How to Estimate With Means Data and Costworks

by Mubarak, Saleh A.

• ISBN13: 9780876294604
• ISBN10: 0876294603
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: R S Means Co

Table of Contents

About the Authors	ix
Introduction	xi
Using Cost Works Instructional Version CD-ROM	xiii
A Cautionary Note: Numerical Rounding and Mathematical Judgement	xv
Basic Calculations	1	(12)
Means Cost Data Format	1	(5)
Productivity and Job Duration	6	(2)
Equipment Costs	8	(1)
Location Factors and City Cost Indexes	9	(4)
The Spreadsheet	13	(10)
Spreadsheet Types	13	(3)
Manual Spreadsheets	13	(1)
Electronic Spreadsheets	14	(2)
Using CostWorks	16	(4)
Additional CostWorks Features	19	(1)
Square and Cubic Foot Costs	19	(1)
Exercises	20	(3)
Earthwork	23	(32)
Types of Earthwork	23	(1)
Equipment Selection	23	(1)
Soil Excavation	24	(5)
Swelling and Shrinkage	24	(3)
Cost Basis	27	(2)
Truck Capacity	29	(1)
Excavating by Hand or by Machine?	30	(2)
Optimum Number of Trucks per Loader	32	(4)
Interpolation between Means Items	36	(2)
Substituting Known Local Labor Rate	38	(1)
Overtime Productivity Loss and Extra Pay	39	(2)
Effect of Inflation/Cost Escalation	41	(2)
Equipment Rental Costs for Short or Long Periods	43	(2)
Renting vs. Owning Equipment	45	(1)
Unit Consistency	46	(1)
Exercises	47	(8)
Concrete	55	(30)
Types of Concrete	55	(2)
Cast-in-Place	55	(2)
Estimating Concrete	57	(20)
Formwork Estimating	57	(7)
Estimating Reinforcement	64	(2)
Estimating Concrete Mix and Placement	66	(2)
Mini-Assemblies (Short-cut Method)	68	(1)
Cold Weather Cost Factors	69	(2)
Estimating Precast Concrete	71	(1)
Lightweight Concrete	72	(1)
Additional Estimating Examples	73	(4)
Exercises	77	(8)
Masonry	85	(8)
Types of Masonry	85	(1)
Estimating and Waste Allowances	85	(1)
Nominal Brick Sizes	85	(1)
Productivity Factors	86	(1)
Quantity Takeoff	86	(5)
Deducting Openings	87	(2)
Scaffolding	89	(2)
Exercises	91	(2)
Metals	93	(14)
Estimating Structural Steel	93	(9)
Structural Steel Extra Costs	94	(1)
Estimating Steel Members	95	(7)
Exercises	102	(5)
Wood & Plastics and Thermal & Moisture Protection	107	(16)
Wood and Wood Products	107	(2)
Nominal vs. Real Dimensions	108	(1)
Lumber Quantities	108	(1)
Thermal & Moisture Control	109	(3)
Roofs	109	(3)
Estimating Wood Structures	112	(5)
Using Units of Quantity	117	(2)
Exercises	119	(4)
Divisions 8 Through 16	123	(6)
Using Means Costs	123	(6)
Solving Estimating Problems	123	(6)
Approximate Estimates	129	(12)
Means Division 17	130	(6)
Using Means Division 17	131	(5)
Exercises	136	(5)
Assemblies Estimating	141	(6)
Exercises	146	(1)
General Conditions	147	(8)
General Conditions and Overhead	147	(8)
Estimating General Conditions	147	(1)
Project Duration	147	(3)
Architectural and Engineering Fees	150	(1)
Builder's Risk Insurance	150	(1)
Performance Bonds	151	(2)
Exercises	153	(2)
Equipment Analysis	155	(18)
Equipment Depreciation	155	(4)
Equipment Expenses	159	(8)
Equipment Rental	163	(4)
Exercises	167	(6)
Appendix A --- Sample Estimating Forms	173	(10)
Appendix B --- References	183	(4)
Index	187