Tutorial Program and Trainings

Work planners, schedulers, cost estimators and site managers need a great knowledge base. This knowledge relates not only to work preparation, time scheduling, cost estimating and site organization, but also to leadership, communication, the right method of working and the right way to solve problems. They must communicate their elaborations as accurately as possible so that others can understand them without any questions. They should always present their work correctly to all other project participants, even if they have different opinions about, for example, technical issues, execution times, costs and other matters. This requires a lot of communication skills. An economical way of working is another important skill that a work planner and cost estimator needs.

 

 

Trainings and tutorials by Laurenz Goerres

 

A training course can be organized as an online course or as a face-to-face course. As a lecturer, I prefer that at least some students attend the course in person. This makes it easier for me to address problems or special interests and to respond better to the audience. In addition, the students present will help me with the course management. Online participants must note that they need the correct setup at home. Please see the following picture and check your setup at home.

 

To follow the courses online at home the following setup is recommended:

• two screens (one screen to watch the course and another screen to follow the training)
• an external keyboard
• an external mouse (preferable a scroll mouse to zoom in and out - a touchpad will not be sufficiant)
• headset and camera (I would like to see the participants)
• basic MS Office software packages (means: Word, Excel, PowerPoint). The training is designed so that no special software is required, so almost anyone can participate online from home. The MS Office package should be in English language. 
• stable internet access

 

This course will teach you how to work as a work planner, cost estimator and also a project manager.

 

Tutorials of the courses no. 1 to no. 4 for the subject "Construction Management" includes the following subjects:

 

A training course for the subject "Construction Management for Infrastructure Projects" includes:

 

Course No. 1: Performance evaluation of construction equipment such as mobile cranes, tower cranes, excavators/diggers, dumpers, concrete mixers, and other construction equipment.
→ You will learn how to determine the most important parameters for performance analysis.
→ You will learn how to compile all the relevant information into an useful Excel spreadsheet.

• Introduction:

  • Document 0.1t (PDF): Some information and theory about the course (as of 10th Nov. 2023)
    
    

• Tutorial no. 1 construction equipment:

  • Document 1.1e (PDF): tutorial on mobile cranes
  • Document Liebherr Mobile Cranes 230 ton
  • Document Liebherr Mobile Cranes 350 ton
  • Document 1.1r (Excel): tutorial result
    
    

• Tutorial no. 2 construction equipment:

  • Document 1.2e (PDF): tutorial no. 2 (excavators)
    
    

• Tutorial no. 3 construction equipment:

  • Document 1.3e (PDF): tutorial no. 3 (concrete truck mixers)
  • Easy question: How many 'concrete truck mixers' do you need for continuous concreting of a foundation with xxx m³ considering local circumstances?
    
    

• Tutorial no. 4 construction equipment:

  • Document 1.4e (PDF): tutorial no. 4 (tower cranes I)
  • Click here for basic information about tower cranes (in German language)
    
    

• Tutorial no. 5 construction equipment:

  • Document 1.5e (PDF): tutorial no. 5 (tower cranes II)
    
    

• Note: All tutorial results can be used in practice. They simply need to be adapted to the given circumstances and the needs of the company or client.

 

Course No. 2: Costs of construction site personnel and main construction equipment
→ You will learn how to determine the most important parameters for performance analysis.
→ You will learn how to compile all the relevant information into an useful Excel spreadsheet.

• Tutorial no. 1 personnel planning
  → You will learn how to determine and to plan the costs of construction site personnel:

  • Document 2.1e (PDF): tutorial costs of construction site personnel
    
    

• Tutorial no. 2 equipment planning
  → You will learn how to determine the costs of equipment:

  • Document 2.2e (PDF): tutorial costs of equipment
  • Click here for basic information about cost estimation of equipment (in German language)
    
    

• Tutorial no. 3 equipment planning
  → You will learn how to determine and to plan the costs of the main construction equipment:

  • Document 2.3e (PDF): tutorial costs of main construction equipment
    
    

• Note: All tutorial results can be used in practice. They simply need to be adapted to the given circumstances and the needs of the company or client.

 

Course No. 3: Work preparation for civil engineering works and infrastructure projects

• Tutorial no. 1 work preparation
  → You will learn how a work preparator works out an infrastructure project:

  • Document 3.1e (PDF): tutorial work preparation for an infrastructure project
  • Document 3.1i-1 (PDF): broschure BAUER methods special foundation works
  • Document 3.1i-2 (PDF): broschure BAUER piling works
  • Document 3.1i-3 (PDF): broschure BAUER cutt-off walls

 

Course No. 4: Cost estimation for infrastructure construction projects

• Tutorial no. 1 cost estimation
  → You will learn how a cost estimator calculates the cost of an infrastructure project:

  • Document 4.1e (PDF): tutorial cost estimation
  • Click here for basic information about cost estimation (only in German language)
    
    

Tutorials of the courses no. 1 to no. 6 for the subject "Construction Management" includes the following subjects:

 

Course No. 5: International infrastructure projects

• Tutorial planning an international infrastructure project:

  • Document 5.0t (PDF): theory about international (infrastructure) projects
  • Document 5.1e (PDF): tutorial international (infrastructure) project

 

Course No. 6: Visualization of site installations

• Tutorial visualization the site installation with Sketchup:

  • Document 6.0t (PDF): theory digitalisation in construction and visualization of an infrastructure construction site
  • Document 6.1e (PDF): tutorial visualization construction site
    
    
  • Example of such a construction site visualisation with Sketchup
    (by Mr. Zorilla  |  Master student):

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Evaluation results and assessments of training courses
by Laurenz Goerres

 

Click here for: Evaluation results and comments by students to training courses by Laurenz Goerres

 

 

last updated: April 2023

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