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Master the core skill of taking off quantities for building works with this complete, practical course designed for students and working construction professionals. You’ll learn a clear, repeatable method for measuring and recording quantities from drawings and specifications, building the confidence to produce accurate take-offs that support reliable estimating and cost control. Through voice-over HD video lessons, worked examples, and self-assessment questions, you’ll progress from the fundamentals (units, measurement rules, and take-off structure) to full building-work take-offs, with guidance on common pitfalls and best practice presentation. Learn at your own pace, revisit lessons anytime, and apply the techniques immediately to coursework, practice projects, and APC preparation. Who it’s for? Students, apprentices, trainee and quantity surveyors, construction managers, and APC candidates. An online course from best selling author and chartered surveyor Duncan Cartlidge FRICS explaining how to take off quantities for the wide range of trades in NRM2. The course starts with basic measurement conventions and principles and continues, with the help of 4 hours of voice over videos, to illustrate how to measure the work sections included in NRM2. The course includes self assessment questions, revision exercises and participants can progress at a pace to suit themselves. Duncan Cartlidge FRICS Insights for construction professionals