Download or read book Estimating Building Costs Classic Reprint written by William Arthur and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Estimating Building Costs Learning to estimate buildings is not quite the same as learning a language, but it is often better to begin with a little book rather than a large one. This is a small book as compared with The New Building Estimator, of which twelve edi tions were issued up to date, but will be of great service to thousands who might at first consider the larger work too comprehensive. This book will act as a feeder to the other. An endeavor has been made here to present facts in plain language. I gained my knowledge of estimating through experience; but on looking back I can see how much time and guesswork would have been saved had I simply had a small reliable manual to give a fair idea of what others had accomplished in a certain number of hours; and what amount of material is required for the different parts of a building. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Guide for Estimating Construction Costs Classic Reprint written by U. S. Farmers Home Administration and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide for Estimating Construction Costs This Guide has been prepared for the purpose of assisting those persons who are responsible for reviewing and estimating construction costs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Estimating Concrete Buildings Classic Reprint written by Clayton W. Mayers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Estimating Concrete Buildings The actual procedure of concrete construction is still very far from approximating standard practice. Still less has there emerged any generally accepted system for keeping track of the individual cost of the innumerable items that enter into this type of work. Hence no satisfactory basis has been supplied for making estimates in advance of the actual undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Wright on Quantities written by G. Alexander Wright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wright on Quantities: A Plea for a Better System of Estimating, Cost of Buildings in the United States The great difference we find in bids arises, in my opinion, not so much in the prices or money values placed against the quantities, as it does from errors in the quantities themselves, the accurate preparation of which calls for special training and continuous concentration of mind, which the busy contractor of today can seldom find time to acquire. N ow we will investigate a bill of quantities, such as we are considering. What is it? And how is it used? First of all, it is a document, handed free of expense to each bidder, lithographed or similarly duplicated, in order that all bidders' copies may be exactly alike. It will contain every thing which it is essential for a contractor to know when mak ing up a figure, with a separate section for each trade, such as excavation, concrete, brickwork, and so forth. A general sum mary is provided at the end of the bill, in which is entered the net cost of each trade; this summary is footed up, the profit the bidder expects to make is added, plus the cost of the quantities, the result being, of course, the amount of the bid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Estimating the Cost of Buildings written by Arthur W. Joslin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Estimating the Cost of Buildings: A Systematic Treatise on Factors of Costs and Superintendence, With Important Chapters on Plan Reading, Estimating the Cost of Building Alternations, and on System in the Execution of Building Contracts This volume is dedicated to my wife, whose loving presence in my home has made it possible for me to find pleasure there and the time to undertake such matters as this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Builders Reliable Estimator and Contractors Guide written by Frederick Thomas Hodgson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for Pricing All Builders' Work It is the fate of books on estimating for builders that they soon become somewhat unreliable, no matter how exact they may have been when first published. This is due to various reasons, - the continual fluctuations in the prices of labor, changes and introduction of new mate rials, new methods oi construction and style of building. Since this book was first published, the changes made in the cost of labor and in the selling price of material have been wonderful, and it may be said that buildings today are fully twenty-eight per cent more costly than they were when this book was first published. Recently prices have risen so high and at such a rate, that it has been found difficult to keep in touch with them. For three or four years past, contractors have either made or lost a lot of money, for they either have run up big prices, or, in sticking to conservative figures, have suffered losses to a considerable amount. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Estimate Cost of a Concrete Building Classic Reprint written by J. L. Farrelly and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Estimate Cost of a Concrete Building The necessity to know the cost of a structure, after the plans have been drawn up, is to put engineering designs and computations in language that the business man or layman is able to perceive instantly, if that is what is desired. Buildings, more than any other kind of structure require an estimated cost for the reason that the men most interested in its design and completion are not of an engineering profession and are not trained to think along mathematical lines. After the plans of a building have been conpiled by an Architect, it is an engineer's problem, not only to design the steel work, but at the end to make an investigation of the cost of the building, which will enable himself, or his employer, to select a contractor, whose figure most closely approaches the cost estimated. The same method as was used for the estimate of the foregoing plans may be used for a building of any size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Construction Cost Estimating written by Len Holm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction Cost Estimating equips a new generation of students and early-career professionals with the skills they need to bid successfully on projects. From developing bid strategies to submitting a completed bid, this innovative textbook introduces the fundamentals of construction estimating through a real-life case study that unfolds across its 24 chapters. Exercises at the end of each chapter offer hands-on practice with core concepts such as quantity take-offs, pricing, and estimating for subcontractor work. Online resources provide instant access to examples of authentic construction documents, including complete, detailed direct work estimates, subcontractor work estimates, general conditions estimates, markups, and summary schedules. Through its unique mix of real-world examples and classroom-tested insights, Construction Cost Estimating ensures that readers are familiar with the entire estimating process even before setting foot on the jobsite.

