ZenTek Consultants

All ZenTek Consultants Offices (US & Canada) Closed for the Holiday Season. Happy Holidays!
2024-12-25 - 2025-01-01

Primavera P6 Basics Online Training Course
2025-11-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-10 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-08 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
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 instructor, who will explain the detailed functions and address questions as the class progresses. Participants may use the provided Primavera P6 training server or their own P6 license for course exercises. A Certificate of Successful Training with Oracle’s Primavera P6 is awarded upon completion of training.
View full agenda at https://zentekconsultants.net/primavera-p6-basics-online-training-course/.

Simplifying Construction Workflows for Infrastructure with Bluebeam
2025-11-05 14:00 - 14:30 | Online
Infrastructure projects drive growth and public safety, but many still face costly delays due to outdated communication and coordination. Digital tools like Bluebeam® Revu can transform the way teams collaborate, but only if they’re implemented with a clear, practical strategy. Without the right approach, complexity can outweigh the benefits.
Join ZenTek Consultants, the nation’s leading Infrastructure Technology specialists, for a free 30-minute webinar where we’ll show you how to streamline your infrastructure projects using Bluebeam and other digital solutions. We’ll share best practices to maximize efficiency and cost savings by focusing on:

Digital Pre-Construction Workflows in Bluebeam
Sharing and Managing Digital Data & Documents
Enhancing Collaboration Across Trades and Contractors
Building a Centralized Digital Project Database

This session is designed for civil infrastructure executives and project managers who want to simplify digital processes and deliver projects on time and on budget.
Can’t attend live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording.

Primavera P6 Advanced Online Training Course
2025-11-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-18 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
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 certified instructor, who will explain the detailed functions and address questions as the class progresses. Participants may use the provided Primavera P6 training server or their own P6 license for course exercises. Upon completion of training, attendees receive a Certificate of Training with Primavera P6 Professional (Advanced).
Note: Attending P6 basics level training prior to attending this course is highly recommended.

Microsoft Excel Basics
2025-11-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
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 the beginning, or infrequent, user of Microsoft Excel who wants to get a better handle on how to perform basic formatting, calculation, and data sorting functions in one of the most powerful programs on the market.
This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will be using the latest version of Microsoft Excel and students are encouraged to use same.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 48 consecutive hours. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Understanding the Basics (November 10)

Understanding and Creating Worksheets
Working with Multiple Worksheets
Understanding Cells and Columns
Formatting and Aligning Cells
Understanding and Editing Data Types
How to Format, Merge, and Control Cells

Session 2: Fun with Functions and Formulas (November 17)

Controlling Worksheet Views
Using Automatic Fill Features
Understanding Formulas and the Formula Bar
Using Common Functions and Formulas
Using Formulas across Worksheets

Session 3: Delving into Data (November 24)

Working with Data Filters
Understanding Data Sorting
Removing Duplicate Values
How to merge and Split Data Cells
Adding Data Validation

Session 4: Summarizing Simplified (December 1)

Controlling Page Layouts
Inserting Images and Symbols
Creating Simple Charts
Editing Chart Display Options
Working with Pivot Tables

Pressure Pipes in Civil 3D – The Full Design Process
2025-11-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
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 plain 2D drafting on their plan and profiles. In the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2022 release, there were major updates to both plan and profile pressure tools, making it a much simpler process to design water, gas, and other pressurized pipe designs. In this course, the instructor will lead students through the full process of plan, profile, and section layout and editing of a Pressure Pipe Network from initial layout to completion, using the new design process.
​This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
​Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Setting Up Pressure Pipes (November 10)

Setting Up Network Catalogs
Building Parts Lists
Default Settings
Pressure Pipe Display Styles
Pressure Pipe Label Styles

Session 2: Pressure Networks in Plan View (November 11)

Creating a Pressure Network from Objects
Creating a Pressure Network from Scratch
Labeling Networks in Plan
Editing Network Properties
Editing Pressure Networks in Plan
Editing Pressure Parts in Plan

