RSMeans Estimating Handbook will help construction professionals:
- Evaluate architectural plans and specifications
- Prepare accurate quantity takeoffs
- Compare design alternatives and costs
- Perform value engineering
- Double-check estimates and quotes
- Estimate change orders
FEATURES:
This new edition includes expanded coverage of:
- Construction specialties - green building, metal decking, plastic pipe, demolition items, and more
- Preliminary or square foot estimating tools
- Updated city cost indexes to adjust costs - by trade - for 30 major cities
- Historic indexes to factor costs for economic effects over time
- Complete reorganization to the newest CSI MasterFormat classification system
Table of Contents
Foreword.About the Editors.
Acknowledgments.
Estimating Review: Introduction.
Division One: General Requirements.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division One Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Two: Existing Conditions
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Two Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Three: Concrete.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Three Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Four: Masonry.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Four Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Five: Metals.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Five Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Six: Wood, Plastics & Composites.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Six Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Seven: Thermal & Moisture Protection.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Seven Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Eight: Openings.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Eight Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Nine: Finishes.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Nine Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Ten: Specialties.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Ten Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Eleven: Equipment.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Eleven Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Twelve: Furnishings.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Twelve Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Thirteen: Special Construction.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Thirteen Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Fourteen: Conveying Systems.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Fourteen Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Twenty-One: Fire Suppression.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Twenty-One Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Twenty-Two: Plumbing.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Twenty-Two Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Twenty-Three: Heating Ventilating & Air Conditioning.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Twenty-Three Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Divisions Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, and Twenty-Eight: Electrical, Communications & Security.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Divisions Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, and Twenty-Eight Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Thirty-One: Earthwork.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Thirty-One Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Thirty-Two: Exterior Improvements.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Thirty-Two Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Thirty-Three: Utilities.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Thirty-Three Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Thirty-Four: Transportation.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Thirty-Four Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Division Forty-Four: Pollution Control Equipment.
Introduction.
Estimating Tips.
Division Forty-Four Checklist.
Estimating Data.
Appendix.
A. Square Foot and Preliminary Estimates.
B. Weights, Measures, Equivalents, and Conversions.
C. Metric Conversions and Equivalents.
D. Trigonometry.
E. Geometry.
F. Weather Data.
G. Calculating the Time Value of Money.
H. LEED® for New Construction and Major Renovation.
2009 Scorecard.
I. Professional Associations.
J. Abbreviations.
