Construction Cost Estimator Course
Master construction cost estimating from takeoff to final bid. Learn unit pricing, local market adjustments, risk management, and markup strategy so you can produce accurate estimates, clear assumptions, and winning lump-sum proposals on any project.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Master accurate cost estimating with a focused, practical course that walks you through local market research, labor rates, and regional price indices, then guides you step by step through quantity takeoff, unit costs, and organized line items. Learn to size contingencies, document assumptions, manage risk, and build clear, professional lump-sum bids with the right markups, overhead, and profit strategy for competitive, profitable pricing.
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Develop skills
- Local market cost setup: adjust labor, fees, and indices for any U.S. city.
- Quantity takeoff basics: compute areas, volumes, and key building geometry fast.
- Unit price building: use RSMeans, BLS, ENR and subs to create solid unit costs.
- Full estimate assembly: organize line items, markups, contingencies and profit.
- Bid package delivery: document risks, assumptions and write a sharp lump-sum bid.
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