Quantity Surveying and Building Estimation

It is a free-to-learn course that shows you how to turn building drawings into measured quantities and a priced bill of quantities, then follow the job through tender, variations, interim valuations and the final account. One two-storey clinic is worked through every module.

Civil and architecture students, site engineers moving into estimating, and new quantity surveyors or estimators. You should be able to read a floor plan and use a spreadsheet. No estimating experience is needed.

It teaches the method that carries across standards and names the families: RICS NRM 1 and NRM 2 for building, POMI where Gulf contracts name it, and CESMM4 for civil works. IS 1200 is mentioned as a regional alternative. The RICS NRM page was checked on 1 November 2026. The notes paraphrase the rules, so read the current edition before measuring a real job.

A cost unit (CU) stands in for money so the method is the same whatever currency or price book you use at work. When you price a real job you replace each CU rate with a real rate from your own market.

No. The course teaches methods used in quantity surveying and estimating. Its certificate is a verifiable certificate of completion from EDWartens, not a chartered or accredited qualification, and the course is not affiliated with RICS or any other professional body.

No. A spreadsheet is enough for the take-off sheets, the bar bending schedule, the bill and the valuation. A PDF viewer that can measure on a drawing helps but is optional.

About 14 hours of video and around 21 hours in total with the notes, worked problems and the optional project, at your own pace. Every module, the notes, the optional school-block project and the final assessment are free to learn.

A verifiable certificate of completion, issued when you finish the modules and pass the 15-question final at 60 percent. It has a unique certificate number, a QR code and a public verification page that shows the course, the modules covered and your final score.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.