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Classes Offered by the NJPEA

Fundamentals of Estimating
General Conditions of Commercial Contracts
Project Management Skills
Professional Procurement Management
Contract Control & Administration and Expedition Application
Project Field Estimating & Cost Control & Access Application
Value Engineering Analysis and Reports Presentation
Project Feasability Study
Blueprint Reading
Division 5, Metals Estimating
Division 15, Mechanical, Plumbing and Sprinkler
Division 16, Electrical
Insurance and Bonding
Conceptual Estimating
Extention of Time Claims and Dispute Resolutions

Fundamentals of Estimating - 8 CEU's and CCE Certification

At the end of this 80 hour course students receive the CCE (Certified Construction Estimtor) certification, valid for 3 years. This class will cover:

Corporation Development: How to be Incorporated, Types of incorporation, How to go about being certified by Federal and State agencies, how to be placed on bid lists, how to fill the forms for SBE recognition and certification and how to go about requesting financial assistance.
Blueprint Reading: Understanding how to read drawings. How to correlate drawings to actual concepts, how to use scales, trade drawings, contract drawings and shop drawings.
General and Special Conditions Legal Review: Understanding responsibilities and liabilities of the contractor, sub-contractors, suppliers, owner, architect, engineers, and consultants.
Division 1, General and Special Conditions: Key topics range from bid assembly and project specific labor, temporary services and types of overheads and how to calculate them.
Division 2, Site Work: Emphasis on how to estimate earthwork, sheeting & shoring, utilities, dewatering as well as means and methods, including productivity and costs calculations.
Division 3, Concrete: Emphasis on how to estimate concrete. Types of concrete used quantity take offs of material, placement, formwork and reinforcing steel. Means and methods, productivity and costs will be discussed.
Division 4, Masonry: Emphasis on estimating brick, concrete masonry units, stone work, mortar, and rebar including accessories. This will include means and methods productivity and costs in our discussion.
Division 5, Metals: Structural steel and miscellaneous metals. Take-off, pricing and productivity for fabrication and erection are emphasized.
Division 6, Wood & Plastics: How to estimate wood framing and residential construction are featured. Included are finish and architectural carpentry and plastics. Means, methods, productivity and cost are discussed.
Division 7, Thermal & Moisture Protection: How to estimate waterproofing, roofing, (all types) insulation and all accessories. Means, methods, productivity and costs are discussed.
Division 8, Doors & Windows: Estimating types of doors and windows, glazing and hardware are examined and evaluated as are work elements and costs including fabrication, and productivity.
Division 9, Finishes: Estimating emphasis on drywall, plaster, acoustical ceiling, floors and painting are covered. Means, methods, productivity and costs are discussed.
Division 10 - 14: Materials specialties
Division 15, Mechanical: Estimating for H.V.A.C., Plumbing and Sprinkler Systems
Division 16, Electrical: Estimating Electrical for Commercial, Institutional and Residential.
Insurance and Bonding: Requirements for construction Insurance and bonding.
Financial Security: How to protect, invest and achieve.
Computerized Estimating: Computer programs that are available
Conceptual Estimating: How to prepare a conceptual estimate
Change Orders: Preparation, control and legal issues of change orders

Duration: - 80 Class hours, 16 classes 5 hours each
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ and TBD - Trenton, NJ
Certification: 8 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) and CCE Certification by NJPEA, recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $425.00
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General Conditions of Commercial Contracts - 1.6 CEU's

A practical class presented by legal council with extensive experience. Explains and illustrates the understanding of contracts, responsibility of the contractor, owner and architect upon signing the contract. Illustrates points to be aware of regarding general conditions of a project before signing the contract. This class will cover:

Introduction to Construction Documents
Annex to documents, selection of the appropriate contracts for sub-contracts, responsibilities of main parties
Suspension of work
Financial Clauses and procedures
Risk, force majeure and termination.

Duration: - 16 Class hours, 3 classes 5.3 hours (Saturdays)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ
Certification: 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Project Management Skills - 2.1 CEU's

An interactive and personal class with a multidisciplinary approach providing practical communication advice in developing the “people skills” of project management. It covers the following:

Interpersonal communication skills
Individual Differences
Motivating the individual and the Team
The many hats of the Project Manager
People challenges during the project stage
Resolving conflicts
Handling critical conflicts on the project team
Managing personnel stress
Project transition

Duration: - 21 class hours, 3 classes 7 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ
Certification: 2.1 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $350.00
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Professional Procurement Management - 2.1 CEU's

Procurement management, and especially contract administration, has become an essential project management skill as more and more of today's businesses outsource all but the company's core competencies. This course offers insight into the role of the procurement manager on a project team by guiding you through procurement practices, the solicitation of bids and contract negotiations. It will also expose you to contract law. Class will discuss:

Learn about procurement management processes
Define procurement planning requirements
Differentiate between “make or buy” source selection
Learn how to communicate during bid negotiation
Understand the impacts of waiving rights, bid rigging and contract law
Practice scope change control, scope verification, and cost, schedule and quality control
Negotiate an agreement

Student Registration Fee: $350.00
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Contract Control & Administration and Expedition Application - 1.6 CEU's

Presented by senior expert contract administrators and cost control engineers, this class teaches students project contract administration archive build up including all correspondence, letters, notices, proposals, change orders, material submittal, shop drawing submittal, purchase orders, material delivery tracking, log reports, invoices & many other contract administration documents organization. Students learn change management proceedures. Additional support hours for developing a practice sample contract administration archive with expedition application are provided.

