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We have a host of consruction estimating reference books to help you bid on your construction projects. Learn techniques from the pros to get your estimating done quickly and accurately.
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Estimating with MS Excel, 2nd Edition
Estimating with MS Excel: Unlocking the Power for Home Builders, 2nd Edition
List Price $39.95
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If you want a simple, step-by-step guide to improve the accuracy and speed of building estimates, Estimating with Microsoft Excel was written for you.
Markup & Profit: A Contractor's Guide
Markup & Profit: A Contractor's Guide
List Price $32.50
Website Price $30.87

Every business is unique, with different labor costs, different overhead costs, different profit requirements—so their markup should be different, too. Explains the importance of setting your own markup according to your situation.
Estimating and Bidding for Builders and Remodelers
Estimating and Bidding for Builders and Remodelers
List Price $69.50
Website Price $66.03

Improve your estimating skill and bidding results: What to look for in the plans. How to scope out the last 5% of job costs. Immunize yourself against common estimating mistakes. Includes over 1,100 pages of current labor and material costs for both new construction and home improvement jobs. Contains the database of the National Construction Estimator and the National Home Improvement Estimator.
Fundamentals of Construction Estimating, 2nd Edition
Fundamentals of Construction Estimating, 2nd Edition
List Price $130.95
Website Price $124.41

Now in its second edition, this essential book clearly and precisely explains all the procedures involved in compiling an estimate of the cost of construction work. Modern, updated coverage includes quantity takeoff, pricing of the contractor's work, pricing subtrade work, pricing site overheads, and compiling bid documents.
Construction Cost Estimating: Process and Practices
Construction Cost Estimating: Process and Practices
List Price $120.00
Website Price $114.00

This text comprehensively covers the fundamental cost estimating principles and processes used in commercial construction today. It covers theory, types of estimates, estimating procedures and contractual aspects, as well as providing practical tips on how to estimate.
Estimating in Building Construction, 6th Edition
Estimating in Building Construction, 6th Edition
List Price $120.00
Website Price $114.00

This easy-to-read text uses the popular approach of tracing the progress of one project throughout the book. It includes a CD-ROM containing WinEst and Excel spreadsheets as used in the text.
Estimating and Bidding for Heavy Construction
Estimating and Bidding for Heavy Construction
List Price $120.00
Website Price $114.00

This is the only book of its kind. It reflects the author's 50 years of experience in the heavy construction industry and is comprehensive enough to integrate the basic principles of cost estimating and bidding in one convenient volume, and it identifies the organizational and analytical processes involved in implementing these principles.
Successful RFPs in Construction: Managing the Request for Proposal Process
Successful RFPs in Construction: Managing the Request for Proposal Process
List Price $34.95
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A step-by-step guide for managing the Request for Proposal process in a way that saves time and money, enhances team collaboration, and assures quality in construction.
Estimating Building Costs for the Residential and Light Commercial Contractor
Estimating Building Costs for the Residential and Light Commercial Contractor
List Price $29.95
Website Price $26.96

This book gives you a step-by-step process for organizing all the information you need to assemble an estimate you can rely on - so you'll be competitive and know that you'll make a worthwhile profit.
Means Estimating Handbook, 2nd Edition
Means Estimating Handbook, 2nd Edition
List Price $99.95
Website Price $89.96

Updated new Second Edition answers virtually any estimating technical question—all organized by CSI MasterFormat.
   
 
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