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PURPOSE: To familiarize construction takeoff specialists and cost estimators with the MC² Interactive Cost Estimating System and provide 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 one-hour break for lunch.
PREREQUISITES: Knowledge of Windows operating systems required.
Introduction
- Signing on to the ICE System and familiarization with the Estimate List screen
Takeoff and Estimate Maintenance
- Introduction to Construction Systems
- What Construction Systems are and why MC² uses them
- Navigation Takeoff screen
- Takeoff entry, changing, copying, deleting lines of Takeoff
- Detailed Answers
- Editing Prices
- Setting Estimate viewing preferences
- Complete Takeoff exercise
Project ID
- Introduction to General Project Info including Address Book, General Conditions and Project Map
- Explanation of Rates and Crew Makeup
- Explanation of the Sort Field Hierarchy and discussion on editing, adding, and deleting Sort Codes
- Introduction to Estimate Administration
- Complete Project ID exercise
Estimate Summary
- Examination of the Job Totals using Summary
- Modifying Summary figures
- Accessing / Modifying the Bond Table
- Complete Summary exercise
Reports
- Explanation of Detail and Presentation type reports
- Report setup and option selection
- Printing of reports
- Complete Report exercise
Digitizer
- Introduction to the digitizer screen including various toolbars
- Set up of stylus pushbuttons
- Scale selection
- Mode selection and operation
- Drawing on the digitizer screen
- Moving values to takeoff
- Using Drawing Review
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