Tracks
Four professional tracks on the Ashbrook project. Each track groups the courses of its processes and ends with a capstone: one deliverable built from their results.
Estimate and buy
Processes: Project setup, WBS and cost codes · Quantity takeoff from PDF, CAD and BIM · Cost databases and resource rates · Estimating and bills of quantities · Tendering and bid comparison · Procurement, purchase orders and stock
Courses in this track
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.
Capstone In preparation
Ashbrook tender: from drawing set to tender total and an awarded package
Track certificate
Awarded when every course of the track and the capstone are passed. 10.0 h of study
Contract and commercial control
Processes: Contracts: FIDIC, NEC, JCT, AIA, VOB · Change orders and variations · Progress billing, payment applications, retention · Cash flow and forecasting · Budget and cost control, earned value · Delay, claims and disputes · Risk management
Courses in this track
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.
Capstone In preparation
Ashbrook month 6 commercial report: CE register, interim payment, CVR and forecast
Track certificate
Awarded when every course of the track and the capstone are passed. 8.0 h of study
Plan, build and assure
Processes: Planning and scheduling (CPM) · Site diaries and daily reports · Quality: inspections, NCRs, punch lists · Health and safety on site
Courses in this track
Capstone In preparation
Ashbrook site week: look-ahead, diary, inspection and permit for the CE-02 break-out
Track certificate
Awarded when every course of the track and the capstone are passed. 6.5 h of study
Information, BIM and sustainability
Processes: Document control, RFIs and submittals (CDE) · BIM coordination and clash detection · Embodied carbon and sustainability · Handover, closeout and asset data
Courses in this track
Capstone In preparation
Ashbrook information handover with upfront carbon report
Track certificate
Awarded when every course of the track and the capstone are passed. 6.0 h of study
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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.