Find the minute that answers your question.
Free lessons for estimators, site and project managers. Search what is said in every video and jump to that moment.
98 videos
No video matches these filters.
Define 1
Project setup, WBS and cost codes 1
- Ugovoreni troškovnik: uvoz iz Excela
HR 4 min · Hrvatska: od ugovorenog troškovnika do financijskog stanja projekta
How do I bring the signed Excel troškovnik into the app so that the total matches the contract, and save it as the contracted version?
- How to Install OpenConstructionERP
EN 5 min · Getting Started
How do I install OpenConstructionERP, add my team and create my first project?
- Projekt und Verantwortung klären
DE 7 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I set up a new project with two variants, a budget cap with a reserve, and clear decision owners?
- Démarrer avec OpenConstructionERP en français
FR 4 min · Québec : la construction en français
How do I use the software in French and map its France-French terms to Québec site vocabulary?
Design 0
BIM coordination and clash detection 0
- BIM-Modelle verstehen und nutzen
DE 6 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I filter an IFC or RVT model by storey and element type and export the selection to CSV?
Estimate 10
Quantity takeoff from PDF, CAD and BIM 2
- Kostenberechnung nach DIN 276
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I build the Kostenberechnung at second level of DIN 276 and justify its difference to the Kostenschätzung before the council decides to build?
- Quantity Takeoff from PDF Drawings
EN 7 min · Estimating Basics
How do I measure quantities from a PDF floor plan accurately and avoid scale mistakes?
- From a Revit or IFC Model to a Cost Estimate
EN 8 min · Estimating Basics
How do I turn the quantities in a Revit or IFC model into a priced cost estimate?
- Mengen aus PDF und DWG ermitteln
DE 6 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I measure areas and lengths on a PDF plan and count items in a DWG so every quantity can be traced to its source?
- Ein Leistungsverzeichnis aufbauen
DE 5 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I structure a Leistungsverzeichnis with sections, item numbers, descriptions, units and checked quantities?
Estimating and bills of quantities 7
- Orçamento de obra pública: SINAPI, composição e BDI
PT 10 min · Obra pública no Brasil: do orçamento SINAPI à nota fiscal
How do I build a public-works reference budget from SINAPI compositions and check the BDI against the TCU ranges?
- КСС и оферта: импорт от Excel, проверка на цените и ДДС
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I import a bill of quantities from Excel, check the prices and add VAT to get a bid total?
- Анализ на единична цена: материали, труд, механизация и печалба
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I explain a unit price, such as EUR 146 per m3 of concrete, as materials, labour and plant plus overheads and profit?
- Price a Construction Job
EN 5 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
How do I price a Toronto job with Canadian markups and bond, and why does HST stay off the bid?
- Budget de chantier : justifier chaque coût
FR 5 min · Gestion de chantier
How can I explain every line of my project budget before we commit to the site?
- 工程量清单投标价怎么算：四大块与增值税陷阱
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I build a bid price in four blocks under the new Chinese standard without charging VAT twice on a provisional sum?
- Kostenrahmen nach DIN 276 erstellen
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I set up a project in Germany and give the client a first cost figure, the Kostenrahmen to DIN 276, before there is a plan?
- Kostenschätzung nach DIN 276 erstellen
DE 3 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I turn the first design into a Kostenschätzung and show the council exactly what changed against the Kostenrahmen?
- Kostenvoranschlag und GAEB
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I price the Rohbau bill of quantities myself, report the Kostenvoranschlag to the client, and send the bill to bidders as GAEB without my prices?
- How to Read a Construction Estimate Line by Line
EN 8 min · Estimating Basics
How do I read a construction estimate line by line and tell whether its total is complete?
- Markup vs Margin in Construction
EN 8 min · Estimating Basics
What is the difference between markup and margin, and how do I set a price that keeps the profit I planned?
- Excel vs Estimating Software
EN 8 min · Estimating Basics
Which estimating mistakes does a spreadsheet hide, and which ones does estimating software catch?
- Build a Construction Estimate Step by Step
EN 5 min · Getting Started
How do I build a priced estimate from an empty page, with every rate traced to its source?
- Construction Pricing: Overhead, Profit & Contingency
EN 4 min · Getting Started
How do I turn a direct cost into a bid price with overhead, profit and contingency and send it safely?
