Building Construction EstimatingBuilding Construction Estimating furnishes readers with specific details on how a general building contractor derives the cost of a project before it begins, and how the estimate fits into the total construction process. The book provides coverage of such areas as determining labor productivity and wages, selecting equipment and assigning productivity rates and costs, acquiring specialty contractor prices, and assigning overhead costs and profit. The material is presented from the point of view of a general contractor working on a competitively bid stipulated-sum (lump-sum) contract. However, other contract methods and the effects they have on the estimating process are also discussed. Furthermore, the principles of estimating for the specialty trades are discussed from the reference of a general building contractor, and how the subcontractor's bid will affect the total project cost is presented. Of special note is the book's introduction and utilization of computers in the estimating process - enabling readers to utilize new technology in an effective and efficient manner. The book is organized in a way that first teaches the reader to perform many of the estimating activities manually, then guides them in developing a computer spreadsheet. The use of spreadsheets empowers the reader to go beyond the manual calculations and develop new and more proficient solutions to estimating problems. |
Contents
Student Exercises | 33 |
Overview of the Detailed Estimate | 45 |
Developing the Cost for a Detailed Estimate | 87 |
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additional agreement AMERICAN INSTITUTE amount arbitration Architect asphalt shingles bidder block board foot bond brick building calculations Change Order chapter CHECKED Claim columns COMPUTED concrete construction company construction firm Contract Documents Contract Sum Contractor crew hours cubic yards detailed estimate determine develop dimensions division drywall EQUIPMENT COST estimating process estimator will need example excavation feet FIGURE finish carpentry floor foot measure footage formwork framing grid HVAC included installed INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS job overhead joists labor cost LENGTH TOTAL line item masonry masons material suppliers metal method percent perform Plumbing production rate property insurance proposal purchased QUAN quantity takeoff roof schedule of values separate contractor shingles Shop Drawings slab soffit specialty spreadsheet square foot structural steel subcontractor Subparagraph SUBTOTAL summary sheet TOTAL FROM PREVIOUS Union Plumbing unit price wage rates wall wood shingles worker hours worksheet YORK AVENUE