Duration: - 16 class hours, 3 classes 5.3 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ
Certification: 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Project Field Estimating & Cost Control & Access Application - 3.6 CEU's

A technical training class designed to teach the following:

Simple resources organization
Estimation department assembled resources planning
Supplier prequalification
Direct & indirect cost estimates
Project integration management
Procurement management
Data collection strategy implementation
Invoicing generation

This course will focus on effective communication between all company departments including estimation, cost control, planning, quanitity surveying, purchasing, warehouses, accounting and site management. Examples of several cost control reports including productivity & variance reports will be presented and discussed. This seminar also includes training support hours in developing a practice sample estimation & cost control project.

Duration: - 36 class hours, 6 classes 6 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ
Certification: 3.6 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $540.00
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Value Engineering Analysis and Reports Presentation - 1.6 CEU's

Students will understand objectives of VE, budgeting cost control and function analysis diagram (fast diagram) with detailed procedures implementation, cost worth modeling generation, development of project life cycle costing modeling (LCC) and implementation. These concepts will be applied in a practice project preparing a VE report for a hotel in Riyadh. A VE work book, valuable supporting documents and soft files will be provided. This interactive seminar offers abundant opportunities for questions and the introduction of appropriate case studies.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Project Feasability Study - 2.1 CEU's

This class is intended for marketing & financial analysts, economists, engineers, social scientists, project managers, project directors, and general managers. The preparation of a feasibility study is a task which requires input from many professional disciplines for various components of the study. This class will cover the following:

Pre-investment and the investment cycle
Market analysis and marketing concept
Raw materials and supplies
Location, site and environment
Engineering and technology
Organization and overhead costs
Human resources
Implementation, planning and budgeting
Financial analysis
Investment appraisal

Students will receive a feasibility study preparation manual with more than 300 pages and hundreds of help templates including tables, check-lists, work sheets, schedules and sample case-studies.

Student Registration Fee: $350.00
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Blueprint Reading - 1.2 CEU's

Students will understand how to read drawings, how to correlate drawings to actual concepts, how to use scales, and how to trade, contract and shop drawings.

Duration: - 12 class hours, 3 classes 4 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ
Certification: 1.2 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $180.00
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Division 5, Metals Estimating - 1.6 CEU's

This course provides an in-depth study of estimating structural steel, miscellaneous metals, and architectural steel. It will give the student a better understanding of take-off. Pricing and productivity for fabrication and erection are emphasized.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Division 15, Mechanical, Plumbing and Sprinkler - 2.1 CEU's

This course provides an in-depth study of estimating mechanical, plumbing and sprinkler for residential, commercial, industrial and process projects.. It will give the student a better understanding of take-off. Pricing and productivity for fabrication of all types of mechanical equipment are emphasized.

Duration: - 21 class hours, 3 classes 7 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ & TBD - Trenton, NJ
Certification: 2.1 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $350.00
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Division 16, Electrical - 1.6 CEU's

This course provides an in-depth study of estimating electrical, low voltage, communications and alarms for residential, commercial, industrial and process projects. It will give the student a better understanding of take-off. Pricing and productivity for fabrication of all types of mechanical equipment are emphasized.

Duration: - 16 class hours, 3 classes 5.3 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ & TBD - Trenton, NJ
Certification: 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Insurance and Bonding - 1.6 CEU's

This course provides an in-depth study of the requirements to successfully procure a construction bond. Types of insurance required for various construction projects will be discussed.

Student Registration Fee: $240.00
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Conceptual Estimating - 2.8 CEU's

This course will teach students how to create and compile historical data, how to utilize graphs for escalations and forecasts, how to prepare material, labor and equipment unit costs. Students will combine all of these aspects to create a conceptual estimate.

Pre-requisite - Fundamentals of Estimating

Duration: - 28 class hours, 4 classes 7 hours (Saturday)
Location: NJIT - Newark, NJ & TBD - Trenton, NJ
Certification: 2.8 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) which can be applied to continuation of CCE Certification by NJPEA and is recognized by Essex County, NJIT and NJCC.

Student Registration Fee: $420.00
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Extention of Time Claims and Dispute Resolutions - 2.1 CEU's

This course will teach the contract manager and project manager to analyze schedule delay events and acceleration cases together while acquiring the ability to compute related damages. It covers the following:

Schedule analysis
Delay event analysis
Acceleration analysis
Schedule analysis procedures & issues
Detailed as-built schedules

How to compute damages and equitable adjustments, to calculate direct cost, compute compensable delay costs and to identify and compute impact cost will also be addressed.

Student Registration Fee: $350.00
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