Estimating in Building Construction

122 CHAPTERELEVEN 11–6 SPECIFICATIONS— CONCRETE MASONRY The specifications will state exactly which types of units are required ...

Masonry 123 When estimating the quantities of concrete masonry, use the exact dimensions shown. Corners should only be taken onc ...

124 CHAPTERELEVEN Openings Waste@ 6 percentUse 958 blocks Number of blocks903 blocks Number of blocks 803 sf1.125 blocks per ...

Masonry 125 per 100 sf Assuming a labor rate of $14.25 for masons and $10.00 for laborers per hour, the labor costs can be deter ...

126 CHAPTERELEVEN determines the types of lintels, flashing, reinforcing, and weep holes required, and who supplies and who inst ...

Masonry 127 EXAMPLE 11-2 FACE BRICK Using the west wall that was quantified in the previous example, most of the dimensions can ...

128 CHAPTERELEVEN 11–11 Specifications—Tile Check the specifications for the type, size, and special shapes of the tile. The typ ...

Masonry 129 Wall ties are often used for securing random, rubble, and ashlar masonry to the backup material. The type of wall ti ...

130 CHAPTERELEVEN FIGURE 11.15.Horizontal Masonry Reinforcement. (Courtesy of Dur-O-Wall) Wall Ties. Wall ties (Figure 11.17) ar ...

Masonry 131 that does get in back to the outside of the building. Flashing may be required under sills and copings, over opening ...

132 CHAPTERELEVEN Lintels. Alintelis the horizontal member that supports the masonry above a wall opening. In other words, it sp ...

Masonry 133 to be attached. The coping block and tile are sold by the unit, and the stone and precast coping are sold by the lin ...

134 CHAPTERELEVEN 11–20 Equipment The equipment required for laying masonry units includes the mason’s hand tools, mortar boxes, ...

Masonry 135 11–23 Checklist Masonry: type (concrete, brick, stone, gypsum) kind size (face size and thickness) load-bearing nonl ...

136 METALS CHAPTERTWELVE 12–1 General This chapter covers structural metal framing, metal joists, metal decking, cold-formed fra ...

FIGURE 12.3.Column Details. FIGURE 12.2.Roof Framing Plan. understanding, the estimator can make an approximate esti- mate for a ...

138 CHAPTERTWELVE FIGURE 12.5.Structural Metals Quantification.  FIGURE 12.4.Structural Metals Takeoff. 12–4 Metal Joists Metal ...

the structure, and the accessories and finish. Many specifica- tions will enumerate industry standards that must be met for stre ...

140 CHAPTERTWELVE FIGURE 12.7.Joist Loading Table. (Courtesy of Steel Joist Institute) ...

Metals 141 FIGURE 12.7.(Continued) ...