Estimating Painting Costs
F.R. Walker's Remodeling Reference Book: A Guide for Accurate Remodeling Cost Estimates for Construction Professionals and Homeowners
by Harry Hardenbrook
from F.R. Walker Co
A comphrensive guide to estimating remodeling jobs from the construction industry's leading publisher since 1915. Approaches remodeling estimates step by step-- figuring the labor costs to remove old installations; figuring the amount of material needed for new installations; and estimating the labor costs to complete such installations. With quick reference cost tables, this book is a must for everyone involved in remodeling; and it's useful for homeowners who intend to oversee projects on their residences. It contains 17 chapters covering interior and exterior residential remodeling. You get detailed information on: Kitchens; Baths; Room Conversions; Decks and Porches; Stairways and Flooring; Interior and Exterior Painting; Electrical; Roofing and Siding; Windows and Doors and more.
Interior Home Improvement Costs: The Practical Pricing Guide for Homeowners & Contractors (Interior Home Improvement Costs)
from R.S. Means Company
Professional Cost Estimates for the Most Popular Remodeling and Repair Projects
Find out what your home improvement projects are likely to cost--up-front. Know how much you can expect to spend if you hire a contractor, and how much you can save if you do part or all of the work yourself.
Get up-to-date costs for your location on projects like these:
Remodel a kitchen or bathroom
Create a home office or in-law apartment
Convert an attic or basement to living space
Install a fireplace
Build a new stairway, closet, or entertainment center
Install walls or flooring
Upgrade your electrical system
Find out what materials are needed and how much they will cost, how long the work will take for a professional or a do-it-yourselfer, and how much a contractor is likely to charge for the project.
Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Book
from Frank R Walker
A guide to estimating material and labor costs, the Walker Building Estimator's Reference Book is renowned for the depth of detail and description contained in its 1,728 pages, providing the user a reference that is unique among books relating to estimating.
Updated continuously since 1915, this hands-on manual covers updated construction methods, material and labor costs and labor productivity (man-hours). It walks you through each phase of the estimate in each CSI Division, 1 to 16. It also contains valuable information on construction finance, scheduling, construction management, bidding, negotiating contracts, value engineering, types of cost estimates, overhead, insurance, profit, change orders, and more.
It is this level of substance that makes "Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Book" a standard in the curriculum of dozens of universities' construction programs.
Used by builders, contractors, architects, engineers, adjusters, appraisers, home-craftsmen, colleges, universities and technical schools. It is also mandated reference for the State of Florida General License Examination, in addition to 16 states which license contractors on the basis of competency exams.
Accepted in many courts as industry-normative data for construction dispute resolution. (1,728 pages, CSI format)
Mechanical Cost Data 2002 (Means Mechanical Cost Data, 2002)
How to Estimate Building Losses and Construction Costs
Facilities Maintenance & Repair Cost Data: Maintenance & Repair, Preventive & General Maintenance, Facilities Audits (1996 ed. Issn 1074-0953)
Estimating With Timberline Precision Version 5.2
Electrical Estimating Methods (Means Electrical Estimating, 2nd ed)
by R S Means Company
from R.S. Means Company
The Home Remodeling Organizer
by Robert Irwin
from Real Estate Education Co
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