Estimating in Building Construction

42 CHAPTER FIVE Web Resources http://www.bid2win.com http://www.buildsoft.com http://www.hcss.com http://www.mc2-ice.com http:// ...

43 6–1 Overhead Overhead costs are generally divided into home office over- head costsand job overhead costs.The home office ove ...

44 CHAPTER SIX FIGURE 6.1.Estimated Home Office Costs for One Year. From this, it should be obvious that the more work that can ...

Overhead and Contingencies 45 6–3 JOB OVERHEAD (GENERAL CONDITIONS, DIRECT OVERHEAD) Also referred to as general conditions, dir ...

46 CHAPTER SIX meet the needs of the project, the first call should be to the architect/engineer to discuss the situation. The a ...

Overhead and Contingencies 47 6–4 Scheduling A major underlying determinant of indirect costs associated with a project is how l ...

48 CHAPTER SIX Once the activity list has been developed, it can be orga- nized into a precedence diagram network schedule. A di ...

Overhead and Contingencies 49 FIGURE 6.5.Sample Schedule.  Ladders and stairs—used prior to permanent ones being installed  Te ...

50 CHAPTER SIX Many contractors either rent barricades or contract for sup- ply and maintenance. If so, Temporary Utilities  Te ...

Overhead and Contingencies 51 Professional Services  Surveys  Photographs  Testing To Estimate Cost. The amount of surveying ...

52 CHAPTER SIX How may the weather, climate, and season during which the project is to be constructed affect the overhead costs ...

53 7–1 LABOR HOURS AND PRODUCTIVITY The basic principles of estimating labor costs are discussed in this chapter; they form a ba ...

54 CHAPTER SEVEN and instinct are perhaps the best quality. When the condi- tions slow the progress of the work, a productivity ...

Labor 55 EXAMPLE 7-2 LABOR HOURS Type of work—8'' 8'' 16'' Concrete Masonry Units— Decorative Historical productivity rate—0.1 ...

56 CHAPTER SEVEN FIGURE 7.1.Published Productivity Rates. From Means Building Construction Cost Data 2007. Copyright RSMeans, Ki ...

Labor 57 negotiated, when the present contract expires, and what the results and attitudes during past negotiations have been. I ...

58 CHAPTER SEVEN SUTA tax is paid on varies from state to state. For example, in 2006, Texas companies paid SUTA tax on the firs ...

Labor 59 that are billable to a project and should not include vacation, holiday, and sick leave hours. Burdened Hourly Wage Rat ...

60 CHAPTER SEVEN FIGURE 7.3.Standard Crews. From Means Building Construction Cost Data 2007. Copyright RSMeans, Kingston, MA 781 ...

61 EQUIPMENT CHAPTER EIGHT 8–1 General One problem an estimator faces is the selection of equip- ment suitable to use for a give ...