FUTURECALC ACADEMY
Learn to read the drawing, not just take it off
From what a VVS system is to taking off a real drawing, getting it corrected against the drawing itself and sitting a final exam marked on the server.
THE TRAINING
10 courses, 26 modules, 38 marked exercises
The courses build on each other, but nothing is locked. Every exercise is corrected against the drawing itself, not against a number in a file, so an answer cannot be wrong because someone forgot to update the key.
- 01BASIC · 6 H
Fundamentals of VVS costing
From the first look at a sheet to a costing that holds.
5 modules · 14 lessons · 9 exercises
- 02INTERMEDIATE · 8 H
Takeoff VS
System by system takeoff of tap water, heating, waste, storm water, insulation, fittings, valves and apparatus.
4 modules · 5 lessons · 8 exercises
- 03ADVANCED · 7 H
Advanced VVS costing
Costing strategy, tenders, supplier prices, subcontractors, risk, markup, margin and ÄTA.
2 modules · 3 lessons · 2 exercises
- 04BASIC · 5 H
Reading VVS drawings
The sheet in detail: legend, title block, revisions, sections and shafts.
1 module · 3 lessons · 1 exercise
- 05BASIC · 4 H
FutureCalc & Meridian
The tool: projects, reading, takeoff, materials, costing, report and tender.
1 module · 2 lessons
- 06INTERMEDIATE · 7 H
Ventilation: takeoff and costing
Ducts, diffusers, dampers and units, from the sheet’s duct lines to a costing that holds for air.
3 modules · 8 lessons · 5 exercises
- 07INTERMEDIATE · 8 H
Contract law: AB 04 and ABT 06
Which contract applies, who carries which responsibility, and how it shows in the costing.
3 modules · 9 lessons · 3 exercises
- 08INTERMEDIATE · 5 H
Insulation, fire stopping and penetrations
What is built around the pipe: insulation per metre, fire stopping per hole, and who owns the hole.
2 modules · 4 lessons · 2 exercises
- 09ADVANCED · 5 H
Balancing, testing and handover
What must be proven before handover, and what proving it costs.
3 modules · 6 lessons · 3 exercises
- 10INTERMEDIATE · 6 H
Ground, waste and storm water
Pipes below ground: gravity fall, manholes, trenches and what does not show on the plan.
2 modules · 5 lessons · 5 exercises
THE FINAL EXAM
FutureCalc Certified — VVS Costing & Takeoff
40 tasks in 5 parts. 80 % overall and at least 60 % in each part. Marking happens on the server, the facit never leaves it.
- 20 %PART 1Costing fundamentals and contract forms8 tasks
- 20 %PART 2Drawing reading8 tasks
- 25 %PART 3Takeoff: pipes, air and ground10 tasks
- 25 %PART 4Costing, price and tender10 tasks
- 10 %PART 5Costing control and handover4 tasks
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