How to Estimate with Means
Data & CostWorks
Learn and Practice Estimating
Techniques with the Construction Cost Data Used Most by Industry
Professionals
Third Edition
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.
If you would like to view the Table of
Contents for this book,
click here
270 Pages
Paperback, 252 pages
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