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Estimating in Building Construction (6th Edition)

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Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

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For courses in Construction Estimation, Cost Estimation, and Project Management. Everything needed for a course in Estimating is provided in this proven text, which combines coverage of principles with step-by-step procedures. Ideal for construction, architecture, and engineering students, it reflects the popular approach of tracing a complete project's progress. The use of computers as a key estimating tool is incorporated throughout.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 692.5
EAN: 9780130604057
ISBN: 0130604054
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 362
Publication Date: 2002-08-17
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Studio: Prentice Hall


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Olin's Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods
• Basic Engineering for Builders
• Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
• Construction Planning and Scheduling (3rd Edition)
• Construction Project Management (2nd Edition)


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

A good cost estimating overview - but lacking in analysis of productivity and profit analysis. -
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 -
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... -
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 -
Excellent condition, great price and arrived just in time as promised. Great deal compared with my university's bookstore.

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