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PURPOSE: To familiarize construction takeoff specialists and cost estimators with Advanced functionalities of the MC² Interactive Cost Estimating System and provide further training in the use of the software. The course will last two full days beginning at 8:00 AM and ending at 5:00 PM with a one-hour break for lunch.
PREREQUISITES: Thorough knowledge of Windows operating system and two day Basic training.
Advanced Takeoff Methods
- Utilizing / Creating Miscellaneous & Construction System Models
- Group operations with Miscellaneous and Construction System Takeoff
- Copying lines of Takeoff from one estimate to another
- Creating Custom Views & establishing User Preferences
- Inputting Takeoff with Assemblies / Creating Assemblies
- Generating Takeoff with Estimating Wizards
Estimate Maintenance
- Using Add Items / Add Multiple Items
- Applying Escalation Rules
- Generating Subcontract Unit Pricing
- Recalculating an estimate
- Cloning answers from one estimate to another
- Combining Estimates
Estimate Summary
- Obtaining Totals for Use in Summary
- Inserting Sheets, Rows, and Columns
- Copy Summary to another Estimate or Company Standard
- Importing external spreadsheets into the Summary
- Using query functions to obtain values from the estimate
Reports
- Creating custom MC² Reports
- Modifying existing MC² Reports
- Accessing Crystal Reports
- Saving reports to an external file
Administrative
- Maintaining a Company Standard’s Project Information
- General Condition options
- Adding Rate Pricing Codes
- Importing Sort Code and Rate Data
- Customizing Crews
- Mechanics of Waste Factors and Form Uses
- Maintaining the Unit Price Catalog
- Importing data into a Unit Price Catalog (UPC)
Importing / Exporting
- Using the Project ID Builder
- Importing an estimate from a Tab Delimited file
- Importing data from CAD, Capture Desktop, or On-Center
- Exporting to other applications
Estimate Bid
- Sending the estimate to the Bidsheet
- Entering multiple quotes for a bid Item
- Transferring the bid back to an “As Bid” estimate
Estimate Explorer
- Populating the Project Information with General data
- Accessing the Estimate Explorer
- Adding estimates to the Estimate Explorer database
- Creating Queries
Quantifiers
- Creating a Quantifier in the Unit Price Catalog
- Assigning Quantifiers to item codes
- Linking the Quantifier to a Division, Major, Minor or Sort Type
- Viewing the Unit Cost based on Quantifiers
2-Hour Workshop (Time Estimated)
- Develop your Company Standard’s Project Information
- Follow up reports for Company Standard work
- Set key Summary Factors in your Company Standard
- Installation, File Directory, Preferences and Security workshop
- Create CD of your Company Standard
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