This free online engineering course covers how to estimate the quantity and cost of materials used to complete projects. Quantity estimation is a key method in structural engineering. Its prime purpose is to determine the quantities and costs of materials for a project. This diploma engineering course provides a simplified system for quantity estimation and cost analysis and is designed for surveyors, engineers and builders. We cover topics like costs and rates, bill of quantities preparation, rate analysis and the steps taken to bid for a building contract.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188874 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 10-15 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Discuss the importance of quantity estimation in a civil engineering project • Estimate excavation, stone soling, sand filling and PCC quantities for a building project • Compute the quantities of materials for footing, neck columns and backfilling a building • Explain the significance of costing and rates in structural engineering • Estimate brickwork, wall putty, plastering and painting costs for a building in MS Excel • Explain how to create a Bill of Quantities (BoQ) from the Analysis and Schedule of Rates (SoR) • Analyze costs of building construction with SoR and Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) • Compute the total costs for a structural engineering project • Explain the purpose of BoQ and rate analysis in building contracts |
| Course Code | 5787 |

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