- Come leggere il computo metrico prima di fare l'offerta
IT 4 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How do I check a computo metrico estimativo line by line before I bid, and which part of the total can be discounted?
- Ribasso d'offerta: analisi prezzi e margine
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How far can I lower my bid before the job loses money, once site overheads are counted?
- Einheitspreise und Kosten nachvollziehen
DE 7 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How is a unit rate built from labour, material and equipment, and how does a change in labour time change the price?
- Kostenquellen und Ressourcen anpassen
DE 8 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I take a rate from a regional cost database, check its origin and scope, and reprice it with my own labour and plant rates?
- Vom vollständigen LV zur Kostenbasis
DE 10 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I turn a fully priced bill into a checked, locked cost base and budget before tender award?
- Estimer un projet de construction
FR 4 min · Québec : la construction en français
How do I price a Montréal job with markups, and where do GST, QST and my RBQ licence number go?
- Importar BC3 y preparar una oferta de obra: PEM, gastos y baja
ES 3 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
How do I import the BC3 from a tender, add overheads and profit, and prepare a bid with a baja without losing the original budget?
- How to Price a Construction Tender (NRM 2)
EN 6 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
How do I price a tender on an NRM 2 bill so that every cost is counted only once?
Cost databases and resource rates 1
- Construction Cost Database: Check a Unit Rate
EN 4 min · Getting Started
Where does a unit rate come from, and how do I adjust it to my own crews and market?
Procure 3
Tendering and bid comparison 3
- Licitação de obras públicas: proposta e regra dos 75%
PT 7 min · Obra pública no Brasil: do orçamento SINAPI à nota fiscal
How does a small contractor turn the reference budget into a bid under Lei 14.133 without falling under the 75% floor?
- Избор на подизпълнител: сравнение на оферти по цена и срок
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I choose between three subcontractor bids when the cheapest one does not fit the schedule?
- Tender Work to Subcontractors
EN 4 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
How do I check a suspiciously low sub bid before I carry it, and award the subcontract?
- 暂估价招标：比价、清标、定标，最低价未必最省
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I compare three bids for a provisional-sum package when the lowest one leaves out a room?
- Vergabe im Bauwesen
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I compare three bids for the Rohbau, clarify a suspiciously low price under VOB/A and prepare the award?
- Bid Leveling: Three Quotes, One Job
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I compare three subcontractor quotes for the same job and pick the real low bid?
- Subappalto: confrontare le offerte e scegliere l'impresa
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How do I compare three subcontractor bids fairly when the lowest one leaves out a line?
- GAEB-Dateien kontrolliert austauschen
DE 6 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I export a bill as GAEB X83, get priced X84 back and check that no item or price was lost?
- Angebote prüfen und Vergabe vorbereiten
DE 3 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I compare bids on the same scope when the lowest one is missing an item, and record the award rationale?
- Soumissions et BSDQ
FR 5 min · Québec : la construction en français
Can I accept the lowest BSDQ bid if it arrived without the required bid bond?
- Comparativo de ofertas de obra: precio, alcance y adjudicación
ES 2 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
Is the cheapest of three subcontractor bids really the cheapest once the scope is the same, and how do I award it with its purchase order?
- How to Compare Subcontractor Bids
EN 6 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
How do I compare three subcontractor bids like for like, when the cheapest one has left out a line?
Procurement, purchase orders and stock 0
- Achats et stock : suivre les quantités
FR 5 min · Gestion de chantier
Why do 1,000 ordered bags leave only 600 in stock, and how do I trace every difference?
- Material und Teillieferung verfolgen
DE 7 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I track an order, a partial delivery and the remaining quantity, and book what actually arrived into site stock?
Plan 1
Planning and scheduling (CPM) 1
- Cronograma físico-financeiro de obra: Gantt, caminho crítico e curva S
PT 7 min · Obra pública no Brasil: do orçamento SINAPI à nota fiscal
How much money does the job need each month, and how do I show it in a physical-financial schedule with a Gantt chart and S-curve?
- Договор и линеен график: срок, аванс и етапи на строителството
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I put the contract term and advance into the platform and show on a linear schedule when each act and payment falls due?
- Build the Schedule: What Cannot Slip
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I build a schedule from my estimate and find which tasks cannot slip?
