Estimating Home Construction Costs

Jerry Householder, Emile Marchive III (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

130 Seiten

2006 | 2nd Revised edition
Builderbooks (Verlag)
978-0-86718-615-4 (ISBN)

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Custom builder Jerry Householder can help you improve your estimating abilities and discover better ways to do a quantity takeoff, whether you prefer to use pen and paper or estimating software. He teams up with builder Emile Marchive III to show you: types of estimates and when to use them; tips and formulas for figuring quantities easily and accurately; procedures for integrating estimating with cost control, purchasing, and scheduling; how computer estimating can enhance your work; how establishing and maintaining a database facilitates your future estimates.

This second edition provides a new, larger sample floor plan and new elevations, work sheets, checklists, a comprehensive glossary, plus a list of resources and recommended reading. It has all you need to quickly come up to speed with the concepts and terms necessary to ensure that your next estimate is easier to understand and more accurate. Bring your houses in under budget and make your construction process more efficient by developing complete and accurate estimates. The closer you come to completing a job within budget, the less likely you are to waste time and money-and that means more profit!

Jerry Householder, builder, professor, and author, has many years of experience as a general contractor. He has built over $100 million worth of residential, commercial, and industrial projects throughout the southeastern United States. A professor for over 20 years, he holds a doctorate in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Householder is a retired Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University and continues to build homes. Emile Marchive III is an instructor in the Construction Management Department at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He holds a master s degree in Building Science from Auburn University. He has been active in his family's construction business for nine years.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Immobilien / Grunderwerb
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
ISBN-10	0-86718-615-1 / 0867186151
ISBN-13	978-0-86718-615-4 / 9780867186154
Zustand	Neuware