Courses
Courses in the free OpenConstructionERP. Each task is done in the ERP on a fictional project, and every answer is checked against a worked solution.
Free courses 25
Complete courses for one country each, from estimate to the first payment and change. Free certificate of completion.
United Kingdom · EnglishJCT SBC/Q 2024Tallowgate Works: tender to first valuationYou are the QS for Tandlewick Construction, main contractor on Tallowgate Works, a four-storey shell-and-core office in Ancoats, Manchester, let under JCT SBC/Q 2024 to Quayfold Developments.
United States · EnglishCorvennick Building fit-out: bid to first change orderA free, complete course of linked tasks, about two hours in the ERP.
Germany · DeutschErlengrund Day-Care Centre: from the bill of quantities (LV) to the first variation order (Nachtrag)You are an estimator with the general contractor Tessenrode Bau GmbH.
France · FrançaisLandrevel school campus: from cost estimate to contract amendmentFree course, about 2 h 15, in five tasks on an invented case: a 10-classroom school campus let as a public works contract (adapted procedure, CCAG-Travaux 2021), lot 02 Structural works (gros œuvre).
Italy · ItalianoAppalto pubblico di lavori a misuraValcerasa school gym: from the bill of quantities to the variationFree course, about 2 h 10, in five tasks on an invented case: the new gym of a Lombardy primary school, a public works contract under Legislative Decree 36/2023.
Spain · EspañolContrato de obrasValdelagua civic centre: from the BC3 file to a new contract rateFree course, about 2 hours, in five tasks on an invented case: a municipal civic centre (centro cívico) tendered by open procedure under Spain's Public Sector Contracts Act, Ley 9/2017 (LCSP).
Poland · PolskiBrzozowa Wola kindergarten: from the cost estimate to the contract amendmentFree course, about 2 h 15, in five tasks on an invented case: extending a municipal kindergarten as a public works contract (basic procedure, tryb podstawowy, Public Procurement Law 2019), paid on a remeasured unit-price basis (wynagrodzenie kosztorysowe).
United Kingdom · EnglishFrom quantities to tender: Ashbrook estimatePrice the Ashbrook bill: resource-based concrete rates, cost data brought to the tender date with an index, NRM1-ordered preliminaries and overheads and profit, and a cost per m2 on the right area basis.
United Kingdom · EnglishBuy the package: Ashbrook masonry tenderRecord, check, open, level and award a three-bid masonry subcontract tender on Ashbrook: arithmetic errors, a blank mandatory line, a priced exclusion and a budget carried from the estimate.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BNEC4 compensation events on AshbrookQuote, assess and implement compensation events under NEC4 ECC Option B on Ashbrook: a Scope change priced with bill rates, a physical condition priced as Defined Cost plus Fee, the Project Manager's reply and a time-barred notification.
United Kingdom · EnglishUpfront carbon in the Carbon module: Ashbrook A1-A5Estimate upfront embodied carbon (EN 15978 modules A1-A5) for the Ashbrook frame and walls from the takeoff quantities: factors converted to bill units, layered wall build-ups, transport, site waste and site energy, reported per m2 GIA with its scope.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BCost control at month 6: EVM and CVR on AshbrookReport Ashbrook's month 6 cost position: a cost budget from the NEC4 Prices, planned value from the cost-loaded programme, earned value from site measurement, actual cost with accruals, CPI, SPI, EAC and VAC, and a cost-value reconciliation by SOV line with the forecast margin against the Prices after compensation events.
