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.

10

COURSES

59

LESSONS

38

EXERCISES

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.

1.

01

BASIC · 6 H

### Fundamentals of VVS costing

From the first look at a sheet to a costing that holds.

5 modules · 14 lessons · 9 exercises

2.

02

INTERMEDIATE · 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

3.

03

ADVANCED · 7 H

### Advanced VVS costing

Costing strategy, tenders, supplier prices, subcontractors, risk, markup, margin and ÄTA.

2 modules · 3 lessons · 2 exercises

4.

04

BASIC · 5 H

### Reading VVS drawings

The sheet in detail: legend, title block, revisions, sections and shafts.

1 module · 3 lessons · 1 exercise

5.

05

BASIC · 4 H

### FutureCalc & Meridian

The tool: projects, reading, takeoff, materials, costing, report and tender.

1 module · 2 lessons

6.

06

INTERMEDIATE · 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

7.

07

INTERMEDIATE · 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

8.

08

INTERMEDIATE · 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

9.

09

ADVANCED · 5 H

### Balancing, testing and handover

What must be proven before handover, and what proving it costs.

3 modules · 6 lessons · 3 exercises

10.

10

INTERMEDIATE · 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.

1.

20 %PART 1Costing fundamentals and contract forms8 tasks

2.

20 %PART 2Drawing reading8 tasks

3.

25 %PART 3Takeoff: pipes, air and ground10 tasks

4.

25 %PART 4Costing, price and tender10 tasks

5.

10 %PART 5Costing control and handover4 tasks

ACADEMY

## Start anywhere. Nothing is locked.

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