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Estimating building costs for the residential & light commercial construction professional / Wayne J. Del Pico.

By: DelPico, Wayne J.
Contributor(s): DelPico, Wayne J. Estimating building costs.
Publisher: Hoboken, N. J. : RSMeans / John Wiley & Sons, c2012Edition: 2nd ed.ISBN: 9781118099414 (pbk.).Other title: Estimating building costs for the residential and light commercial construction professional.Subject(s): Building -- Estimates -- United States | Building -- EstimatesDDC classification: 692.5
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ForewordAbout the AuthorIntroductionChapter One. The Working DrawingsChapter Two. Understanding the SpecificationsChapter Three. Calculating Linear Measure, Area, & VolumeChapter Four. The Quantity Takeoff and PricingChapter Five. Understanding Material & Labor CostsChapter Six. General RequirementsChapter Seven. Existing ConditionsChapter Eight. ConcreteChapter Nine. MasonryChapter Ten. MetalsChapter Eleven. Wood Plastics & CompositesChapter Twelve. Thermal & Moisture ProtectionChapter Thirteen. OpeningsChapter Fourteen. FinishesChapter Fifteen. SpecialtiesChapter Sixteen. Equipment, Furnishings, Special Construction & Conveying EquipmentChapter Seventeen. Fire SuppressionChapter Eighteen. PlumbingChapter Nineteen. Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)Chapter Twenty. Integrated AutomationChapter Twenty-One. Electrical SystemsChapter Twenty-Two. Communications, Electronic Safety and SecurityChapter Twenty-Three. EarthworkChapter Twenty-Four. Exterior ImprovementsChapter Twenty-Five. UtilitiesChapter Twenty-Six. Profit & ContingenciesChapter Twenty-Seven. Estimating by ComputerChapter Twenty-Eight. Conceptual Estimating.
Summary: "Completely revised, updated, and reorganized to conform to Masterformat 2010, this new edition provides a step-by-step guide to estimating building costs for contractors. A series of questions at the end of each chapter helps the reader summarize the content. In addition, the chapter on computer estimating has been expanded to cover the new estimating software for performing quantity takeoff by computer, and content covering the procedures for conceptual estimating as well as parametric estimating has been added"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "A step-by-step guide to estimating building costs for contractors, completely updated and reorganized to conform to Masterformat 2010. A series of questions at the end of each chapter will help the reader summarize the content. The chapter on computer estimating will be expanded to cover the new estimating software for performing quantity takeoff by computer, and content covering the procedures for conceptual estimating as well as parametric estimating will be added"-- Provided by publisher.
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Rev. ed. of: Estimating building costs / Wayne J. Del Pico. c2004.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: ForewordAbout the AuthorIntroductionChapter One. The Working DrawingsChapter Two. Understanding the SpecificationsChapter Three. Calculating Linear Measure, Area, & VolumeChapter Four. The Quantity Takeoff and PricingChapter Five. Understanding Material & Labor CostsChapter Six. General RequirementsChapter Seven. Existing ConditionsChapter Eight. ConcreteChapter Nine. MasonryChapter Ten. MetalsChapter Eleven. Wood Plastics & CompositesChapter Twelve. Thermal & Moisture ProtectionChapter Thirteen. OpeningsChapter Fourteen. FinishesChapter Fifteen. SpecialtiesChapter Sixteen. Equipment, Furnishings, Special Construction & Conveying EquipmentChapter Seventeen. Fire SuppressionChapter Eighteen. PlumbingChapter Nineteen. Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)Chapter Twenty. Integrated AutomationChapter Twenty-One. Electrical SystemsChapter Twenty-Two. Communications, Electronic Safety and SecurityChapter Twenty-Three. EarthworkChapter Twenty-Four. Exterior ImprovementsChapter Twenty-Five. UtilitiesChapter Twenty-Six. Profit & ContingenciesChapter Twenty-Seven. Estimating by ComputerChapter Twenty-Eight. Conceptual Estimating.

"Completely revised, updated, and reorganized to conform to Masterformat 2010, this new edition provides a step-by-step guide to estimating building costs for contractors. A series of questions at the end of each chapter helps the reader summarize the content. In addition, the chapter on computer estimating has been expanded to cover the new estimating software for performing quantity takeoff by computer, and content covering the procedures for conceptual estimating as well as parametric estimating has been added"-- Provided by publisher.

"A step-by-step guide to estimating building costs for contractors, completely updated and reorganized to conform to Masterformat 2010. A series of questions at the end of each chapter will help the reader summarize the content. The chapter on computer estimating will be expanded to cover the new estimating software for performing quantity takeoff by computer, and content covering the procedures for conceptual estimating as well as parametric estimating will be added"-- Provided by publisher.