
learn the role of a quantity surveyor in pre-contract and contract stages, from tender documents and take off to cost estimation, post-contract measurement, and final account close out.
Identify and estimate direct and indirect costs for construction, including materials, labor, machinery, and overheads. Account for taxes, waste, and risk factors to determine project profit.
Explore tender documents from invitation to forms of tender, contract conditions, securities, pre-qualification, and drawings, and learn how rate analysis and schedule of rates drive pricing.
Learn to perform quantity takeoffs in Planswift from drawings by calibrating scales, counting items, measuring lines, areas, and volumes with depth.
Master Bluebeam takeoff basics: calibrate scale from drawing or using known measurements, perform length, area, and volume calculations from AutoCAD drawings, count elements, and track cumulative quantities.
Learn to use CostX for quantity take-off and rate analysis by uploading drawings, scaling accurately, and creating dimension groups for counting, length, and area measurements.
Discover quantity surveying as a promising profession, outline a rewarding career, and continue learning through foundational concepts, rate analysis, and take-off methods, with access to advanced courses.
This course will help you to understand the roles and responsibilities of a Quantity Surveyor, the skills and educational qualifications required to start a career in Quantity Surveying, the basics of rate analysis and the required knowledge to take off quantities from construction drawings using two globally used software’s Bluebeam Revu and Planswift.
By the end of this course you will gain knowledge regarding the different element to be included while pricing your construction project.
Need to save time and quickly take off all your quantities from drawings?
Bluebeam Revu and Planswift makes this easy. Learn how to count, take linear measurements, area measurements and volume measurements using both these software’s.