United Kingdom · EnglishRisk management on Ashbrook: register, EMV and contingencyRun the Contractor's risk register for Ashbrook in ISO 31000 terms: allocate risks by owner under NEC4, score likelihood and consequence on a 5 x 5 scheme, quantify EMV, test the contingency against the tender's risk allowance, update it at month 6 and decide whether a treatment pays.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BQuality and handover on Ashbrook: inspections to closeoutRun quality and handover on Ashbrook: an inspection and test plan with hold points for the EW1 cavity, a nonconformance report priced from the window schedule, an RFI that becomes a Scope change, the pre-handover punch list, and the closeout package with the CDM 2015 health and safety file, ISO 19650 information handover and NEC4 retention release.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BSite diary and daily reports on AshbrookKeep the Ashbrook site diary through the February 2027 groundworks: labour and plant returns, visitors and instructions, weather days tested against the NEC4 1-in-10-year weather data, contemporaneous records for compensation event CE-02 in line with the SCL Protocol, the weekly report figures, and closing and signing the diaries.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BHealth and safety on site on AshbrookRun health and safety on the Ashbrook site as principal contractor: CDM 2015 duty holders, F10 notification and the construction phase plan, safety observations scored severity x likelihood, incident records and RIDDOR 2013 reportability, the accident frequency rate with a US OSHA TRIR comparison, and corrective actions with residual risk.
United Kingdom · EnglishInterim payment on Ashbrook (with a US pay application)Price an NEC4 Option B assessment on Ashbrook: the Y(UK)2 and Construction Act timetable, the Price for Work Done to Date with X16 retention, pay less notices and VAT; then check a US AIA G702/G703 pay application with retainage, stored materials, change orders and lien waivers on Hollis Yard.
United Kingdom · EnglishBIM coordination and clash detection on AshbrookCoordinate the Ashbrook models the ISO 19650 way: choose what goes into the federated model, set clash runs from the BEP clash matrix, triage hard and clearance clashes and duplicates, raise grouped issues with the right statuses and price a design-stage fix against a site fix.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BHandover on Ashbrook: O&M, asset data, defects and retentionHand over Ashbrook: assemble the O&M manuals and asset information package, check the COBie asset data against the client's AIR before the PIM to AIM transfer, close out the snags for Completion, run the defects liability register through the defects period, and settle the Defects Certificate and the final retention under NEC4.
Bulgaria · БългарскиОбществена поръчка за строителство по ЗОПQuantity schedule (количествена сметка) and priced BoQ (КСС): a school in BelostenA free introductory course of about 1 h 45 min, five tasks on a fictional case: a school with energy-efficiency measures.
- Bulgaria · БългарскиBelosten School: bill of quantities (КСС), Form 19 certificate (акт обр.) and unforeseen construction worksA professional course of about 2 h 10 min with five tasks on a fictional case: energy-efficiency measures at a municipal school, a public procurement under the Public Procurement Act (ЗОП), payment by Form 19 certificates (акт обр.
Bulgaria · БългарскиBelosten School: Form 12 acts, site diary, incoming inspection and NCRProfessional course, about 2 h, five tasks on a fictional case: energy renovation of a municipal school.
Bulgaria · БългарскиBelosten School: handover, commissioning and warrantiesA professional course of about 2 h with five tasks on the fictional case "Energy-efficiency measures, primary school, village of Belosten" in the completion phase: Form 15 findings report (акт обр.
Bulgaria · БългарскиGymnasium in Belosten: ZUT and Acts under Ordinance No. 3 for a New BuildingProfessional course, about 2.5 h, four tasks on a fictional case: a new gymnasium for a municipal school, category III.
Brazil · Português (Brasil)UBS Vila Esperança: SINAPI estimate, social charges and BDIProfessional course, about 2 h 30, in five tasks on an invented case: the reference budget of a primary health clinic (Unidade Básica de Saúde, UBS) that the Municipality of Itaparé (SP) is about to tender under Lei 14.133/2021.
Professional programme 16
The Ashbrook series: one building, measured, priced, bought, changed and assessed for carbon. Professional certificates and four tracks. Enrolment opens soon; each course starts with free tasks.
Estimate and buy 10
United States · EnglishHollis Yard: wood-frame multifamily takeoff to schedule of valuesTake off a 60-unit, four-story Type V-A wood-frame apartment building over a concrete podium from a PDF and DWG drawing set: walls by type, gypsum board, batts, sheathing, studs and treated plates by stated rules.
