
Learn units and formulas used in mechanical quantity surveying and cost estimation, including duct and pipe measurements. Apply duct surface area calculations, pipe linear meters, and equipment counts from drawings.
Learn the bidding process for tenders, including preparing technical and price bids, bid data sheets, security, pre-qualification, alternative bids, and the evaluation leading to contract award.
Explore mechanical activities, manpower allocation, and production-rate based duration estimates for duct, piping, insulation, and equipment installation across first, second, and final fixes, testing, and commissioning.
Learn to read mechanical drawings for quantity estimation in hvac, fire fight, and plumbing, including the title block, scale, sheets, revisions, legends, abbreviations, and AutoCAD tools.
Explore basic AutoCAD dwg techniques for mechanical quantity surveying, including drawing lines, circles, rectangles, and using polar and global arrays, text, dimensions, blocks, and layers.
Identify common hvac materials, including duct types (GI, flexible, air ducts), fire retardant and pre-insulated ducts, fittings, air distribution products, insulation, canvas wraps, aluminum cladding, supports, and pipes.
Sample sheet is for reference purpose only .For the fast and effective take Please use our take off sheet. Also make sure you have the excel version of 2019 or later versions. If not , Please use google sheet or any other spreadsheet softwares
Learn how to estimate HVAC costs by calculating material, labor, transportation, and overhead, with practical guidance on air handling units, ducts, pipes, and installation considerations.
In this course, you will learn about mechanical quantity surveying, Mechanical estimation, HVAC, and MEP estimation. This course is properly tailored made for the beginner and also for the professional. In this course you will get to learn about the concepts of tendering , bidding , cost estimations , contracts , payment methods , variation and claims , rate analysis , Quantity take off for HVAC, Fire fighting and Plumbing services with the preparation of BOQ for this mechanical services . Once you complete this course you will get enough knowledge about how you can handle your own project without outsiders' assistance. If you have any queries or questions please drop that in the comment section.
Overview of this course
1. Quantity surveying and brief about quantity surveyors
2. Units and formulas
3. Duct area calculation formula for the square and round duct.
4. Tenders
5. Tender Process flow.
6. Types of tenders.
7. Guidelines and some sample tender documents are attached for your reference.
8. Bidding.
9. Bid types.
10. Bidding procedures and how to prepare an effective bid.
11. Manpower requirement for the each mechanical activities.
12. Work breakdown structure.
13. All the mechanical activity process flow.
14. Mechanical productivity/manpower rate.
15. How you can read the drawing
16. Overview of AutoCAD
17. Quantity take-off for the HVAC and cost estimation.
18. Quantity take off for the Fire fighting and cost estimation.
19. Quantity take off for the Plumbing and cost estimation.
20. BOQ Preparation.
21. Rate analysis.
22. Cost estimation criteria.
23. Standard method of measurements.
24. Contract and payments.
25. Variations
26. Claims.
27. Value engineering.
28. Overview of plan swift.