Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Book, 28th Edition

Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book is the single most important resource you can own. It gives you the tools you need to work up your own costs per construction job. With Walker’s, you get material quantities and labor productivity for your job based on your job conditions – that’s the kind of flexibility and reliability no computer program or unit price catalog can provide. For accurate building costs, turn to the source that construction professionals have relied on since 1915. The 28th edition has been expanded and revised with metric equivalents. With more than 1,500 pages, this is the most comprehensive, widely-used publication of its kind. This combination of quantities of labor and material with supportive reference data enables the estimator to accurately determine variable components of unit costs. This book consolidates reference material from the supply side of the industry and displays hundreds of pages of charts, tables, drawings and unit cost tables in appropriate sections .This reduces the user’s need to search multiple sources thus saving substantial time and analysis in the estimating process. For contractors, appraisers, adjusters, architects, engineers, home craftsmen, colleges, universities and technical schools. Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book includes construction methods, material quantities, labor costs, labor productivity, reference tables, charts and diagrams and is organized in 16 division CSI Format, with Metric Equivalents for easy use and covers. The publication addresses the following key topics: construction techniques and methods, material quantities required, types of material, manhours/productivity rates, application rates and more!