Construction Estimator

Estimating plays a crucial role in ensuring a construction project is successful, influencing bidding, budgeting, planning, and procurement decisions. This construction estimator course helps you develop estimating skills from the ground up through structured training and hands-on projects. You will work through lessons to interpret construction information, perform quantity takeoffs, understand the different types of estimates, and organize project cost data that mimics a real estimating project.

This construction estimator training program introduces you to digital estimating processes using Bluebeam Revu and AI-powered quantity estimation with Togal.AI, to help you remain organized when working with drawings and takeoff data. Combined with foundational knowledge of construction materials, the program helps you understand what is being estimated and why your decisions matter.

You will also have the option to complete a capstone portfolio project that brings together the estimating skills you developed throughout the program, including takeoffs, material review, pricing, and cost organization. Your construction estimating training will conclude by preparing you for the Bluebeam Certified Professional exam. Upon successful completion of this building estimator course, you will possess the estimating and preconstruction skills needed for success across residential and commercial projects.

VDCI

This course is designed to be self-paced and does not involve any live classes. Instead, students will have access to various self-learning resources, including video materials, practice projects, e-books, and other materials available within the course modules. Although there is no direct interaction with an instructor, students can seek help from an industry expert by submitting questions via email.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebooks are not compatible.
• Display: 1024 × 768 minimum; OpenGL 3.0+ compatible graphics/display driver required
• Processor: 1 GHz or equivalent minimum; Intel i3+ for tablets; ARM processors not supported
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage: 5 GB available disk space

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.