What you'll learn:
- ✓ Perform quantity takeoff and cost estimation for roads, highways and infrastructure projects.
- ✓ Read and interpret real construction drawings, BOQs and project documents as a Quantity Surveyor.
- ✓ Use AutoCAD and Excel for practical measurement, quantity takeoff and cost estimation.
- ✓ Measure earthworks, pavement layers, concrete, drainage, utilities and structural works.
- ✓ Prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQs), quantity sheets and detailed cost estimates from drawings.
- ✓ Build unit rates and rate analyses using labour, material, plant and other project costs.
- ✓ Prepare Bar Bending Schedules (BBS) and reinforcement quantities for bridges and infrastructure structures.
- ✓ Prepare interim payment applications, including work completed, preliminaries, materials on site and variations.
- ✓ Identify, measure, price and manage construction variations/change orders from instruction through submission and approval.
- ✓ Understand FIDIC payment procedures, payment certificates, advance payments, final accounts, cost control and forecasting.
Master practical Quantity Surveying and Cost Estimation for Road, Highway and Infrastructure Projects using real-world measurement techniques, AutoCAD and Excel.
This course is designed for quantity surveyors, civil engineers, estimators and construction professionals who want to understand how road and infrastructure quantities are measured, calculated and converted into practical estimates and BOQs.
Instead of focusing only on theory, we work through practical quantity surveying and estimation procedures used on infrastructure projects.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Perform quantity takeoff for road and highway works
Read and interpret road and infrastructure drawings
Measure earthworks, excavation and filling quantities
Calculate road pavement quantities
Prepare quantities for different road layers
Measure concrete and structural elements
Prepare Bar Bending Schedules (BBS)
Understand underground services and utility works
Prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQ)
Carry out rate analysis for construction activities
Develop cost estimates using practical project quantities
Use AutoCAD to assist with measurement and quantity takeoff
Use Microsoft Excel for quantity calculations, BOQs and estimation
Practical Road & Infrastructure Quantity Surveying
The course takes you through the quantity surveying process from understanding drawings to producing measurable quantities and cost information.
You will learn how a quantity surveyor approaches road works systematically rather than simply extracting dimensions from drawings.
Topics include:
Road and highway quantity takeoff
Earthworks and excavation
Pavement and road layers
Tunnels and infrastructure works
Underground services
Concrete quantities
Reinforcement measurement and BBS
BOQ preparation
Rate analysis
Cost estimation
AutoCAD measurement
Excel-based quantity calculations
Learn With AutoCAD & Excel
AutoCAD and Excel are important tools for infrastructure quantity surveyors.
Throughout the course, you will see how drawings can be interpreted and measured using AutoCAD, and how the resulting quantities can be organised, calculated and presented using Excel.
This helps connect drawing interpretation, quantity takeoff and cost estimation into one practical workflow.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for:
Quantity Surveyors
Civil Engineers
Construction Estimators
Cost Engineers
Site Engineers
QS and Civil Engineering students
Graduates preparing for construction industry roles
Construction professionals moving into quantity surveying or estimation
Why Take This Course?
Road and infrastructure quantity surveying requires more than knowing measurement formulas. You need to understand drawings, construction sequences, measurement principles and how quantities eventually become BOQ and cost information.
This course brings these skills together through a practical, project-focused approach.
If you want to strengthen your skills in Road Works Quantity Surveying, Quantity Takeoff, BOQ Preparation, Rate Analysis, BBS, AutoCAD and Excel-based Cost Estimation, this course will provide a structured path from drawings to quantities and estimates
