Training CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING & VALUATIONS (C201) & POST TENDER PROJECT CONTROL (C203) HYBRID COURSE

Construction Estimating & Valuations

Course Outline

Candy (C201) - Gain a general overview of the Candy estimating system. This course covers key concepts and will get you up to speed with essential functions and features. 

Candy (C203) - Feel confident using Candy for valuations and commercial control. This course is designed to help the post-tender commercial team use Candy Valuations effectively to generate monthly valuations, price variations, and to manage their contracts “To-date, Remaining and At-completion” Costs & Allowable. This thorough course covers all the bases.

Recommended For

Estimators, Quantity Surveyors, Site Engineers, Site agents, Contract Managers and Commercial Managers

Duration

3 days

Pre-Requisites

• Computer literacy and keyboard proficiency is assumed.
• Knowledge of estimating procedures is required

Curriculum

• Importing the Bill of Quantities
• Pricing using plug rates and split rates
• Pricing using worksheets
• Worksheet tools and shortcuts
• Subcontract adjudication
• Mark up
• Basic Reports
• Masters
• Post tender controls
• Task, cost and group codes
• Basic forecasting
• Basic valuations
• Candy Estimating – Basic recap
• Post Tender checklist
• Job setup for Post Tender stage
• Job Analysis
• Post Tender checks
• Value Engineering (or Re-modelling)
• Summarizing resources using Cost & Group codes
• Controlling Labour and Plant using Task Codes
• Variation Pricing and VO codes
• Valuations using calculation sheets
• Valuation Report Manager
• Costs & Allowables
• Valuation management
• Subcontract Manager
• Valuation progress using Subcontract Manager

 

NOTE: This course is accredited by The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors.