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 As the weather gets colder and we all prepare for the colder seasons, ABC has a number of great programs coming to help educate your workforce.

Bluebeam Classes

BASELINE BASICS - 2 hours

Whether you’re opening Bluebeam Revu for the first time, or you’ve used it for years, this class will ensure a higher baseline knowledge. Attendees will learn interface navigation including menu dropdowns, toolbars, various tool panels, keyboard shortcuts and a few recommended settings. While learning various markup and measurement tools, several tips & tricks will be shared to increase speed and accuracy.

Learning Objectives:

  • Interface Navigation
  • Calibration & Measurements
  • Introduction to the Markups List

MATERIAL TAKEOFFS & ESTIMATES – BASICS 2 hours

*Mandatory Pre-requisite - Baseline Basics
With Revu’s intuitive measurement tools and customizable interface, we can turn your highlighters into a data rich takeoff tools. We’ll start out going through the standard measurement tools and settings, then move into various customization options and discuss the results in the Markups List.

Learning Objectives:

  • Introduction to Viewports
  • Measurement Tips & Tricks
  • Custom Estimating Tools

MATERIAL TAKEOFFS & ESTIMATES – ADVANCED 2 hours

*Mandatory Pre-requisite - Baseline Basics & Material Takeoffs & Estimates Basics
After finishing the Bluebeam Takeoffs & Estimates - Basics course we’ll move into creating custom columns, embedding formulas, and information organization. Did you know you can export to an Excel spreadsheet, or even link directly to that Excel template file full of formulas you’ve been using for years?

Learning Objectives:

  • Custom Estimating Tools (Continued from “Material Takeoffs & Estimates-Basics”)
  • Collecting Rich Data with Custom Column
  • Reports and Exporting Data

Bluebeam Revu for Administrative Professionals 2 hours

Administrative teams have unique document workflows that demand a different set of tools compared to design and construction teams. A typical Bluebeam class concentrates on design markups, estimating and collecting field data, but this class is very different! In just two hours you’ll be ready to combine documents, mark for redaction, apply digital signatures and several other important administrative tasks.

Learning Objectives:

  • Extracting pages from existing documents
  • Use Redaction to quickly clean sensitive information from documents
  • Creating and applying digital signatures
  • Updating Page Labels
  • Applying headers and footers
  • Search document text and visual symbols
  • Apply stamps
  • Flag important content in documents

Other Industry Courses

Reading Construction Documents 8 hours

This 4-part online program is for entry-level architectural or engineering designers, apprentices, entry-level tradespersons, project coordinators, assistant project managers, new project managers, estimators, specialty sales representatives, or anyone in career transition looking for a refresher.

Designed to quickly familiarize students with the basics of reading and understanding construction documents. From navigating title block information to combing through specification documents, participants will learn how to navigate a project and understand the material and construction requirements.

Construction Estimating Principles and Application 8 hours

Great Estimators know that to be competitive and competent in the current market, their companies must continually be in search of an edge. “How can we approach this project differently than our competition?” This virtual interactive training workshop is scheduled in two half-day sessions.

Track 1 - The Estimating Principles Behind Every Bid:

This open forum discussion led by a panel of experienced construction estimators explores advanced elements of construction estimating. Experienced estimators will be challenged to evaluate their own systems within the framework of current trends and models with an emphasis on Bluebeam. Every topic will be discussed from various perspectives to allow Estimators from across the spectrum to benefit.

Learning Objectives:

  • Cost/Price analysis
  • Pricing project constraints
  • How to build flexibility into your system
  • Optimum time to complete
  • Escalation
  • Managing risk within the estimate
  • Danger zones to avoid

Track 2 - How Technology Can Produce Faster, More Accurate Estimates:

Oftentimes simply being more visual in your bid scope can put you ahead of the competition by showing you truly understand the project. Each day we’ll spend some time demonstrating how technology can not only replace your highlighters, scales, and calculator, but fluid company standards for you and your team. With an emphasis on Bluebeam Revu, these digital tools and workflows will produce clear, visual markups that are accurate, predictable, and consistent no matter who on the team uses them.

Learning Objectives:

  • Working with PDF drawings
  • Calibrating drawings
  • Measurement tools
  • Custom measurement tools
  • Displaying and exporting data

OSHA 10-hour for Construction - In-person

Providing a general overview of common job-related health and safety hazards. When you complete the program, you will earn a DOL (US Dept. of Labor) card. This shows OSHA and employers that you’ve met your OSHA training requirements.

As always, please feel free to reach out with questions or requests: tom.kennedy@mnabc.com    952-208-4935

OSHA 30 for Construction – In-person

Designed to give supervisors a broader and deeper understanding of job-related health and safety hazards. When you complete the program, you will earn a DOL (US Dept. of Labor) card. Click here to learn more and register. This course is only offered once a year in-person, so don’t miss out!

As always, please feel free to reach out with questions or requests: tom.kennedy@mnabc.com    952-208-4935