Learn how to scope, price, document, and explain restoration estimates with a contractor-friendly system built around real job files, digital tools, and Hope AI support.
Identify loss areas, damaged materials, contents, safety concerns, photos, notes, and the job conditions that drive the estimate.
Work through line items, labor, materials, equipment, time-and-material formulas, and estimate structure for restoration jobs.
Build a cleaner job file with scope notes, photos, daily logs, equipment records, authorizations, and digital field documents.
Explain estimate logic to customers, adjusters, property managers, and crews with clear supporting documentation.
Enrollment includes the DES course, Hope AI, DryIQ estimating support, digital field documents, and customer/adjuster-ready PDFs you can print, email, and share from real projects.
Hope is IRI's restoration-trained AI coach. Ask about scope writing, line-item estimating, T&M conversion, contract terms, job documentation, customer explanations, or how to structure an estimate and she answers in contractor-friendly language.
Self-paced modules covering estimating basics, project documentation, contracts, restoration management, and jobsite decision-making.
Ask estimating questions by text, voice, or photo and get help with scope notes, line items, customer language, and adjuster-ready explanations.
Use restoration-focused estimating tools for room scoping, T&M to unit pricing, photos, line items, and PDF report support.
Build digital documents, job files, safety notes, inventories, logs, and customer/adjuster PDFs that can be printed, emailed, or shared.
The IRI disaster estimation certification includes AI-enhanced tutoring, professional field tools, and digital documents — all included free with enrollment.
Digital restoration and estimating documents you can complete, print, email, and share with customers, adjusters, property managers, and crews.
Instant access to course + AI tools + documents
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Take DES by itself or bundle it with water, fire, and mold so your team understands the field work behind the estimate.
Best for estimators, project managers, adjusters, and contractors who need stronger scope and documentation skills.
Pair DES with WRS, FRS, or MS when your company is adding a restoration division or cross-training staff.
WRS + MS + FRS + DES for contractors who want field knowledge, estimating, and documentation across the core restoration lanes.
That is why DES is self-paced, mobile-friendly, and built around Hope. Study after the jobsite, between estimates, or from the office. When a formula, term, or scope concept gets sticky, ask Hope and keep moving.
DES is built for working contractors, estimators, project managers, adjusters, and office staff who need practical training without leaving the business behind.
Enrollment gives access right away so you can begin when the schedule opens.
Study from phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop with the same AI-supported LMS.
Use digital documents that can be printed, emailed, and shared with customers and adjusters.
DES supports estimating and documentation. Separate field services such as water, mold, and fire restoration may have state or local rules that should be checked before work begins.
Review water restoration licensing and certification requirement pages by state.
Check mold remediation rules and certification pages before estimating or performing mold work.
Review fire and smoke restoration requirement pages connected to field service work.