- Abhängigkeiten und Ressourceneinsatz planen
DE 5 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I link activities, trace a late delivery through the schedule and assign a crew to the new dates?
Build 11
Budget and cost control, earned value 2
- Бюджет и паричен поток: кога строителният проект остава без пари
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I check whether the developer's money lasts from Act 14 to Act 16, given the buyers' payment schedule?
- 成本核对：产值、目标成本与实际成本，把超支拆到原因
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I split a project cost overrun into causes I can claim from the employer and causes I must absorb?
- Ulazni računi povezani s troškovnikom
HR 4 min · Hrvatska: od ugovorenog troškovnika do financijskog stanja projekta
How do I enter supplier invoices, link them to the contract bill and see what has been spent, with and without VAT?
- Financijsko stanje projekta i višak radova
HR 5 min · Hrvatska: od ugovorenog troškovnika do financijskog stanja projekta
Are we making money on this project, and how do I record extra quantities and prepare the final statement?
- Budget vs Actual: Track Every Dollar
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I track the real cost of a job against the budget and forecast where it will finish?
- The Big Picture: KPIs to Portfolio
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I see at a glance which of my jobs needs attention today?
- Consuntivo di cantiere: dove è finito il margine
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How do I find out which chapters lost margin, and what the client owes me for a late payment?
- Control de costes de obra: cierre de mes y margen real
ES 2 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
Certifying is not earning: how much money has the job really made this month, and what margin do I forecast at the end?
Change orders and variations 2
- Medição de obra pública: boletim, aditivo de 25% e reajuste INCC
PT 7 min · Obra pública no Brasil: do orçamento SINAPI à nota fiscal
How do I measure executed work, formalise an addendum within the 25% limit and apply the INCC adjustment on a public works contract?
- Заменителна таблица и анекс: как се отчитат промените в СМР
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
What is the difference between a substitution table and an annex, and how do I record each one?
- Manage Construction Change Orders
EN 5 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
How do I give notice, price and get approval for a change under CCDC 2 when we hit unforeseen rock?
- 变更与签证：口头指示变书面，按合同期限报价
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I turn a verbal instruction from the client's representative into a priced change within the contract deadlines?
- 材料调差与费用索赔：钢筋涨价和停工7天怎么算
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How much of a rebar price rise and a 7-day stoppage can I really claim from the employer?
- Giornale di cantiere: documentare imprevisti ed extra
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How do I record unexpected ground conditions on the day so the extra foundations get paid?
- Precio contradictorio: valorar y aprobar un cambio de obra
ES 2 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
A client asks for a unit of work that is not in the project: how do I build its precio contradictorio and get it approved?
- How to Value a JCT Variation
EN 6 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
How do I value a JCT Variation from the bill and record it until the contract sum moves?
Progress billing, payment applications, retention 6
- Nota fiscal de obra (NFS-e): retenções de ISS e INSS
PT 8 min · Obra pública no Brasil: do orçamento SINAPI à nota fiscal
Why is the net amount received smaller than the invoice total, and how do ISS, INSS and guarantees change the contractor's cash?
- Акт 19: от изпълнените СМР до сумата за плащане
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I turn the work done this month into an Act 19 and the amount I can invoice?
- Окончателен акт: остатък от аванса, приемане и гаранции
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I issue the final act so the advance is recovered exactly, and set up the warranty periods?
- CCDC 2 Monthly Progress Draw
EN 5 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
How do I bill a monthly progress draw on a CCDC 2 job with Ontario's 10% holdback?
- The Construction Payment Clock
EN 5 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
When does the owner have to pay my invoice in Ontario, and what happens if no notice of non-payment comes?
- Facture et paiement : comprendre le solde
FR 6 min · Gestion de chantier
Why is 12,000 still outstanding when 30,000 of work has been invoiced?
- 预付款基数怎么核对：签约一周的三笔钱与三张保函
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I calculate the advance payment, the safety fee and the retention correctly in the week the contract is signed?
- 进度款怎么算：干了361万，为什么只到账252.7万
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
How do I calculate the monthly progress payment on a cumulative basis with an 80% payment ratio?
- 竣工结算审核：送审3,701.18万，审定3,664.7万
ZH 5 min · 从投标到结算：每一分钱都对得上
Why does the employer's audit cut a final account, and how do I get the last payment and retention?
