
-Check lists
-Selling the Bid
-General Conditions (Requirements)
-Types of Bids
-Instructions to Bidders
-Addenda
-Bid Depository
-Bonding & Insurance
-Pre-estimate Budgets
-How to estimate (each discipline separate)
-Estimating on-line w/drawings and specs
-Drawings to be estimated and graded

Pre-requisite: blueprint reading, specification reading, an estimating overview and a thorough knowledge of the electrical industry. 
With this course you will be well underway to becoming a qualified electrical estimator in the construction industry. This highly structured and deeply focused part of our world requires strong mathematics, procedures and discipline, all of which you will find here.  The course includes two full days of instruction followed by up to 6 weeks of on-line training.  Each participant will receive a manual, and set of specifications and drawings while learning how to:Identify potential business opportunities
-Identify the steps in the bid process
-Collect and review documents to scope project
-Prepare a preliminary estimate, a detailed estimate and submit a bid
-Maintain historical data

Pre-requisite to this course are blueprint reading, specification reading, an estimating overview and a thorough knowledge of the civil industry. 
With this course you will be well underway to becoming a qualified civil estimator in the construction industry. This highly structured and deeply focused part of our world requires strong mathematics, procedures and discipline, all of which you will find here.  The course includes two full days of instruction followed by up to 6 weeks of on-line training.  Each participant will receive a manual, set of specifications and drawings. A brief overview of the course:
-Identify potential business opportunities
-Identify the steps in the bid process
-Collect and review documents to scope project
-Prepare a preliminary estimate, a detailed estimate and submit a bid
-Maintain historical data

Pre-requisite to this course are blueprint reading, specification reading, an estimating overview and a thorough knowledge of the general contracting industry. 
With this course you will be well underway to becoming a qualified general contracting estimator in the construction industry. This highly structured and deeply focused part of our world requires strong mathematics, procedures and discipline, all of which you will find here.  The course includes two full days of instruction followed by up to 6 weeks of on-line training.  Each participant will receive a manual, set of specifications and drawings. A brief overview of the course is as follows:
-Identify potential business opportunities
-Identify the steps in the bid process
-Collect and review documents to scope project
-Prepare a preliminary estimate, a detailed estimate and submit a bid
-Maintain historical data