Session 3: Pressure Networks in Profile View (November 17)

Creating Pressure Network Alignments & Profiles
Projecting Pressure Networks to Profile
Labeling Pressure Networks in Profile
Editing Pressure Networks in Profile
Editing Pressure Parts in Profile

Session 4: Advanced Pressure Networks (November 24)

Drawing Pressure Parts in Profile
Design Checks for Pressure Networks
Depth Checks for Pressure Networks
Displaying Pressure Networks in Sections
Controlling Section Display and Label of Crossing Pipes
Creating Pressure Network Tables

Your Kick-Start into AutoCAD Civil 3D
2025-11-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
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 ice for anyone who needs to start using the most powerful site design package on the market.
This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Prerequisite: Students should have a working knowledge of AutoCAD.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: The AutoCAD Civil 3D Environment (November 12)

Understanding Dynamic Objects
Getting to Know the User Interface
Creating Label and Display Styles
Working with Surfaces

Session 2: Drawing Creation & Linear Design (November 19)

Start, Learn & Create Tabs
Setting Up Templates
Using Drawing Scale and Map Zones
Working with Alignments and Profiles
Creating Data Shortcuts and References

Session 3: Understanding 3D Design (November 26)

Setting Up Assemblies and Corridors
Working with Corridor Surfaces
Plotting Sections
Using Analysis and Query Tools

Session 4: Designing Gravity & Pressure Systems (December 3)

Understanding Part Catalogs
Assembling Part Lists
Laying Out Pipe Runs
Pipe Runs in Profile View

Simplifying the Revit Template Creation Process
2025-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
A productive and efficient Revit design environment depends upon having well developed templates, with the data, families, and parameters you need for your work already in place and properly defined. The issue is, that’s not a small task to accomplish, particularly when most of us still need to maintain billable hours and meet project scheduling demands. Learning the detailed practices for developing reliable templates that meet our firms’ specific needs isn’t always easy, even though we all recognize how important it is. Luckily, ZenTek Consultants, the nation’s leading design technology specialists are here to help. This course will show you how to quickly, and efficiently, build the Revit templates you’ve always wanted.
This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk Revit 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: The Basics (November 13)

Understanding Templates
Determining the Project Type
Deciding what to add

Session 2: Starting a Template (November 14)

Setting up Model Space
Creating Levels
Creating Grids
Setting up Sections
Elevations
Creating a Title Block

Session 3: Views and Parameters (November 20)

Setting up View Templates
Creating Shared Parameters
Setting up Worksets
Working with Filters
Building a Splash Screen

Session 4: Custom Families Organization (November 21)

Creating Tags
Text Types / Arrows
Detail Components

Civil 3D Corridors for Real World Use
2025-12-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
It’s one thing to build a simple, linear corridor in Civil 3D, but it’s quite another to deal with the complex infrastructure many of us are faced with daily. Intersections, elbows, cul-de-sacs, and hammerhead type road designs have the reputation of being so difficult to handle with Civil 3D Corridors that many of us never even attempt them, we just sketch them out by hand in 2D. It doesn’t need to be as hard as you think. This class uses real world scenarios to show how simple it can be to model even the most complex Corridor geometry, using powerful tips and tricks that help ease the seemingly complex process of Civil 3D Corridors.
​This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
​Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Prerequisite: Students should have a working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Corridor Basics (December 2)

Creating and editing an assembly
Building a basic corridor
Understanding the properties of a corridor
Working with corridor regions
Targeting objects for width and elevation
Controlling corridor transitions

Session 2: Working with Cul-de-sacs and Elbows (December 9)

Creating and working with regions
Building cul-de-sac profiles
Creating cul-de-sac assemblies
Working with multiple baselines
Using multiple assemblies to a design

Session 3: Working with Intersections and Hammerheads (December 16)

