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. 270 pp.

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.

How to Estimate with Means Data & CostWorks, 3rd Edition - Table of Contents:

• About the Authors & Contributors
• Introduction
• Using CostWorks Instructional Version CD-ROM
• Installation
• Accessing Instructional Information:
• Building Plans & Spreadsheets
• A Cautionary Note: Numerical Rounding & Mathematical Judgment
• Basic Calculations
  • Means Cost Data Format
  • Productivity & Activity Duration
  • Equipment Costs
  • City Cost Indexes & Location Factors
• Spreadsheet Types
  • Manual Spreadsheets
  • Electronic Spreadsheets
  • Using CostWorks
  • Additional CostWorks Features
  • Square Foot & Cubic Foot Costs
  • Exercises
• Adjusting Means Data to Job Conditions
  • Markups on Labor Cost
  • Interpolation Between Means Items
  • Substituting Known Local Labor Rates
  • Overtime Productivity Loss & Extra Pay
  • Effect of Inflation/Cost Escalation
  • Unit Consistency
  • CostWorks Estimator
  • Adding, Changing, or Deleting Costs
  • Exercises
• Concrete (Division 3)
  • Types of Concrete
  • Estimating Concrete
  • Additional Estimating Examples
  • Exercises
• Masonry (Division 4)
  • Types of Masonry
  • Estimating & Waste Allowances
  • Productivity Factors
  • Quantity Takeoff
  • Exercises
• Metals (Division 5)
  • Estimating Structural Steel
  • Exercises
• Wood & Plastics and Thermal & Moisture Protection (Divisions 6–7)
  • Wood & Wood Products
  • Thermal & Moisture Control
  • Estimating Wood Structures
  • Using Units of Quantity
  • Exercises
• Doors & Windows, Interior Finish, & Equipment (Divisions 8–14)
  • Using Means Costs
  • Division 8: Openings
  • Division 9: Finishes
  • Cost Modifiers
  • Division 10: Specialties
  • Division 11: Equipment
  • Division 12: Furnishings
  • Division 13: Special Construction
  • Division 14: Conveying Equipment
  • Exercises
• Fire Suppression, Plumbing, Mechanical, & Electrical (Divisions 21–28)
  • Fire Suppression
  • Plumbing
  • Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning
  • Electrical
  • Communications
  • Electronic Safety & Security
  • Exercises
• Earthwork (Division 31)
  • Types of Earthwork
  • Soil Excavation
  • Truck Capacity
  • Excavate by Hand or Machine?
  • Optimum Number of Trucks per Loader
  • Equipment Rental Costs for Short or Long Periods
  • Renting vs. Owning Equipment
  • Exercises
• Equipment Analysis
  • Equipment Depreciation
  • Equipment Expenses
  • Equipment Rental
  • Exercises
• General Requirements Estimating General Requirements
  • Project Duration
  • Architectural & Engineering Fees
  • Builder's Risk Insurance
  • Performance Bonds
  • Sales Tax
  • Exercises
• Assemblies Estimating
  • Preliminary Cost Estimating
  • Assemblies Estimates
  • Combining Assemblies & Unit Costs
  • Exercises
• Approximate Estimates
  • Means Project Costs
  • Using Means Project Costs
  • Exercises
• Appendix A: Exercises: Answer Sheet
• Appendix B: Exercises: Solutions
• Appendix C: Sample Estimating Forms
• Appendix D: References
• Index