How to Estimate With Means Data and Costworks,9780876294604

How to Estimate With Means Data and Costworks

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ISBN13: 9780876294604
ISBN10: 0876294603
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): R S Means Co
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Table of Contents

About the Authors ix
Introduction xi
Using Cost Works Instructional Version CD-ROM xiii
A Cautionary Note: Numerical Rounding and Mathematical Judgement xv
Basic Calculations
1(12)
Means Cost Data Format
1(5)
Productivity and Job Duration
6(2)
Equipment Costs
8(1)
Location Factors and City Cost Indexes
9(4)
The Spreadsheet
13(10)
Spreadsheet Types
13(3)
Manual Spreadsheets
13(1)
Electronic Spreadsheets
14(2)
Using CostWorks
16(4)
Additional CostWorks Features
19(1)
Square and Cubic Foot Costs
19(1)
Exercises
20(3)
Earthwork
23(32)
Types of Earthwork
23(1)
Equipment Selection
23(1)
Soil Excavation
24(5)
Swelling and Shrinkage
24(3)
Cost Basis
27(2)
Truck Capacity
29(1)
Excavating by Hand or by Machine?
30(2)
Optimum Number of Trucks per Loader
32(4)
Interpolation between Means Items
36(2)
Substituting Known Local Labor Rate
38(1)
Overtime Productivity Loss and Extra Pay
39(2)
Effect of Inflation/Cost Escalation
41(2)
Equipment Rental Costs for Short or Long Periods
43(2)
Renting vs. Owning Equipment
45(1)
Unit Consistency
46(1)
Exercises
47(8)
Concrete
55(30)
Types of Concrete
55(2)
Cast-in-Place
55(2)
Estimating Concrete
57(20)
Formwork Estimating
57(7)
Estimating Reinforcement
64(2)
Estimating Concrete Mix and Placement
66(2)
Mini-Assemblies (Short-cut Method)
68(1)
Cold Weather Cost Factors
69(2)
Estimating Precast Concrete
71(1)
Lightweight Concrete
72(1)
Additional Estimating Examples
73(4)
Exercises
77(8)
Masonry
85(8)
Types of Masonry
85(1)
Estimating and Waste Allowances
85(1)
Nominal Brick Sizes
85(1)
Productivity Factors
86(1)
Quantity Takeoff
86(5)
Deducting Openings
87(2)
Scaffolding
89(2)
Exercises
91(2)
Metals
93(14)
Estimating Structural Steel
93(9)
Structural Steel Extra Costs
94(1)
Estimating Steel Members
95(7)
Exercises
102(5)
Wood & Plastics and Thermal & Moisture Protection
107(16)
Wood and Wood Products
107(2)
Nominal vs. Real Dimensions
108(1)
Lumber Quantities
108(1)
Thermal & Moisture Control
109(3)
Roofs
109(3)
Estimating Wood Structures
112(5)
Using Units of Quantity
117(2)
Exercises
119(4)
Divisions 8 Through 16
123(6)
Using Means Costs
123(6)
Solving Estimating Problems
123(6)
Approximate Estimates
129(12)
Means Division 17
130(6)
Using Means Division 17
131(5)
Exercises
136(5)
Assemblies Estimating
141(6)
Exercises
146(1)
General Conditions
147(8)
General Conditions and Overhead
147(8)
Estimating General Conditions
147(1)
Project Duration
147(3)
Architectural and Engineering Fees
150(1)
Builder's Risk Insurance
150(1)
Performance Bonds
151(2)
Exercises
153(2)
Equipment Analysis
155(18)
Equipment Depreciation
155(4)
Equipment Expenses
159(8)
Equipment Rental
163(4)
Exercises
167(6)
Appendix A --- Sample Estimating Forms 173(10)
Appendix B --- References 183(4)
Index 187

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