| The closer you are to completing a job within budget, the less likely you are to waste time and money - and that means more profit.
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.
About the Authors
Jerry Householder has built more than $100 million worth of residential, commercial and industrial projects. After teaching residential construction estimating, planning, and scheduling for many years at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Dr Householder retired as a distinguished professor.
Emile Marchive III is an instructor and doctoral candidate at LSU who has been active in his family's building business for nearly a decade. |
