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Construction Manager Course: Cost, Schedule, 230+ Tools
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Construction Manager Course: Cost, Schedule, 230+ Tools

Run Construction Project Management with Construction Management files for Cost Estimating, Scheduling and 230+ Tools
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Last updated 10/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Take away 230+ tools in 16 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus HTML workbooks, registers, checklists and calculators
  • Get our top working files: Project Scope Workbook, Construction Cost Workbook, Schedule and Weekly Plan, RFI and Change Control Pack
  • Build a project participant and responsibility map, work breakdown structure and scope statement with assumptions and boundaries
  • Calculate a construction estimate and code budget, then complete a dated cost report with commitments, forecast and payment timing
  • Build a critical path schedule with early and late dates, float, milestones, a three-week look-ahead and weekly promises
  • Complete a construction buyout plan with subcontract packages, bid leveling, long-lead deliveries and submittal dates
  • Record RFI responses and change orders with scope, price, schedule impact, approval evidence and current document versions
  • Complete a site control pack with daily reports, logistics, inspection plans, acceptance checks and nonconformance follow-up
  • Build a construction risk register with cost and task-delay exposure, reserve movements and an overview site safety coordination plan
  • Complete an earned value progress report, separate payment application, location-based punch list and owner handover package

Course content

4 sections • 8 lectures • 7h 13m total length

  • Construction Manager Role: Scope, WBS, Responsibility Map (26 Tools)54:11

    • Map the owner, designer, general contractor and subcontractors; distinguish preparation, review and decision authority.

    • Create a work breakdown structure (WBS), scope statement, assumptions and interface questions for one construction project.

    • Tools in this lecture — 26: 1 HTML working file (Project scope workbook); 9 editable working parts: Project; Participants; Phase handoffs; Delivery arrangement; Responsibilities; WBS dictionary; Scope statement; Assumptions and interfaces; Readiness review.

    • Ready to use on the slides — 16: Project identity card; Participant working card; Phase handoff record; Document revision register; Handover evidence index; Contract route checklist; Delivery arrangement record; Role responsibility card; Interface issue record; Written delegation check; WBS leaf dictionary; Package scope boundary; Coverage checklist; Scope statement with assumption and question logs; Acceptance evidence record; Scope release readiness record.

    • Explained models add 0 to the tool count; repeated demonstrations and calculations within a bundled tool are counted once.

  • Construction Cost Estimating: Budget, Forecast, Cost Report (30 Tools)53:52

    • Connect quantity-based estimating, named allowances, code budgets and separate contract-price and performance-cost bases.

    • Record incurred costs, remaining commitments, forecast, variance, payment timing and retainage on one reporting date.

    • Tools in this lecture — 30: 1 HTML working file (Construction cost workbook); 10 editable working parts: Basis; Estimate; Allowances; Code budgets; Commitments; Cost forecast; Changes and reserve; Cash flow; Billing and retainage; Review and actions.

    • Ready to use on the slides — 19: Budget basis card; Cost authorization and performance budget calculation; Estimate basis record; Quantity-rate row and item-cost calculator; Rate scope checklist; Exact quantity conversion note; Direct-cost sum calculator; Named allowance bases and price composition; Code allocation record; Approved budget change record; Reserve movement record; Budget release checklist; Cost report with remaining commitment and forecast calculation; Forecast variance and remaining cost calculation; Variance action record; Period cash ledger with cumulative cash calculations; Cash forecast action card; Billing basis with retainage and current request calculation; Cost review release checklist.

    • Explained models add 0 to the tool count; repeated demonstrations and calculations within a bundled tool are counted once.

Requirements

  • Bring basic experience reading drawings and specifications or managing projects, crews or contractors; this is an intermediate management course.
  • Be comfortable with a simple cost table, a basic schedule and arithmetic; formulas are explained using consistent fictional project numbers.
  • Use a desktop browser and PDF reader for 16 downloadable resources: 8 presentations and 8 HTML files containing 230+ tools.
  • Have project information to adapt the documents, or start with Nora’s fictional example; paid construction software and trial accounts are unnecessary.
  • Understand intermediate English: all lessons, presentations and working files are in English.

Description

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence

234 practical tools across one construction project: 8 working files, 79 editable working parts and 147 ready-to-use presentation tools.

One fictional medical office building connects every scope decision, cost forecast, delivery, change and handover record.

