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NSW · 3 points

Estimating and Pricing for Profit

Builders go broke on the jobs they win, not the ones they lose. Build every number in a price from evidence, carry risk openly, and check it afterwards.

  • Business management
  • Phone-friendly, progress saves as you go
  • Assessed — unlimited attempts
  • PDF certificate on completion

Buy this course · $49.00 or save with a points pack

You'll learn: Build residential prices that recover every cost and a real profit by measuring quantities properly, pricing labour from measured productivity, recovering overheads, applying margin correctly, carrying risk openly and reviewing actual cost against the estimate on every job.

  • NSW: 3 points (Business management)

What’s inside

  1. About this course
  2. why builders go broke on the jobs they win
  3. The anatomy of a price
  4. Take-offs and measured quantities
  5. Labour productivity: where estimates go wrong
  6. The true cost of an hour of labour
  7. Materials, plant and supplier quotes
  8. Subcontractor quotes: reading what is not there
  9. Overheads and how to recover them
  10. Margin versus markup: the arithmetic that bites
  11. Contingency and risk: pricing what you cannot see
  12. Pricing variations so they pay
  13. Cash flow: profit you cannot bank yet
  14. Actual versus estimate: closing the loop

Plus 3 knowledge checks, 2 site scenarios, 1 drag-and-drop task and an assessment at the end.

Reviewed by a NSW building practitioner.

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this course has been prepared using best endeavours to ensure that it is accurate, current and relevant at the time of publication. However, building legislation, regulations, standards, codes, policies and their interpretation may change over time and, in some circumstances, may be subject to interpretation or vary depending on the specific circumstances of a project.

The information provided is intended as general educational guidance only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for project-specific professional advice or verification.

Builders, contractors and other industry professionals are encouraged to independently verify the applicable requirements for each project, including the relevant legislation, regulations, standards, approvals and authority requirements, having regard to the specific site, building, construction method and circumstances.

PointCPD makes no representation or guarantee that the information provided will be applicable to every project or circumstance and recommends that participants seek appropriate professional or regulatory advice where clarification is required.