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What Is PPIS Skills Workshop?

“What are the PPIS Estimating Skills Workshops about? Who should attend?”

It is an unfortunate fact that a lot of building projects, specifically in the less formal (residential) sector, go horribly wrong because of inadequately calculated costs.

Basics of Estimating is a two-part series intended specifically for building contractors, both new and existing, and persons involved in building cost estimating.

Part 1:Estimating Systems and Procedures introduces the delegate to building cost estimating by exploring estimating and measuring systems and how they are created, as well as taking a look at the building landscape and common risk factors that may influence the cost of a project.
It also takes a sneak preview at the second part of the series (A-Z of Building Price Resources) before it culminates in an example of an estimating sheet, created from a set of plans provided and based on the principles of the estimating systems highlighted in the workshop.

Part 2:A to Z of Building Price Resources equips delegates with the toolbox needed to calculate and quantify the resources that make up the cost elements and components, highlighted in Part 1, that represent the cost of a building.
It concludes by applying the resource guidelines discussed in the workshop to the example used in Part 1, thereby calculating the project cost

In short, these workshops equips delegates with the tools and skills needed to identify and price cost elements in any building and thereby creating the best possible environment to accurately manage a project to a profitable conclusion for both client and contractor.

Please join us in a non-formal and relaxed environment and let us start estimating for better control!

What The Course Covers

“How are the Workshops structured?”

BASICS of ESTIMATING PART 1: ESTIMATING SYSTEMS and PROCEDURES WORKSHOP CONTENT
1 - Introduction
-Workshop outcomes
-Define Estimating

2 - Tenders and Sources of Pricing Information
-Tender types
-Sources of Pricing Information (2 sections)

Section 1: Bills of Quantities > "What is a Bill of Quantities?" > "Why use Bills of Quantities?" > "Pricing Bills of Quantities" > "Terminology and abbreviations"
Section 2: Drawing > "About Drawings" > "Drawing Symbols"

3 - Measuring (Quantifying) Work
-The metric system, measurement units and converting units
-Taking of quantities using the Builders Quantities and Elemental methods

4 - Building Rates (discussion topic)
-The building/construction landscape
-Factors influencing a price (risk)
-Taking of Quantities using Elemental method
-Resources: A preview of Part 2 - The A-Z of Building resources

5 - Calculated Example
-Creating an Elemental take-off from drawings provided
-Q & A and summary

BASICS of ESTIMATING PART 2: A to Z of BUILDING PRICE RESOURCES WORKSHOP CONTENT
1 - Introduction
-Workshop objectives and outcome
-Review of results obtained in Part 1 – Estimating systems and Procedures
-Resources that constitute a rate/cost element
-Determining aiming marks

2 - Preliminary and General Costs
-What are general costs?
-Price guidelines for general costs

3 - Materials
-About materials
-The manufacturing and supply chain
-Calculating material quantities

4 - Labour
-How labour is calculated
-Labour constants/production rates

5 - Overheads, Profit and Tax
-The difference between overheads & preliminary costs
-Calculating Overheads, profit and tax

6 - Combining resources
-Examples of combining resources into rates using the items from part one

DURATION, VENUE, COST and WORKSHOP MATERIAL
Half day workshops intended to run for between 3 - 4 hours, depending on the size of the group etc. Starting time will be confirmed upon booking.
Workshops are hosted once monthly in Pretoria, Somerset West and Durban.
Any other venue can be accommodated subject to a minimum attendance of 5 or more delegates.
Tea, coffee and water with biscuits served throughout the duration of the workshops.
Workshop notes and drawings are provided, delegates are welcome to bring own calculators etc.

ABOUT the FACILITATOR
Jaco Maré has spent his entire working life in and around the building industry.

After completing a National Diploma (Building) and BTech (Construction Management) at the former Technikon Pretoria (now T.U.T), and with a number of years on-site experience behind him, he joined one of the oldest computerised estimating companies in the country and started specialising in providing the industry with computerised building estimating programs and data, for the past 14years.

He is engaged in the role of technical advisor and software trainer to the Billcost, Merkel’s and Costabill brands.