Understanding the Intersection Wizard
Setting intersection defaults
Understanding intersection regions and assembly sets
Integrating turn lanes into intersections
Setting up user-defined intersection targeting

Session 4: Corridor Sections & Surfaces (December 23)

Using the Corridor Section Editor
Section editor display & parameter controls
Changing assemblies by section
Adding & deleting corridor sections
Generating a corridor surface
Setting corridor surface data types & codes
Adding corridor surface boundaries
Dynamic actions of corridor surfaces

Advanced Construction Management with Bluebeam
2025-12-04 15:00 - 15:30 | Online
Not everyone has, or needs, a high-end construction management system. Many of us just need an intelligent, easy-to-use, and affordable system to control documents, RFIs, change orders and revisions. Bluebeam Revu, a system already used by almost 90% of contractors in the world, has all those capabilities and more. Bluebeam will even let subs and clients who don’t have Revu access and review all this documentation from any web browser, without licenses.
Want to know more? Join ZenTek Consultants for a free, 30-minute, webinar where we’ll show you how Revu can:

Organize and Share Project Folders and Documents
Automate a Digital RFI Process
Digitally Initiate and Track Change Orders
Automate Revision Coordination and Communications

This webinar is a “must see” for any project/construction manager looking to streamline their work efficiency without adding ridiculous software costs.
Can’t attend live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording.

Microsoft Excel for Construction Scheduling & Estimating
2025-12-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Online
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 provide automation – all of which save time and money. Project Managers and Superintendents can create a schedule in just a few minutes and calculate working loads/durations in seconds.
ZenTek Consultants, a nationally recognized Construction Consulting expert and Microsoft Partner, will show you the most effective ways of using Excel in a construction environment. This eight (8) hour program is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will be using the latest version of Microsoft Excel and students are encouraged to use same.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive hours. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Excel Overview and Basics (December 8)

Review the functions & interface within Excel
Loading templates from Microsoft
Navigating Excel
Formulas, Number Types
Adding Notes & Comments to Cells
Freezing Cells, Printing, and Headers

Session 2: Fun with Functions and Formulas (December 10)

Using scheduling specific formulas
Conditional Formatting related to dates & scheduling
Using Data Validation within a schedule
Developing a Gantt Chart within Excel

Session 3: Delving into Data (December 15)

Creating & Using Tables
Using estimating specific formulas
Conditional Formatting related to estimating
Using Data Validation within an estimate
Protecting your workbook

Session 4: Summarizing Simplified (December 17)

Advanced formulas
Workflow Improvement & Efficiency
Best Practices for Presenting Data (Estimate, Schedule, Financial, etc.)

Civil 3D – Substation Design Simplified
2025-12-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Online
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 will cover substation-related design practices in Civil 3D, from understanding surfaces to using advanced grading and design tools.
​This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Grading Fundamentals (December 8)

Overview of Grading Workflows
Creating Feature Lines
Using Gradings and Grading Groups
Establishing Workflows for Common Grading Scenarios

Session 2: Surface Creation and Management (December 10)

Understanding surface data types
Working with breaklines
Creating a design surface
Dynamic interaction of data sources and surfaces
Creating/modifying surface display styles
Creating/modifying surface label styles
Adding contour labels
Adding surface spot labels

Session 3: Alignments & Profiles (December 15)

Creating alignments for access roads and utilities
Alignment styles, labels, and design criteria
Generating existing ground profiles from surfaces
Designing proposed profiles with vertical geometry tools
Profile view styles and band sets
Managing multiple profiles and profile data references
Applying Profile annotation and documentation standards

Session 4: Pipe Networks (December 17)

Introducing pipe networks for storm water management
Preparing part lists
Establishing pipe rules and styles
Creating gravity networks
Modifying parts in plan
Splitting and Merging networks

