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PURPOSE: This class is designed for the estimating individual(s) who are presently performing or will be responsible for setup, installation and implementation of ICE. The course will last one full day beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch.
PREREQUISITES: Knowledge of Windows operating systems required. Attendance of the Basic Estimating course is required or previous MC² experience. This course will be taught in the ICE 2000 program.
ICE 2000 Installation and Setup
- Installing ICE
- Installing the toolkits (Construction Systems and Wizards)
- Installing Crystal Report Writer
- Installing the Digitizer and Digitizer Setup
- Exploring other available files on the ICE CD
- Where the files are stored on the PC and what the files are
- The correct way to uninstall ICE
- Exposing runtime errors and fixing them
- Setting up ICE to use certain files on a network
ICE Options
- File location preferential settings
- Personal preferences within ICE
- Optional program utilities
Company Standard Project Information
- Creating Company Standards
- Setting up the general conditions and the seven rates categories
- Building Crews
- Setting up sort options, waste and forms uses
- Working with divisions, major and minor item codes
Company Standard Summary
- Setting “Factor” percentiles
- Customizing print preferences
- Modification of existing summary
- Importing external spreadsheets
- Working with summary options
Unit Price Catalog
- Modifying the Unit Price Catalog and an explanation on how the catalog works
- Building new catalogs
- Importing Means, Tracer and Harrison Pricing Services
Miscellaneous
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