Virtual Design & Construction Institute Reviews & Testimonials

Just want to give kudos to the instructor, very thorough and easy to follow.

Helpful and insightful will make my workflow better and improve my skills with fundamental knowledge and practices. Michael was helpful and encouraging, with great clarity and flow in his explanations.

I enjoyed the whole course. The training provided me with the much-needed knowledge I was lacking.

I rate this course a 5 out of 5. I enjoyed the step-by-step guidance on drawing the architectural elements to simplify the work as it progressed into a more complete set of drawings. The training has improved my standing in the company, showing I am willing to keep their skillset current with the everchanging CAD functionality.

I rate VDCI's training a 5 out of 5! Once I became acclimated to the course layout, it was smooth to follow and encouraged active engagement through the quizzes. This training helped kick-start my new career by providing me with the foundational knowledge I need to excel in my job at a high level.

What I enjoyed most about learning with VDCI was the vast knowledge that I gained from the instructor and class materials, and of course, scoring well on the tests! After earning my Blueprint Reading Certification with VDCI, I received a promotion and a sizable raise. Thank You!!!

This course deserves an overall rating of 5 out of 5 because it was very user-friendly and provided an abundance of useful knowledge. I especially appreciated the flexibility to move at my own pace without needing to attend a physical location, allowing me to fit the class into my schedule. The VDCI training significantly enhanced my understanding of construction estimation and revealed the impactful role it plays in reducing waste on job sites, proving invaluable to my career growth.

Great course, thank you! 10/10! Instructor was extremely kind and patient. I messaged him once about a point of clarity needed on a video. He was very thorough in his answer and offered further help if needed. He was also really encouraging (and as a student this late in life)....that mattered! Really impressed and very grateful.

Excellent course. Very satisfied. Great instructor. He was thorough, knowledgeable, and VERY encouraging! Extremely grateful.

The videos were great and easy to follow. They had a great deal of information.

The ease of access and informative videos provided by the course were exceptional. It’s a great addition to my resume and might help me secure a new job!

I give this course a 5 out of 5. It was amazing! What I enjoyed the most is that the videos weren't too long but very informative and simple. It helped me grasp the basics of engineering construction documents beyond just architectural ones and improved my understanding of how to navigate through a blueprint.

I really enjoyed the course. The training at VDCI has helped my career, especially with projects that require detailed and coordinated drawings.

Thank you, VDCI, for giving me the support I needed to achieve satisfactory learning, which will be relevant to having a better quality of my work in construction! This was a very good experience.

This course was great, I learned so much more than I thought I would. I ended up with so much more knowledge than I ever could have hoped for. Originally the reason I signed up for this course was because I needed it in order to get my NYC Asbestos Investigators License. I figured that it would be like all the other online courses...boring and all information would be forgotten before the end of the week. But the way this course was set up with a real person speaking, and showing us what they are referring to by highlighting each area, on REAL construction drawings showed me exactly what they were addressing. Also, the information was conveyed in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, which made it possible to understand even with no prior knowledge of construction or blueprints. After learning so much, I want to take the next course even if I don't need it, and my company doesn't pay for it. Looking forward to the next one!

I enjoyed this course because it is self-paced, informative, and accessible to people both within and outside of the industry. The construction estimating course clearly illustrated the entire process for takeoffs and provided valuable insight into how tasks were performed before the advancements of digital technology in construction. It helped me successfully transition into a new career.

Lots of great information!

I really enjoyed the online, hands on, in depth lessons that taught me how to use CAD. Thanks to VDCI, I’m working full-time designing fire protection systems! It’s a dream come true. Thanks to you my future looks brighter than ever!

I would rate this course a 5 out of 5 because of its comprehensive and well-structured content. The self-paced format allowed me to balance work and other commitments while completing the course on time, and the clear, beginner-friendly videos made learning straightforward and approachable.

The videos were very easy to follow, and the projects were both engaging and fun to design. Thanks to the certification and knowledge I gained from VDCI, I was able to secure a solid job at an engineering firm without needing an engineering degree.

The flexibility to revisit the course videos whenever needed was incredibly helpful. It also allowed me to confidently return to using AutoCAD after many years away from it.

VDCI provided me with the opportunity to transition from the software I was using to Revit, meeting the needs of my employer. Additionally, my instructor, Michael Wilson, was exceptional in addressing my questions and concerns via email.

The training at VDCI helped me refresh my knowledge and gave me the opportunity to learn more about the systems here in the USA. Also, I like the fact that I could go through the course at my own pace.

The course is well organized and thorough and is going smoother seemingly every day as my familiarity with the process keeps improving.

The courses are great! The instructor had great explanations and was very helpful in understanding.

I really enjoyed it and learned a lot!

Thanks for a great course!

I strongly recommend this course!

Easy to follow and great narrative!

Great course!

Great Course! I took AutoCAD Courses back in the late 90's, have not used it since then, so I am super slow and rusty. A lot has changed!

I appreciate the in-depth video learning experience! I like how the course is divided into several videos which is making it extremely efficient and easy for me to understand everything and not get overwhelmed with a lot of information compared to having longer videos.

I enjoyed taking this course! I feel I will be taking a lot of this training on how to understand reading and also understanding blueprints more now than ever.

Great, informative training.

Great refresher and I really appreciate the the details the person on the video is presenting.  Huge help for my learning style!

This course is easy to understand and follow the instructions, I will qualify it as highly user friendly!

I like this course, it helps me to learn more AutoCAD and it also has geometry and the slopes, and I like the geometrics.

Very well taught, I would highly recommend to someone trying to learn more about blueprints! 550

The instructor is great. I appreciate the way he takes his time and separates work between videos.

It was a great learning experience!

My Instructor was great!

This course is perfect as an introduction. Speaking to my step-dad who is in the structural drafting field, this is how it will be on the job in most respects, so it worked for me just fine!

This course was amazing!

My instructor, Michael Wilson, was extremely responsive and helpful when I was having some difficulty with the quizzes, I appreciate his dedication. Overall, this was easy to follow and I was able to go from zero knowledge in AutoCAD to creating a full drawing set in a matter of weeks. It will definitely take additional training to get the hang of all of it, but I would recommend it to others.

I'm more of a person who learns things from instruction through example. Meaning I need someone to visually show and explain to me how something works or is done. Through this course I've been able to not only get that kind of teaching but have been able to easily follow along and do it myself based on the video I followed along.

I enjoyed this course. The layers that go into constructing a building are fascinating!

This course is well put together and very informative.

This was a great course! It is amazing to see all of the layers that go into creating structures. I really enjoyed learning how to read blueprints.

I loved the speakers voice and how he explained everything. Very easy to understand and very helpful in understanding blueprints. The instructor was helpful when I needed assistance.

Covered a lot of material and was very clear instructions!