How to Estimate With Means Data & Costworks: Lean How to Estimate Using the Nation's Most Recognized Construction Cost Data: Learn How to Estimate ... Most Recognized Construction Cost Data - Softcover

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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. A new chapter provides professional estimating guidance for plumbing (including fire suppression), mechanical and electrical. Over 300 estimating exercises show you, in detail, how to estimate for a broad range of construction items and systems – including how to calculate general conditions and equipment costs.

Additional features include:

• Expert advice on preliminary or design-stage estimates, such as when and how to use Assemblies and Square Foot estimating techniques
• Tips from professional practitioners, including widely used formulas and rules of thumb.
• Guidance on how to use the features of CostWorks Estimator

FEATURES:

Includes a fully functional instructional version of Building Construction Cost Data CD-ROM. Learn how to export your cost lists to a spreadsheet, or customize them using CostWorks Estimator. The CD also includes:

• Cost data organized according to the 2004 CSI MasterFormat numbering system
• Two sets of plans (residential and light commercial) to practice your estimating techniques in the context of an actual project
• Fully worked-out solutions to sample estimating problems

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