Construction-cost estimating

the long version

VAN KEMPEN, JAY R. Construction-Cost Estimating Reston VA: Reston Publishing Co, 1983. Hardcover. ISBN: 0835909379. BUSINESS. Slick white boards, black lettering, tan and black design. 232pp. Index. A few drawings. A personalized system which does not use commercially printed estimating forms. All of the compilation and computation of data for the material take-off is accomplished by the estimator, employing the concepts introduced in this book, rather than by use of oversimplified estimating tables, which tend to produce "guesstimates, " rather than estimates. Methodically guides the estimator from the compilation of data for the specifications take-off and the material-quantity take-off, through the completion of the take-off sheets and the determination of the unit prices, and on to the pricing and completion of the final construction-cost estimate.