AFIT CE recently taught WENG 400 on-site in Guam and provided support to the Indo-Pacific Command theaterwide construction and Guam Typhoon Recovery programs.  The completion of this course offering successfully graduated and authorized 20 students as new construction cost estimators, which included nine Korean-speaking students. (AF contributed photo)

The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Civil Engineer School recently visited Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam to teach an on-site offering of WENG 400, Life-Cycle Cost Estimating. 

WENG 400 is a mathematically-intensive course that requires students to demonstrate accurate estimating skills to become an authorized Air Force Civil Engineer construction cost estimator.  The objectives of the course are to teach life-cycle cost analyses for cost effective decision-making and accurate construction cost estimating methods to plan, program and execute AF programs within deadlines and budget requirements.

The course is the solution to congressional calls for improved estimating accuracy to ensure construction programs meet mission priorities, are executed on-time and within budget.  Additionally, WENG 400 fulfills presidential and departmental mandates to make capital investment decisions considering full-life-cycle cost analyses.

AFIT CE offers on-site offerings of construction cost estimating in the Pacific Air Forces, and the United States Air Forces in Europe theaters to support three priorities:  target in-person instruction to students operating in environments where English is the second language, provide support to theater development programs and create a theater-wide network of estimators and construction program managers that can provide mutual support across AF bases in other countries.

Teaching WENG 400 on-site in Guam allowed AFIT CE to provide support to the Indo-Pacific Command theaterwide construction and Guam Typhoon Recovery programs.  The completion of this course offering successfully graduated and authorized 20 students as new construction cost estimators, which included nine Korean-speaking students.

The vision of AFIT’s Civil Engineer School is to ensure every Civil Engineer Airman is educated through a continuum of learning to confidently and expertly integrate engineer capabilities for mission success and to be recognized as the defense leader of delivering joint engineer education.  For more information about CE courses, please visit https://www.afit.edu/CE/index.cfm , or email afit.ce.cmc@us.af.mil .

The Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT is located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  AFIT’s mission is to educate defense professionals to innovatively accomplish the deterrence and warfighting missions of the USAF and USSF.  AFIT’s vision is to lead defense-focused education, research and consultation to accelerate military superiority across all domains and is accomplished through operationally relevant advanced academic education, research, and professional continuing education.  For more information, please visit the AFIT webpage https://www.afit.edu/ or contact Ms. Jaclyn Knapp at Jaclyn.Knapp.2@us.af.mil.