United States · EnglishBrannock Partners: Chicago office fit-out bidBid an 18,000 sf office tenant improvement in Chicago as the general contractor: scope by CSI MasterFormat 2020 division, general conditions versus general requirements, Illinois sales tax on the contractor's own materials, bid-day levelling of HVAC scope sheets with plugs and priced exclusions, owner allowances and contingency, a compounding markup stack with insurance and bond, and alternates to the contract sum.
Mexico · EspañolLas Jacarandas Community Centre: unit-price estimateProfessional course, about 2 h, in five tasks on an invented case: a municipal community centre built with federal funds and tendered at unit prices under the LOPSRM and its Reglamento.
Germany · DeutschHaselmoor administration building: cost calculation under DIN 276Professional course, about 2 h 20, five tasks on an invented case with real practice: an administration building for a water association in Hesse, work stage 3. You are the project architect: you calculate KG 300 down to the 3rd level, update KG 400 benchmarks with a regional factor and the construction price index, work out eligible costs and the HOAI fee, build the total costs KG 100 to 800 gross with 19 % VAT and compare them with the estimate and the cost cap.
Germany · DeutschHaselmoor lot 05: edit and fill in a bill of quantities from GAEB X83Professional course, about 1 h 50, four tasks on an invented case with real practice: the external insulation lot of an administration building, put out to public tender under VOB/A.
United Kingdom · EnglishFrom drawing to price: Ashbrook takeoffQuantity takeoff for a two-storey health centre from PDF, DWG and IFC, measured to NRM2-style rules and priced from the cost database.
Bulgaria · БългарскиSchool in Belosten: Public Procurement under the ZOP, Art. 72 and Contract ModificationProfessional course, about 3 h, four tasks on a fictional case: an open competition (public tender) for the energy renovation of a municipal school.
Netherlands · EnglishTender stageIFC 4.3 quantity takeoff: from model to billProfessional course, about 4.5 h, five tasks on a fictional IFC 4.3 model of the Kestrel Point Learning Centre.
- Netherlands · EnglishTender stageEstimate data ETL: import, clean and reconcile cost dataProfessional course, about 3 h 30, five tasks on the tender cost plan of the fictional Kestrel Point Learning Centre.
Netherlands · EnglishPre-tenderAI-assisted take-off: verify before you priceProfessional course, about 4.5 h, five tasks on the fit-out of the fictional Larkfield Health Centre.
Contract and commercial control 4
Germany · DeutschHaselmoor lot 05: measurement, change orders and final account under VOB/BProfessional course, about 2 hours, four tasks on an invented case with real practice: billing the external insulation system of an administration building under VOB/B.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option BDelay and claims on AshbrookRun the NEC4 claims cycle on Ashbrook: early warnings and the register, compensation event notification and the eight-week time bar, time impact on the Accepted Programme, a Defined Cost plus Fee quotation for delay, and the same event under JCT 2016 and FIDIC 2017.
United Kingdom · EnglishNEC4 ECC Option B with Y(UK)2 and X16Cash flow forecast on Ashbrook: S-curve, payment terms and retentionForecast Ashbrook's cash as the contractor: a cost S-curve from the cost-loaded programme, cash out under the supply chain terms, cash in under the NEC4 Y(UK)2 payment timetable net of retention, the cash gap and its finance cost, the month 6 actual against forecast with the pay less notices, and the main and subcontract retention releases.
United Arab Emirates · EnglishSidr Grove, Dubai: FIDIC interim payment and retentionA professional course of six tasks on an invented project in Dubai: a community centre built under the FIDIC Red Book 2017.
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What's included
- 16 professional courses on one building, 80 checked tasks
- A professional certificate for each course and 4 track certificates
- The full tender set: drawings with revisions and a model
- The first 1 tasks of every course are free now
Pricing will be announced when the programme opens.