Blueprint Reading

This six session, 18-hour introductory course will provide the blueprint fundamentals needed to help you organize and apply blueprint reading skills towards preparing accurate forecasts of the materials, labor and costs involved in a project. Class dates: June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2020.

• Introduction to construction drawings
• Underlying principles of basic structure of buildings using commercial and residential drawings
• Structural drawings
• Construction documents
• Working drawings
• Blueprint fundamentals
• Calculations and dimensions
• Mechanical drawings
• Architectural drawings
• Civil and site drawings
• Some quantity take-off

Who should attend:  Estimators, project administrators, administrative personnel, attorneys, people who deal with drawings, or anyone new to construction.

Instructor: Bob Nidzgorski, CPE Lifetime, VMA, CCHM, Director of Preconstruction at Austin Commercial, holds a master’s degree of Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. Bob is a Certified Professional Estimator with the American Society of Professional Estimators and was awarded ‘Estimator of the Year’ in 2013. His experience covers a wide variety of general construction, design build, construction management deliverable methods as a project  manager or directing preconstruction.  Bob was presented the Frank E. Young Excellence in Education Legacy Award in 2017 by ASPE.