- Podizvođači: ugovor, situacija i plaćanje
HR 5 min · Hrvatska: od ugovorenog troškovnika do financijskog stanja projekta
How do I contract earthworks to a subcontractor, check its first situacija against the site and pay it with a 5% retention?
- Privremena situacija iz izvedenih radova
HR 5 min · Hrvatska: od ugovorenog troškovnika do financijskog stanja projekta
How do I build a Gantt chart from the bill, record progress with evidence and issue the first privremena situacija to the client?
- Nachträge und Abschlagsrechnungen prüfen
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I check two Nachträge and two Abschlagsrechnungen before the client pays, with the 5% Sicherheitseinbehalt calculated by the platform?
- Manage Your Subs: Pay, Hold Back
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I run a subcontractor from signed order to final payment, with changes approved and retainage held?
- Stato di avanzamento lavori: dal certificato alla fattura
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
How do I get from site measurements to a progress certificate and an invoice with the right retention?
- Fine lavori: collaudo e svincolo della ritenuta
IT 5 min · Dal computo metrico allo svincolo della ritenuta
What do I need to get the held-back retention released and invoiced at the end of the job?
- Facturation, retenue et hypothèque légale
FR 5 min · Québec : la construction en français
How do I prepare a payment application with contract retention in Québec and keep my legal hypothec?
- Certificación de obra: del avance mensual al cobro
ES 3 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
How do I turn this month's measured progress into a certificación de obra and know how much I will be paid?
- Obra privada: certificación, retención del 5 % y factura
ES 3 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
On a private job, does the invoice carry VAT, and what happens to the 5% the client withholds from each certification?
- JCT Interim Payments and Retention
EN 6 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
How do I raise a monthly interim application on a JCT contract and work out the retention the client keeps?
- Payment Notice vs Pay Less Notice
EN 6 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
Which four dates decide what a subcontractor is paid under the Construction Act, and how do I track them and rescue a missed payment notice?
- CIS Deductions and VAT Reverse Charge
EN 7 min · UK: Tender to Variation on a JCT Building Job
What do I actually pay a subcontractor after the CIS deduction, and how does the VAT reverse charge fit in?
Site diaries and daily reports 1
- Строителен дневник и проверки: забележки, срокове и проследяване
BG 2 min · Жилищна сграда: от КСС до гаранциите
How do I keep the weekly site diary, record a supervision inspection and track every defect to its deadline?
- Chantier : suivre les heures et le matériel
FR 5 min · Gestion de chantier
What do 64 crew hours tell me, and how do I link them to measured work and equipment waiting time?
- Baubeginn organisieren
DE 3 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I set up the construction schedule and keep a site diary that still protects me when a claim comes later?
- On Site: Log, Inspect, Fix
EN 3 min · Getting Started
How do I take a site problem from the daily log through inspection, non-conformance and punch item to a verified fix?
- Diario de obra e inspecciones: órdenes y no conformidades
ES 2 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
When someone asks who said what on site, where is the proof: how do I link the diary, the orders book, the inspection and the non-conformity?
Document control, RFIs and submittals (CDE) 0
- Dokumente und Entscheidungen sichern
DE 6 min · OpenConstructionERP auf Deutsch
How do I resolve a clash between two drawings with an RFI and make sure the team uses the approved revision?
Handover 1
Handover, closeout and asset data 1
- Schedule to Substantial Performance
EN 5 min · Canada: Ontario Construction
What is substantial performance in Ontario, and how do I get my job there and start the holdback clock?
- Bauabnahme und Schlussrechnung
DE 4 min · Kinderhaus-Kostenkette nach DIN 276: vom Kostenrahmen zur Kostenfeststellung
How do I run the formal Abnahme, record the defects, check the Schlussrechnung and close the cost chain with the Kostenfeststellung?
- Réception des travaux et déficiences
FR 4 min · Québec : la construction en français
What does réception des travaux trigger in Québec, and how do I track deficiencies to verification?
- Recepción y liquidación de obra: repasos, certificación y garantía
ES 2 min · Obra pública y privada en España: de la oferta BC3 a la liquidación
When is a public works contract really closed: what happens at the recepción, the snag list, the final certification and the guarantee until the liquidación?