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Builders Essentials:
Estimating
Building Costs for the Residential & Light Commercial Contractor
by Wayne DelPico
Step-by-Step estimating methods for residential
and light commercial contractors.
A
detailed look at every construction specialty—explaining all the
components, takeoff units, and labor needed for well-organized,
complete estimates.
Every contractor has a unique system for
putting a bid together... but when you submit a price, you must be
prepared to back it up with a reliable estimate. This book gives you
a step-by-step process for organizing all the information you need
to assemble an estimate you can rely on… so you’ll be competitive
and know that you’ll make a worthwhile profit. Follow these methods
and you’ll create well-organized, complete estimates by:
Correctly interpreting plans and
specifications.
Developing accurate and complete labor and
material costs.
Understanding direct and indirect overhead
costs... and accounting for time-sensitive costs.
Using historical cost data to generate new
project budgets.
Plus hard-to-find,
professional guidance on what to consider so you can allocate the
right amount for profit and contingencies.
Includes a detailed look at every construction
specialty – explaining all the components, take-off units, and labor
hours – for site work, concrete and masonry, framing, roofing,
siding, and finish work -- plus HVAC, plumbing and electrical, and
special construction.
With a review of computer estimating
software – and sample Project Overhead Sheets.
400+ pages
Author: Wayne J. DelPico, CPE
Vice President of The Mulligan Company, Inc., where he currently
oversees residential and commercial development and building
projects in southeastern Massachusetts. He has more than 25 years’
experience in construction management, and has been involved in
projects throughout most of the United States. Mr. DelPico holds a
degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston,
where he now teaches construction estimating and project management.
He is the author of Plan
Reading & Material Takeoff, also published by RSMeans, and
is a lecturer on construction estimating topics in programs
presented throughout the U.S.
How
to Estimate with Means Data & CostWorks
Learn and Practice Estimating Techniques with the Construction
Cost Data Used Most by Industry Professionals -
This step-by-step guide takes you through all the major
construction items - now with expanded coverage of site work, concrete and
masonry, wood and metal framing, doors and windows, finish work and
roofing. - includes a fully
functional instructional version of Means CostWorks
CD-ROM
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