Construction estimating : a step-by-step guide to a successful estimate / Karl F. Schmid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmid, Karl F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Estimates.

Building.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Go online and type in "construction, estimating" and you will get over 25 estimating and takeoff software programs. There are programs for all the trades and for large, midsized, and small contractors, in both building and heavy construction. Now type in "construction contractor, failures" and scan the various responses. You will learn that according to the Surety Information Office the contractor failure rate is about 25% for trade contractors and 22% for heavy, highway contractors. These figures have been fairly constant for years. You will also learn that poor estimating is a major cause of these failures. This book will focus on small construction contracting firms, but the concepts presented are equally applicable to heavy construction. It is written for contractors that either do not use estimating software or use packaged software that frequently does not include all the items of work that they are called on to do.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Initial assessment

Initial assessment checklist

2. Work analysis

Work analysis checklist

Value engineering

3. Programming

3.1 Gantt (bar) charts and linked bar charts

3.2 Critical path method (CPM)

3.3 Line of balance

3.4 Q. scheduling

4. Costing

Construction accounting overview

Costing: general

Mobilization

Plant operations

Direct expenses

Indirect and overhead expenses

5. Cost distribution and summarization

Indirect and overhead cost distribution

Provisional rate for estimating

Summarization

6. Miscellany

6.1 Insurances

6.2 Subcontractor selection

6.3 Alteration work

6.4 Concrete forms

6.5 Hydraulic and machineroomless elevators

6.6 Value engineering

Planning phase

Implementation phase

Analysis phase

Development phase

Recommendation phase

Follow-up phase

6.7 Non-computer-based critical path method

6.8 Line-of-balance scheduling

6.9 Q. scheduling

6.10 Sizing portable heaters

6.11 Summarizing your bid

6.12 The 27 times table

6.13 Board measure (BM)

6.14 Inches to decimals of 1 foot

6.15 Conversion factors

6.16 Sizing electrical wiring

6.17 Miscellaneous rough carpentry

6.18 Miscellaneous finish carpentry

6.19 Board measure, size, and weight

6.20 Nails and fasteners

7. Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on August 26, 2011).

ISBN:

1-283-89592-7

1-60650-293-X

OCLC:

784886061