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Estimating and Bidding for Builders and Remodelers, 5th Edition

Estimating and Bidding for Builders and Remodelers, 5th Edition, presents all the information you need for estimating and bidding construction and home improvement projects. Explains what you need for a career as a construction estimator, how to construct a take-off from the plans, how to check the details of an estimate, prepare a schedule, deal with subs, and calculate project overhead and profit. Contains the database of the National Construction Estimator and the National Home Improvement Estimator.

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Author: Richard J Langedyk
Format: Softcover with CD-ROM
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 272

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Here is all the information you need for estimating and bidding construction and home improvement projects. Explains what you need for a career as a construction estimator, how to construct a take-off from the plans, how to check the details of an estimate, prepare a schedule, deal with subs, and calculate project overhead and profit. Also covers how to estimate remodeling work for typical remove and replace jobs, and include markup for remodeling work. Explains how to profit from estimating commercial work.

Includes the National Estimator stand-alone estimating program with a 50,000 item database for residential, commercial, and home improvement work. A video tutorial, and a program that lets you export completed estimates into QuickBooks Pro for job costing, or progressive billing. Other Craftsman databases are compatible.

Contains the database of the National Construction Estimator and the National Home Improvement Estimator.

Guaranteed to 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 – covering every trade and the most common specialties. Two of Craftsman's most popular residential cost guides are on the disk: National Construction Estimator and National Home Improvement Estimator.

The estimating program that works like a book. Turn to any page or use the electronic index to find in seconds exactly the cost estimates you need.

Use your mouse to copy and paste cost estimates from the costbook to your electronic estimating form. Costs are extended and columns totaled automatically.

40 estimating forms are on the disk. Open any of these forms with your favorite word processing or spreadsheet program.

It's quick and flexible. Change any price or description in your estimate. Enter the five-digit zip code to adjust costs to your community.

Then print your estimate directly or export it to nearly any word processing or spreadsheet program running under Windows.

More ways to work faster and easier. Copy costs from one estimate to another. Open both databases at once and use costs from each in a single estimate.

Get help from an expert Free phone support is available 8 AM to 5 PM (Pacific), Monday through Friday.

Cut learning time in half! Let the Show Me video on the disk teach you how to use the National Estimator program.

Job Cost Wizard Exports estimates to either QuickBooks Pro or QuickBooks Premier® where you can track actual costs against estimated cost. Requires Windows 98 or higher.

Open both new construction and home improvement estimating costbooks. Then copy anything from either costbook to your estimate. Cut and paste from one estimate to another. Then adjust the costs to your zip area and print the estimate.

Remodeling magazine recommends National Estimator and calls it an easy-to-use "estimating wiz." You're going to agree.

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The Show Me Video covers everything you need to know about the National Estimator. Let this 45-minute interactive multimedia tutorial, included on the disk, show you how to use all the features of this powerful estimating program.

The National Estimator System Requirements:

PC with 300 megahertz or higher Intel (or equivalent) processor recommended; 233 MHz minimum required.
Operating Systems:

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows 98SE.

Requires up to 160 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space.
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor.
CD-ROM or DVD drive.
Keyboard and Mouse or compatible pointing device.

For Internet access:

DSL or Cable recommended; 56 kilobits per second (Kbps) or higher-speed modem minimum.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher), Netscape 7.1, Firefox 1.0, or Mozilla 1.7 minimum.

ShowMe Tutorial System Requirements:

1024 x 768 or higher video resolution required.
To listen to video tutorial - Sound card and speakers or headphones.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Get Started Right. Chapter 2: Planning your Estimate. Chapter, 3: Getting Ready to Estimate. Chapter 4: The Estimating Process. Chapter 5: Estimating Repair and Remodeling Work. Chapter 6: Estimating Commercial Work. Chapter 7: Pricing with a Computer. Chapter 8: Cost Recording. Chapter 9: Planning Overhead. Chapter 10: Estimating Overhead and Profit. Chapter 11: Smart Bidding. Chapter 12: Pricing Strategies. Index.

About the Author
Richard J. Langedyk has directed the training of over 20,000 estimators, project managers and construction company owners. Since 1982 he has been Senior Instructor for Construction Estimating Institute of America in Sarasota, Florida. He is well known as a speaker at construction conventions and trade shows throughout the United States and Canada. His 30-year construction career includes estimating both as general contractor and as a subcontractor on residential, commercial, industrial and government projects – from remodeling jobs to heavy industrial projects approaching a billion dollars.