New course · 2026

Copilot AI Skills for Quantity Surveyors

Live online over four weeks, built around the documents quantity surveyors actually work in: cost plans, tender returns, valuations and payment applications, meeting minutes and standard form contracts. You work on synthesised document sets, so nothing of your client's goes anywhere near the room. No technical AI background required.
FORMAT
2 x 1-hour sessions, 2 x 2-hour sessions, across four consecutive weeks
AUDIENCE
Quantity surveyors in cost management, PQS and contract administration
DELIVERY
Live online · UK/IRE times
REQUIRES
Paid Microsoft 365 Copilot licence (business, enterprise or personal)

€ 599 

per person.
inc. hackathon
Session 1
Optional · 1 week before
2 November, 12pm-1pm
Session 2
9 November, 12pm-2pm
Session 3
16 November, 12pm-2pm
Session 4
23 November, 12pm-1pm
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This course takes you from occasional Copilot use to a working practice you repeat every week, on the documents that fill a surveyor's day. You build the prompts, the knowledge bases and the agents in the session, on synthesised cost plans, tender returns, valuations and contracts that behave like the real thing.

  • Stop getting generic output from Copilot and start getting drafts you would put your name to
  • Check valuations, tender returns and cost plans against source documents without the line-by-line slog
  • Turn standard forms, correspondence and project files into one searchable source you can interrogate
  • Hand the repeat work, minutes, action lists and comparison tables to agents you build yourself
  • Know where to trust the output and where sign-off stays with your professional judgement

Who it's for

Quantity surveyors who want Copilot taking the manual work out of cost plans, tender returns, valuations and contract administration. No technical AI background needed.

Cost managers
You spend too much time assembling reports and chasing commentary into shape. This course shows you how Copilot handles the drafting and the checking so the analysis stays yours and the assembly stops being your problem.
Project quantity surveyors
You are working across tender returns, valuations and payment applications against a deadline. This course shows you how Copilot takes the comparison and first-draft work so you get through the volume without losing accuracy.
Contract administrators
You need minutes, notices and correspondence that stand up if a claim lands. This course gives you reusable prompts and agents that produce consistent documents every time, with your judgement on top.

Course structure

Hands-on throughout, with live demos and guided exercises on synthesised surveying documents. A week between each session, with two 30-minute practice slots set by the facilitator and reviewed at the next session.

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Session 1· 2 November, 12pm- 1pm
Setup, safety and first prompts

One hour, one week before the main teaching starts. You confirm your licence works, that you can see Agents and Notebooks, and that Copilot is live in your Office apps. You agree the rules for what can and cannot go into Copilot when the documents belong to a client, and you run your first prompts on a surveying document before the hour is out.

Session 2 · 9 November, 12pm-2 pm
Personalisation and prompting

Two hours. You set Custom Instructions and Saved Memories so Copilot knows how you work before you ask it anything. You then build structured prompts using the six moves, and run them across Copilot Chat and inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams, on tasks like interrogating a cost plan, summarising a run of meeting minutes and drafting correspondence you would actually send.

Session 3 · 16 November, 12pm- 1pm
Agents, knowledge bases and workflows

Bring a live problem from your own desk. You apply what you built in the deep dive to your own work, with support in the room, and leave with a working output you can use the next day.

Session 4 · 23 November, 12pm- 2pm
Workshop

One hour. No new teaching. You bring one real task from this week's workload and finish it in the room, with facilitator support and peer learning across cost management, PQS and contract administration. Everyone leaves with at least one output they can use on Monday morning.

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Frequently asked questions
Do I need a coding or technical background to take this course?

None at all. Our courses are specifically designed for working professionals, executives, and design teams who want practical AI skills, not a computer science lecture.

  • If you are taking a Copilot course, basic familiarity with standard Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, Outlook) is all you need.
  • For Claude Code, Claude handles the actual coding while you direct it using plain English.
  • For visual or industry-specific paths like Estate Agents or Built Environment, we focus entirely on practical workflows, layout options, and project management—never complex programming.
Is my project and financial data secure, and can I use my own files?

Yes, absolutely. Security and confidentiality are our highest priorities, especially for our AEC and Finance cohorts:

  • Data Privacy: Microsoft Copilot and Claude enterprise plans respect your existing corporate IT permissions. The AI only sees data you are already authorized to access, and your inputs are never used to train public models.
  • Course Work: Live workshop sessions use anonymized dummy data so you can focus entirely on mastering techniques in a safe environment. You will then be given clear frameworks to confidently apply those exact same prompts to your live, proprietary project files between modules.
How is this training different from free courses or generic AI tutorials?

The market is flooded with generic "how to write prompts" videos. Our edge is entirely different:

  • Live, Expert Facilitation: You are learning in real-time alongside an executive-level peer group, guided by practitioners from companies actively deploying AI in the real world.
  • Always Up-to-Date: The second an AI model drops a new feature, we rebuild our exercises. You are getting a cutting-edge playground, not stale theory.
  • Workflow Integration: We don't just teach tools in a vacuum; we show you exactly how they talk to your existing ecosystem - whether that’s integrating Claude with Microsoft 365 or feeding AI-generated concepts downstream into Revit, Rhino, and Photoshop.

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Copilot AI Skills for Quantity Surveyors

Two sessions. One project. Outputs you'll actually use at work.
Session 1 ·
2 November, 12pm-1pm
Session 2 ·
9 November, 12pm-2pm
Session 3 ·
16 November, 12pm-2pm
Session 4 ·
23 November, 12pm-1pm
Secure your spot
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