Download or read book Radford s Estimating and Contracting written by William A. Radford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Radford's Estimating and Contracting: A Practical Manual of Up-to-Date Methods for Rapid, Systematic, and Accurate Calculation of Costs of All Types and Details of Building Construction It is as true of Estimating as of all other lines of activity. That men learn to do it by doing it, just as they learn to build houses by building them. Estimators are made, not born; and there is such a thing as developing an estimating faculty. So, while this work does not pretend to be a substitute for brains, nevertheless it embodies practical information based on the experience of well-known and successful contractors and builders in all parts of the country, as to the methods of estimating actually used by them in daily practice, on both large and small work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Builder s Guide and Estimator s Price Book written by Frederick Thomas Hodgson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Builder's Guide and Estimator's Price Book: Being a Compilation of Current Prices of Lumber, Hardware, Glass, Plumbers' Supplies, Paints, Slates, Stones, Limes, Cements, Bricks, Tin, and Other Building Materials This work is chiefly intended to assist the Builder and Contractor, in making estimates of the cost of work they may be competing for. A great deal of information often required by contractors cannot be obtained without trouble and serious loss of time, consequently their estimates are frequently guessed at, and their tenders for construction are either absurdly too high, or ridiculously low. This little book is intended in a measure to remedy this defect in estimating, by bringing before the estimator the details to be estimated as far as possible, and their approximate cost. It is im possible, however, to quote prices that will suit every locality or all time, but we have provided for this by leaving a blank column where prices may be entered in pencil, to suit locality and time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Estimating Building Costs written by William Arthur and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Estimating Building Costs written by Calin M. Popescu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-04-22 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies live or die on the basis of estimating their costs. Preparing estimates and bidding for new jobs is a complex and often costly process. There is no substitute for on the job training -- until now. Drawing on the authors' combined experience of more than 70 years, Estimating Building Costs presents state-of-the-art principles, practices, and techniques for assessing these expenditures that can be applied regardless of changes in the costs of materials, equipment, and labor. The book is an efficient and practical tool for developing contracts or controlling project costs. The authors cover the major components of the direct cost: estimating procedures and cost trends related to materials, construction equipment, and skilled and unskilled labor. They describe various types of building estimates encountered during the lifecycle of a project, as well as the role and accuracy of each. The book provides an overview of the industry, cost indexes in use, approaches to preparing a detailed estimate, and an in-depth description of the organization and function of the estimating group. Including CSI Master Format and UniFormat codes, estimating forms, a list of available estimating software packages, a detailed construction site and investigation report, the book provides a cost estimating methodology that readers can tailor to their own organizational needs.

Download or read book Concrete Costs written by Frederick W. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Concrete Costs: Tables and Recommendations for Estimating the Time and Cost of Labor Operations in Concrete Construction and for Introducing Economical Methods of ManagementAn outline for making up estimates on building construction gives special importance to Chapter XXIII. This includes an example showing the methods Of using the tables Of volumes and the tables Of times and costs in practical estimates.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Building Estimator Classic Reprint written by William Arthur and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Building Estimator The illustrations. Are mostly taken from local sources, but I have had a wide enough experience to draw a fair average of time required on all kinds of work. In addition to an apprenticeship on the other side of the Atlantic, and another apprenticeship as a contractor in the West, I spent three years in the city of New York, and half as long in each of the western capitals - Chicago and St. Louis. This much to satisfy those who read the preface that the book was not compiled by a the orist. No matter where work is done, if it is done right there is not such a great amount of difference in the time required. For the last three years I have been in the Chief Engineer's office of the Union Pacific Railroad making plans and estimates for shops, etc. The old saying runs, If you want to find out how little you know of a subject, write about it. No one can be more sensible than I of how far this comes short of being an ideal book, and yet it is much better than it would have been bad the railroad experience not been added to the total, as that showed larger quantities handled on another class of work than falls to the average contractor. Doctor Johnson, the dictionary man, used to pride himself on his prefaces, for in them he explained how a book should be written, and why it was impossible so to write it. The Engineering News in a recent complaint over the dearth of technical books written by practical men forgot to mention, among other reasons for the deficiency, that the perspective looks so much better than the building as to induce a feeling of discouragement. And yet, it is better that it is so; for all men and railroads, all arts and sciences, and most books, like trees, must grow or rot. If, therefore, while there is much here that is not elsewhere, you meet the common fault of such works - a lack of some thing that ought to be shown in capital letters - it is to be regarded not so much as a blemish, as a sign that progress is still possible, and as a flattering invitation to try your skill as an author and make two words grow where only one grew before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Singer s Guide and Estimator for General Contractors of Building written by William S. Singer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Singer's Guide and Estimator for General Contractors of Building: Comprising of an Easy System of Estimating Materials and Labor at Various Prices Throughout the United States M0008? M 000. Mun0About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Railway Builder written by William Jasper Nicolls and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Railway Builder: A Handbook for Estimating the Cost of American Railway Construction and Equipment IN the present edition the entire work has been carefully revised and brought up to date. It has also received many additions, the page enlarged, and a new form of binding adopted, so as to render the volume suitable both for the library and pocket. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Contractors Builders And Carpenters Building Table and Estimate Book written by L. E. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Contractors', Builders', And Carpenters' Building Table and Estimate Book: Being a Systematic, Thorough and Practical Method by Which to Estimate the Cost Material, With Full and Complete Instructions The Author does not claim any invention or new discovery; there is nothing contained in the work that should not be familiar to all experienced builders. But to such, as a book of reference, it will be of great convenience, saving them much time and labor in making estimates. Many builders have long experienced the need of such a work, that would greatly lessen the time and labor in estimating the cost of building, and at the same time teach the workman the art of calculating the cost of buildings. The special object of which is to show the proper method of obtaining the cost of any contract, large or small, and to greatly lessen the time and labor in making the calculations. The greater part of the book is unlike any other work, with so great a variety of full bills of timber giving the number of feet of frame lumber, boarding, clapboarding, shingles &c., in over two hundred buildings of various dimensions, commencing with the size of 8 by 10 and gradually increasing to 100 feet in length with proportionate width. With such a variety one can hardly fail of finding the desired size with the number of feet annexed The rules for measuring dimension lumber, wood and bark, will here be found the shortest and best methods for making such measurements, giving such examples and explanations as cannot be found in any Arithmetic. These rules and examples arc so thoroughly explained in their several different ways that they should be in the hands of every man and every schoolboy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.