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| Estimating in Building Construction (6th Edition) (Hardcover)
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Edition: 6
Author: Frank R. Dagostino, Leslie Feigenbaum
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date: 2002-08-17
ISBN-10: 0130604054
ISBN-13: 9780130604057
List Price: $120.00
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Everything needed to understand Estimating is provided in this proven handbook, which combines coverage of principles with step-by-step procedures. The authors use the popular approach of tracing a complete project's progress throughout the book. Incorporates the use of computers as a key estimating tool. Includes a WinEstimator CD with each copy of the book; readers will develop good computer-based estimating skills through the use of this powerful software, which also includes practice spreadsheets. Keeps readers up to date on the latest methods and materials. Includes a revised and updated illustration program. Provides complete, book-long case studies for follow-through of both commercial and residential buildings. Examines the interrelationship between contract documents and the quantity take-off of material. The ideal reference for construction managers, architects, and engineers.
A good cost estimating overview - but lacking in analysis of productivity and profit analysis.
| Customer Rating: | The chapters, which roughly correspond to the CSI format, was a good structure. The coverage of each of the topics was competent and understandable.
Lacking was analysis of labor productivity which is usually the largest cost determinant for most line items. The discussion of profit caluclation was divorced from the real world - the actual calculation method is as detailed as calculation as any other line item.
Some discusion of conceptual or rough order of magnitude estmating would have been helpful. This skill is used to determine if a project is worth bidding, so must be discussed a little.Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals |
Perfect Learning Tool
| Customer Rating: | | I highly recommend this book for preliminary education on the art of construction estimating. The book is clear, concise, and extremely well illustrated. |
The Irony of Estimating...
| Customer Rating: | | Yes this book contains just about every material involved in building a structure and has many formulas to figure out anything you could possibly imagine, from materials to labor. The downfall is in the review questions and exercises dealing with the provided blueprints, which are very vague and difficult to interpret, thus making any of your estimating practice next to useless. There's got to be a better book out there... |
Great deal
| Customer Rating: | | Excellent condition, great price and arrived just in time as promised. Great deal compared with my university's bookstore. |
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