Understanding the wide array of grading creation and editing tools that are available in Civil 3D is one of the greatest struggles for designers and technicians. Taking those tools and applying them to an actual Residential Site Design is even more difficult. This class teaches students practical use of Civil 3D Grading functions by developing grading for
If you design Corridors in AutoCAD Civil 3D, you know that the built-in assemblies and subassemblies leave a lot to be desired. They always seem to be either missing elements you need, or far too complex for real world use. What you need is to quickly and easily develop your own subassemblies that meet your
This live online course is an introduction to Primavera P6. Attendees will gain an understanding of the principles and best practices of CPM scheduling in addition to hands-on experience building a P6 schedule from scratch, updating and monitoring the schedule, and generating reports. This 2-day live online course is taught by a Primavera P6 certified
This advanced-level course builds off skills learned in the P6 Basics course, exploring more in-depth topics in Primavera P6. Topics include codes (project, activity, and resource), user-defined fields, global change, earned value analysis, duration types, importing and exporting project data, and percent complete types. This 2-day live online course is taught by a Primavera P6
Do you - or any of your staff – need a kick-start in AutoCAD Civil 3D? Perhaps you need to get some hands-on experience and understand how projects come together to move forward in Civil 3D. Maybe you’re proficient in AutoCAD, but Civil 3D seems ominous. Whatever the case, this class will help break the
Microsoft Excel is the most useful, and most often misunderstood, program in the Office Suite. Many of us shy away because it seems so complex and overwhelming, but learning the tools that will help get your daily work done is simple . . . if you have the right instructor. ZenTek developed this course for
So, you have Bluebeam Revu, and you’re ready to take it to the next level? Ready to move beyond basic markup and commenting, and into the world of detailed quantity takeoff? Bluebeam Revu has a powerful array of tools to help you do exactly that, as well as tools and functions you probably aren’t even
It’s one thing to build a basic, linear, corridor for a residential design, but it’s quite another thing to deal with advanced design conditions like cul-de-sac, intersections and roundabouts. It’s even an entirely different process when you are rehabilitating an existing roadway. Unfortunately, these advanced techniques are often missing from a designer’s tool kit. Knowing
Developing reliable road designs inside Civil 3D is a vital component of the Residential Site design process. From initial Alignment layout, through profiling, and the creation of 3D Corridors and finished road surfaces, residential road design is a must-have capability for every civil designer and technician. This course will take students through a step-by-step development
The design world has made the shift to BIM, and working in 3D systems like Autodesk Revit is vital to every firm’s growth, and every designer’s career. The problem is, that many folks have been thrown into the Revit world with no more than a quick overview, and in many cases a “figure it out
It’s one thing to understand the basics of dropping doors and windows into a wall, and it’s quite another to understand the interaction between advanced building systems like floors, roofs, stairs, etc. and to effectively place and edit them as your design changes. This course from ZenTek Consultants, will show your staff how to structure,
Have you ever wanted to improve your estimating templates in Microsoft Excel? Would you like to be able to quickly create and view a simple Gannt schedule? Using Excel, you can do that and much more. Learning specific Excel formulas that assist the Estimating team can result in more accurate bids, less human error, and
From foundations and footings to trusses and detailed structural connections, this class is custom built for those who work full-time in the structural design world. Revit is the most popular BIM software in the world, and a full understanding of the tools and processes inside of it, as they relate to building structures, is vital
Microsoft Project Professional is the industry-leading Project Management tool, and understanding how to use it is vital to every professional. This course covers all the tools a Project beginner needs, from developing project schedules, assigning resources, and editing timelines, all the way through sharing and outputting the Project for real-world use/update. The course addresses concepts
Are you still using out-of-date software like HEC-RAS, StormCAD, or Hydraflow to try to integrate your hydrology designs with Civil 3D? Are you wasting countless hours manually marking up hard copies of files to get your storm and wastewater design information into construction documents? Stop carrying multiple software licenses and losing hundreds of man-hours on
Few tasks in AutoCAD Civil 3D inspire as much confusion, or frustration, as trying to develop a pressure pipe network. While Pressure Pipes have been around for years, they have a reputation of being difficult to work with and many firms have completely avoided them, opting instead to "fake it" with gravity pipes, or just
Have you ever noticed that the objective of most introductory AutoCAD Civil 3D classes is to educate on all areas of the software and not on the specific tools you need? If you work in a public works organization and want to learn AutoCAD Civil 3D, then this is the class for you. ZenTek Consultants
Developing site design controls and surfaces in Civil 3D is a vital skill set, but it's one that's all too often left to a "learn as you go" process. Civil 3D provides designers with a powerful set of tools to generate fast, detailed, and reliable site conditions for both existing and proposed surfaces. This class
While Project Professional allows you to create both master and sub projects, Microsoft Project for the Web (PWA) is your go-to-tool for managing numerous projects and allocating resources throughout your company. With PWA, you can check your resource allocations and verify that a resource will not be double booked. Along with verifying if another Project
Most of us can work through Microsoft Excel basics – add a few cells together, create basic formulas, and even handle a bit of formatting and display control. When it comes to getting a smarter worksheet though, one that will handle recurring data entry with reliable results, we either push it off to our IT folks or