A site question arrives before its drawing reference is confirmed. A subcontract quotation excludes an interface, while the schedule assumes the package is ready. When each record uses a different date or version, unresolved work can disappear from the report until it interrupts the next handoff.

A connected document set gives the next review a clear starting point: the work boundary, the amount, the activity, the evidence and the person responsible for the decision. Missing inputs remain visible. A payment request stays separate from a receipt, and a correction stays separate from verification. The practical change is a more traceable review conversation and fewer decisions resting on an undocumented assumption.

What is inside, counted by type

  • 8 standalone HTML working files: Project Scope Workbook, Construction Cost Workbook, Schedule and Weekly Plan, RFI and Change Control Pack.
  • 79 editable working parts inside those files: WBS Dictionary, Bid Leveling, Reserve Ledger, Punch List.
  • 77 ready-to-use presentation templates, registers and records: Project Identity Card, Change Version Register, Work Quantity Record, Handover Package Register.
  • 26 ready-to-use presentation checklists and procedures: Contract Route Checklist, Network Logic Checklist, Release Evidence Checklist, Final Closeout Check.
  • 44 ready-to-use presentation calculation sheets: Foundation Package Cost, Total Float, Comparable Bid Amount, Estimate at Completion.

The 234 count combines files, their working parts and presentation tools. Related documents are shown in both editable and presentation formats; repeated demonstrations and repeated substitutions within one calculation are counted once. Models that are only explained do not add to the count. There are 16 downloadable resources: 8 lecture presentations and 8 HTML files, not 234 separate downloads.

Where the tools sit in the project

  • Scope and cost estimating — 56 tools: participant map, scope statement, cost-code budget, remaining cost forecast.
  • Scheduling and construction buyout — 60 tools: critical path calculation, weekly promise register, bid leveling, long-lead delivery log.
  • Changes and site control — 58 tools: RFI intake, change valuation, daily report, nonconformance register.
  • Risk, progress and closeout — 60 tools: risk register, reserve ledger, earned value report, punch list, handover register.

A consistent example, with clear limits

Construction Manager Nora coordinates a fictional three-storey medical office building for a small or medium general contractor. Its original fixed-price contract is $14,400,000 and its baseline schedule is 60 weeks. Rates, percentages and calendar assumptions are example numbers rather than market benchmarks or universal requirements. The calculations use checked methods and consistent project data. Smaller-job and owner-side variations keep the documents adaptable without changing their purpose.

This is a management course, not engineering or legal instruction. Technical design, local building rules, contract decisions and specialist safety judgments remain with qualified project professionals. Check your contract and local rules. Detailed occupational safety, BIM modelling, software setup, operation after handover and exam preparation are outside the course. Reconstructed interface demonstrations are labelled mockups; they do not imply vendor affiliation or certification. No personal construction career or engineering qualification is claimed for the instructor.

Who is teaching

Mike teaches business courses. His wider teaching work has 1,800,000+ course enrollments and 170,000 students on Udemy, and he is the author of about 200 books on Amazon. These are teaching credentials, not construction qualifications. This course brings verified management methods into usable project documents, with fictional examples instead of personal site stories.

How the course runs

First comes the project boundary and responsibility map, followed by the estimate and dated cost report. The next stage connects a critical path schedule to subcontract packages, comparable bids and delivery dates. During construction, RFI responses and changes sit beside daily observations, quality evidence and risk actions. Finally, a dated progress report leads into a separate payment basis, a location-based punch list and the package handed to the owner. Each lesson ends with one document-based practical assignment.

What is included

  • 8 video lessons with consistent fictional project examples and practical assignments.
  • 16 downloadable resources: 8 PDF presentations and 8 HTML working files containing 230+ tools.
  • Editable examples, completeness checks, browser saving, text copying and printing to PDF in the HTML files.
  • Lifetime access to all course materials.
  • Active instructor support in Q&A.
  • A Udemy Certificate of Completion; course completion does not confer professional authorization or an external qualification.

The next package release or progress review will arrive on its own schedule. Open the scope record now and make one unresolved boundary visible before the next handoff. Enroll now and start your first lesson today.

Who this course is for:

  • Site engineers and superintendents growing into a Construction Manager role who need a connected set of project documents.
  • Project managers moving from another industry into construction who want construction-specific cost, schedule and site records.
  • Owner’s representatives coordinating a contractor and checking scope, progress, changes and handover evidence.
  • Small contractor owners who need 230+ tools across scope, estimating, buyout, site control and closeout in 16 downloadable resources.

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