Revit Electrical Essentials
2025-12-11 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
Sometimes it seems the Revit training world ignores electrical work. They focus on architecture and, if you’re lucky, MEP, but they somehow always seem to gloss right over the “E” in that word, throwing in a few quick minutes discussing what it can do, but never showing you how. This course is designed specifically for those who make their living in the electrical side of the MEP world, and who need detailed instruction on how to make effective use of the powerful tools inside Revit for your own particular industry. If you’re looking to reduce model production times, and increase the quality of your output, this class from ZenTek consultants is exactly what you need.
This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk Revit 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version. Students should have a solid understanding of Revit or have taken the Revit Exploring the Essentials course.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: The Basics (December 11)

Overview of User interface
Starting a Project
View Commands
General Sketching Tools
Inserting components

Session 2: Links, Views, and Spaces (December 12)

Linking in Revit Models
Setting up Levels
Copy/Monitor Tool
Creating Plan Views, Sections and Callout Views
Preparing Spaces

Session 3: Electrical Systems (December 18)

Distribution Systems
Creating Electrical Circuits
System Browser
Adding Cable Trays
Adding Conduit
Panel Schedules

Session 4: Generating Construction Documents (December 19)

Working with Tags
Working with Schedules
Creating Details
Creating Legends
Placing views on sheets
Printing

Revit Structure Simplified
2025-12-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
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 to every firm and designer in this industry. If you’re tired of courses that brush past structural work in favor of architectural-focused tools and settings, then this is the course for you. This course was developed entirely around the vital structural processes and tools inside Revit, and how to implement and use them on real world projects. We will show you how to increase productivity and profitability on every one of your structural jobs using the Revit tools you already own.
Note: Instructor will present using Autodesk Revit 2025. Students who wish to follow along with instructor are encouraged to use the same version. Students should have a solid understanding of Revit or have taken the Revit Exploring the Essentials course.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Walls, Slabs and Foundations (December 11)

Creating Foundation Walls
Creating Structural Floors & Slabs
Adding Foundations & Footings

Session 2: Columns, Beams and Grids (December 12)

Placing Columns
Placing Beams
Understanding Beams Systems
Creating Column Grids

Session 3: Connections, Trusses and Rebar (December 18)

Understanding Steel Connections
Working With Trusses
Working With Rebar

Session 4: Annotations and Schedules (December 19)

Creating Annotations & Tags
Creating Schedules
Using Graphic Column Schedules
Creating Details and Framing Elevations

Microsoft Excel Intermediate
2026-01-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
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 default back to pen/paper and calculators. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to create your own worksheets that will easily handle the work you regularly do, with just a few lines of data entry, instead of spending hours figuring out the same things again and again, by hand? Microsoft Excel is the most powerful tool in the Microsoft Office suite of products, but it’s developed a reputation for being difficult to use and understand once you move past the basics – and nothing could be farther from the truth! This intermediate-level course will show you exactly how simple Microsoft Excel can be, when you get proper training that is focused on how to use the program in the real world.
This eight (8) hour course is delivered in four (4), two-hour long sessions that students can attend online, right from their own desk. A live instructor will explain the detailed functions, and address questions as the class progresses.
Note: Instructor will be using the latest version of Microsoft Excel and students are encouraged to use same.
Recording: Registrants for this course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.
Must attend all four sessions.
Session 1: Working with Templates (January 19)

Using Excel Online Templates
Creating Templates from a Worksheet
Saving and Sharing Templates
Editing Templates
Using Templates to Start New Worksheets
Template Best Practices

Session 2: Data Controls (January 20)

Sorting Data
Filtering Data
Finding Data
Working With Conditional Formatting
Integrating Filters and Conditional Formatting

Session 3: Conditional & Lookup Formulas (January 26)

Linking Workbooks and Worksheets via Formulas
Conditional Formulas & Functions
Lookup Formulas & Functions
Nesting Formulas
Other Useful Formulas and Functions

Session 4: Charts & Tables (January 27)

Chart Planning
Creating Basic Charts and Tables
Chart Types and Formats
Pivot Tables
Sharing Charts & Tables
