A tool for university teaching
Teach takeoff, cost estimating and pricing with real tools. Class workspaces, sample projects and assignment templates.
Education
Education
It teaches and it learns: a tool for students, an assistant for users
Arkesif is both a production tool and a learning environment. It can be used in architecture and civil engineering education, and it teaches its own users along the way.
An assistant that teaches the user
Every suggestion explains its reason: what an item is, how a unit price is formed, why something looks missing.
Educational content and guides
Open guides on item analysis, cost literacy and takeoff practice.
University collaborations
An academic partnership programme for curriculum integration, joint research and student projects.
Sample curriculum
A suggested flow for a 14-week term
- 1
Foundations
Takeoff, units of measure and the concept of a bill item. What is a cost estimate for?
- 2
Room-based takeoff
Deriving wall, floor and ceiling quantities from room dimensions.
- 3
Items and analysis
How a unit price is formed: material, labour, machinery and overhead.
- 4
Estimate and quote
Cost estimate with VAT, discount and profit; preparing a quote for the client.
- 5
Data and model literacy
How suggestions are produced, and how to read confidence ranges and bias.
- 6
Term project
Students take their own project from takeoff to a defended quote.
For universities
Free education licence, joint curriculum work and data collaboration. Let's talk to your department.