Quantity Surveying Course

Have an overview of quantity surveying across various levels and types of construction projects.

Know the basics of estimation, costing, BOQs, contracts, and tendering.

Understand the various types of construction materials and their applications.

Study the basics of construction project management and cost monitoring for the projects.

Become familiar with the various types and methods of quantity estimates in construction projects.

Study in detail the units of measurement, drawings, specifications, and the standard practices to be followed.

Learn about the estimation of plastering, painting, earthwork, flooring, tiling, roofing, finishing, plumbing, PCC works, and brickwork.

Understand the preparation of BOQ, wastage calculation, material reconciliation, and the preparation of abstract sheets.

Practical training

Find out how to interpret architectural drawings and structural drawings.

Understand the symbols, scales, dimensions, abbreviations, legends, and units used in drawings.

Learn how to read elevations, sections, beams, columns, and slabs. Study the interpretation of the foundation and footing.

Study how to extract quantities from drawings, coordinate between architectural and structural drawings, and understand site plans.

Hands-on training

Have an overview of elements of project costing, direct costs, indirect costs, overhead expenses, and administrative expenses.

Find out how to calculate material cost, labor cost, machinery cost, and equipment cost.

Understand the various unit rate calculation methods. Study the quantity-based cost calculation, mark-up calculation, subcontractor cost evaluation, and profit margin calculation

Know the basics of budget preparation, cost planning, cash flow in construction projects, cost comparison, billing, and payment.

Practical sessions

Know the different methods of rate analysis. Study the calculation of wastage and material allowance, and productivity output calculation.

Study the rate analysis for earthwork, concrete works, brick work, steel work, flooring work, masonry, electrical works, and plumbing works.

Have an overview of the components of construction rates. Know standard data and market rate references.

Understand how to prepare rate analysis sheets. Learn about price variation consideration

Hands-on training with real-time examples

Have an overview of tender documents and their components, and the Invitation to Tender.

Study the preparation of tender submission documents, the bid evaluation process, and the tender negotiation techniques.

Learn about the technical bid and commercial bid. Understand Security Deposit and Earnest Money Deposit.

Become familiar with risk analysis in tendering, tender planning, tender scheduling, and common tendering errors.

Practical training

Understand the role of BOQ in tendering, the standard methods of measurement, and the structuring of BOQ for tender submission.

Study the preparation of preliminaries, BOQ for civil, structural, MEP, and finishing works. Learn about the pricing of materials and labor, and the rate analysis for the tender BOQ.

Become familiar with BOQ verification and cross-checking. Know the common errors in tender BOQ preparation and how to avoid them.

Find out how to make BOQ revisions, coordinate with contracts, and compare estimated cost and tender cost.

Practical training in the use of software tools for BOQ.

Understand labor reporting, stock reports, equipment utilization reports, inspection reports, performance reporting, quantity reporting, issue reporting, and quality inspection reporting.

Know the various formats of reporting.

Find out how to communicate and coordinate through reports.

Practical sessions with real case studies.

Have an overview of the various types of documents to be prepared in construction projects.

Understand in detail about drawing and specification documentation, tender and contract documentation, BOQ documentation, billing documentation, and work progress documentation.

Learn about RFI procedures, variation orders, technical submissions, measurement sheets, purchase orders, and file organization.

Find out how to coordinate between site and office documentation, manage revisions, and control documents

Practical training