The Estimating Pathway.

From Estimator to Pre-Construction Director

4 modules · 16 lessons · about 2 hours · free, with a certificate at the end

What this pathway teaches.

Sixteen lessons across four modules, each closed out with a ten question exam. Pass at 80% to unlock the next module. Complete all four to earn your certificate.

Four modules, taken in order. A 10-question exam closes each one; you need 8 out of 10 to pass, retakes are unlimited, and the next module unlocks when you do. Finish all four and your certificate is issued in your name.

The modules

01

The Estimator's Toolkit

The estimator's toolkit reframed as leadership training: pricing honesty over rate-book habit, documents read for what they omit, supply chain intelligence, and the assumption trail that wins settlement arguments.

  1. First Principles Versus the Rate Book · about 6 minutes
  2. Net Cost Honesty · about 7 minutes
  3. Reading the Documents, Reading the Market · about 6 minutes
  4. Settlement and the Paper Trail · about 6 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

02

Winning Work and the Business

Estimating reframed as business survival: the margin arithmetic behind every bid, selectivity and risk pricing, procurement routes from single-stage to negotiated, and the handover where credit and blame get assigned.

  1. The Two Percent Margin, Seen From the Front End · about 6 minutes
  2. Bid Selectivity and the Cost of Chasing Work · about 7 minutes
  3. Pricing Risk Across the Procurement Routes · about 7 minutes
  4. The Handover and the Adjudication · about 7 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

03

The Management Layer

The step from pricing jobs to running the function: owning whole bids, managing the pursuit team, reporting pipeline upward, and standing in front of clients and boards.

  1. From Section to Bid · about 6 minutes
  2. Running the Bid, Running the Pursuit · about 7 minutes
  3. Reporting Upward and the Settlement Pack for a Board · about 6 minutes
  4. Consistency of Method, and the Client in the Room · about 7 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

04

Getting There

The route to the top of pre-construction: how the move actually happens, what boards screen for, the first ninety days in the seat, and where the role leads after that.

  1. How the Move Actually Happens · about 6 minutes
  2. What Boards Actually Want · about 7 minutes
  3. The First Ninety Days, and How Not to Blow Them · about 7 minutes
  4. Where the Role Goes Next · about 6 minutes

Module exam: 10 questions, about 5 minutes.

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