How to Estimate with Means Data & CostWorks

Third Edition

Learn and Practice Estimating Techniques with the Construction Cost Data Used Most by Industry Professionals

This step-by-step guide takes you through all the major construction items - now with expanded coverage of site work, concrete and masonry, wood and metal framing, doors and windows, finish work and roofing. A new chapter provides professional estimating guidance for plumbing (including fire suppression), mechanical and electrical.

Over 300 estimating exercises show you, in detail, how to estimate for a broad range of construction items and systems - including how to calculate general conditions and equipment costs.

Plus…

• Expert advice on preliminary or design-stage estimates - when and how to use Assemblies and Square Foot estimating techniques.
• Tips from professional practitioners, including widely used formulas and rules of thumb.
• Guidance on how to use the features of CostWorks Estimator.

Updated edition includes a fully functional instructional version of Means CostWorks CD-ROM.

CostWorks enables you to quickly access construction costs on your computer... then customize them to your location and job conditions with the ease of point-and-click technology. Export your cost lists to a spreadsheet, or customize them using CostWorks Estimator.

The CD also includes:

• Cost data organized according to the 2004 CSI MasterFormat numbering system.
• Two sets of plans - one residential and one light commercial - to practice your estimating techniques in the context of an actual project.
• Fully worked-out solutions to sample estimating problems.

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270 Pages

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