Building Industry
Specialization

Building Business Management, Estimating, and Job Costing

This intensive, hands-on course provides residential builders, contractors, and remodeling professionals with the critical business skills needed to move beyond the tools and achieve sustained profitability. Focusing on the three pillars of a successful construction business—Management, Estimating, and Job Costing—you will learn to implement professional-grade systems to control your money, time, and team.

Jen Watkins

Instructional Designer

Dennis Clarke

Residential Builder

Content Outline
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Course Overview

What You'll Learn

Students will leave the course with a complete, integrated system for estimating, tracking, and analyzing job costs, enabling them to make data-driven decisions that dramatically increase business profitability.

Highlights

  • Initial self assessment
  • Videos and transcript versions of each lesson
  • Unlimited quizzes

Features

  • Instant online course access
  • Self-paced study on your schedule
  • Excellent technical and instructor support
Curriculum

Course Content

Owners, managers, lead estimators, and anyone transitioning from field work into an administrative or leadership role.

Module 1: Business Management & Financial Strategy
Types of Business Organization
20 min.
Legal Setup, Licensing & Recordkeeping
20 min.
Accounting Fundamentals
30 min.
Payroll, Tax Obligations, & Cash Flow
30 min.
Overhead Calculation
30 min.
Module 2: Precision Estimating & Bidding
Quantity Takeoffs
30 min.
Labor Production Rates
30 min.
Profit Margins vs. Markups
30 min.
The Proposal Presentation
30 min.
Module 3: Job Costing & Financial Control
Cost Coding Systems
30 min.
Progress Billing
30 min.
Analyzing Variances
30 min.
Benchmarking & Reporting
30 min.
Pricing

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Complete Course Access

  • 4 hours of online instruction
  • Module quizzes to gauge your progress
  • Certificate upon successful completion
One-time payment
$89.00
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