Estimating Home Construction Costs, 2nd Edition

Estimating Home Construction Costs, 2nd Edition contains new sample floor plans and elevations, new worksheets and checklists and conversion tables to help you estimate more accurately. You'll find tips and techniques to improve your estimating skills and improve your quantity take-offs. Includes the different types of estimating techniques and when its best to use each of them. Provides tips and formulas for figuring quantities for your estimates. You'll also learn procedures for integrating estimating with cost control, purchasing, and scheduling. Explains techniques for maintaining a database that will facilitate your future estimates whether you estimate by computer or by pen and paper.