$500.00
We are now offering VIRTUAL e4Clicks training, from Introductory to Advanced training classes! Learn from your office chair or at home. Take advantage of an opportunity to bring your estimating skills – and overall SABER, JOC, SATOC, MATOC, IDIQ, MACC, POCA, and BOA project productivity – to the next level!
Owners looking to better manage your projects, Contractors looking to better serve your clients and win more jobs, and AE’s hoping to enhance your estimating capabilities: these virtual classes are designed for you!
***Please note, there is a pre-requisite if you are attending Day 3 Advanced Training: You must have (a) Previously attended the Introductory class or be registered for Days 1 & 2 preceding this class, or (b) Be an experienced user of e4Clicks Project Estimator***
AEP Approved Education Provider
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are provided to 4Clicks training program participants. 4Clicks is an AACE International’s Approved Education Provider (AEP). The AEP symbol identifies training programs that meet AACE International’s high standards.
Day 1: Basics of e4Clicks and Estimating
Start Time | End Time | Topic | Outline |
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8:00 AM | 8:15 AM | Conference Introduction | Welcome, Introductions, Schedule, Objectives, Website, Sign up for Newsletter, Survey |
8:15 AM | 9:00 AM | Project Management Basics | Contacts, City Cost Indexes, Crews, References |
9:10 AM | 9:30 AM | Class Exercise #1 – Group,Program Basics (Page B-4) | Create New Contact |
9:30 AM | 10:10 AM | Quick Start | Creating a Project, Creating an Estimate, Opening a Guide, Searching a Cost Data Guide, Entering Line Items, Printing Estimate |
10:20 AM | 10:50 AM | Class Exercise #2 – Project(Page B-5) | New Project, Search the Guide, Add Line Items, Print Estimate |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Project and Estimate Highlights | Project Window, Menu Options, Update Project Window and Tabs, Estimates Tab, Menu Options, Updating Estimate Window and Tabs |
11:30 AM | 11:50 AM | Class Exercise #3 –Projects/Estimates (Page B-6) | New Projects, Rename Estimate, New Estimates |
11:50 AM | 12:00 PM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
12:10 PM | 1:00 PM | Line Item and Pricing GuideHighlights | Line Items Tab, Menu Options, Update Line Item Details Window, Custom Line Items, Quick-Select Guide, Pricing Guides, Cost Data, Menu Options, Search Utilities |
1:10 PM | 1:30 PM | Class Exercise #4 – Project(Page B-7) | New Project, Search the Guide, Add Line Items, Print Estimate |
1:30 PM | 1:45 PM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Q&A and Review | Q&A, Review |
Day 2: Estimating Tools and Basics of eTakeoff
Start Time | End Time | Topic | Outline |
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8:00 AM | 8:15 AM | Conference Introduction | Welcome, Introductions, Schedule, Objectives, Website, Sign up for Newsletter, Survey |
8:15 AM | 8:50 AM | Printing Estimates Reports / Import/Export | Output, Legends and Details, Import, Export, Print and Export |
9:00 AM | 9:40 AM | Class Exercise #5 – Project (Page B-8) | New Project, Search the Guide, Add Line Items, Custom Line Item, Print Estimate, Export Estimate |
9:40 AM | 9:50 AM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
10:00 AM | 10:50 AM | Technical Evaluations / Revised Estimate | Technical Evaluation, Revised Estimate |
11:00 AM | 11:20 AM | Class Exercise #6a – Project | New Project, Search the Guide Using the Index, Add Line Items (Shopping Cart), Print Estimate |
11:20 AM | 11:30 AM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Clipboard | Estimate Clipboard, Copy Estimate, Line Item Clipboard, Project Explorer, Copy Line Item |
12:10 PM | 12:30 PM | Class Exercise #7 – Estimate Efficiency (Page B-11) | Copy/Paste Estimates, Apply Takeoff |
12:30 PM | 12:40 PM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
12:40 PM | 1:00 PM | Advanced Tool – Projects | Project Tools: Process Tagged Items, Batch Modify |
1:10 PM | 1:50 PM | eTakeoff – Basics and Integration with e4Clicks | eTakeoff, Quantity Field, Batch Modify, Return with Quantity, Load Most Recent eTakeoff Quantity, Clear Values |
1:50 PM | 2:00 PM | Q&A and Review | Q&A, Review |
Day 3: e4Clicks Advanced Tools
Start Time | End Time | Topic | Outline |
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8:00 AM | 8:15 AM | Conference Introduction | Welcome, Introductions, Schedule, Objectives, Website, Sign up for Newsletter, Survey |
8:15 AM | 9:00 AM | Advanced Tool – Estimates | Estimate Tools: Process Tagged Items, Batch Modify |
9:10 AM | 9:30 AM | Class Exercise #8 – Batch Modify Projects and Estimates (Page B-12) | Change Activity Status and Estimator |
9:30 AM | 9:40 AM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
9:50 AM | 10:30 AM | Advanced Tools – Line Items | Line Item Tools: Process Tagged Items, Batch Modify, Reselect Guide, Select Modifiers |
10:30 AM | 10:50 AM | Class Exercise #9 – Select Modifiers (Page B-13) | Select Modifiers – What comes first: the estimate or the modifiers? |
10:50 AM | 11:00 AM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
11:10 AM | 12:00 PM | Pricing Guides | Increasing Speed and Accuracy, Alternates Guide, Helpful Options |
12:10 PM | 12:40 PM | Class Exercise #10 – RSMeans Tools (Page B-14) | Remove and Replace, Create Alternate, and more tools |
12:40 PM | 12:50 PM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
1:00 PM | 1:20 PM | Updating Pricing Guide Years | Update Estimate Pricing Year, Updating Project Totaling Schema, Updating Estimate Totaling Schemas |
1:20 PM | 1:40 PM | Class Exercise #11 – Update Pricing Guide Year (Page B-15) | Update Pricing Guide Year, Apply New Totaling Schemas |
1:40 PM | 1:50 PM | Class Exercise – Solution | Class Exercise – Solution |
1:50 PM | 2:00 PM | Q&A and Review | Q&A and Review |