Estimating in Building Construction

Percentage fee, 13
Performance bond, 15, 51
form of, 18
Perimeter, 78–79
Permit, 4, 31
bond, 51
building, 46, 50
Personnel qualified, 29
Pest control, 49
Phone log, 28
Photographs, 46, 51
Pick-up truck, 51
Pictures, 31
Pier
drilled, 94–96
excavation, 85
formed, 96
shaft, 96
Pile, 89–90
sheet, 66
subcontractor, 89
Pipe in metal studs, 197
Pitch, roof, 166, 168, 181
Plans, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12, 14, 18,
22–23, 27, 30–31, 36,
48, 224
electrical, 215
electronic, 40–41
floor, 93
mechanical, 30, 215
plot, 93
reflected ceiling, 199
room, 8
site, 93
structural, 30, 136
working, 1, 8
Plant costs, 28
Plaster, 203–204
acoustical, 204
foundation, 178
subcontractor, 205
Plastic laminate in
window, 189
Plates, 136
wood, 163
Plot plan, 93
Plumber, 45
Plumbing, 32, 218–220, 227
abbreviations, 219
checklist, 220
hangers, 218
subcontractor, 215
symbols, 219
trenches, 218
in wood walls, 163
Plywood, 154–155,
161–162
subfloor, 208
system, 173
Polyvinyl chloride, 186
Portland Cement
Association, 111

Postage, 43

Post-it, 47

Posttensioned, 115

Power

demand charge, 50

shovels, 67, 81

temporary, 215

utilization, 61

Precast

beams, 115, 117

columns, 115, 117

concrete, 114–118, 132, 215

sill, 189

stool, 190

in windows, 189

costs, 117–118

floor planks, 115

shop drawings, 117–118

slab, 116–117

tee, 115–116

wall panels, 115

Precedence diagram, 48

Prefinished doors, 192

Preliminary estimate,

2–4, 10

Presentation skills, 6

Prestressed, 117–118

Pretension, 115

Price, 7, 24

add, 25

best, 7

deduct, 25

escalation, 48

lump sum, 5

quotes, 5

unit, 5

Pricing, 38–39

labor, 59

Primavera, 47

Prime contractor, 5, 9, 11–15,

18, 24–25, 27, 32, 34,

45–48, 214–215, 218

Productivity

concrete, 100

curtain wall, 189

door, 193

factor, 53–54

metal deck, 143

rate, 38–39

reinforcing, 106

standard conditions, 53

steel deck, 143

vapor retarder, 107

Professional services, 43

Profit, 7, 25, 34, 48,

224–225

margin, 1

reasonable, 219

Progress payments, 14, 16

Project

comparison estimate, 4,

226–227

completed, 1, 4, 6

conceptual, 8

conditions, 31

control, 5

location, 8, 29

management, 5

manager, 45

manual, 1, 5, 8, 18–27, 30–31,

45–46, 48

meetings, 48

Microsoft, 47

notebook, 66

overhead, 1, 5–8, 18, 24,

31, 47, 224

sign, 49

size, 29–30

team, 7

Proof of purchase, 14

Property

damage, 58

loss, 58

protection of, 46

Proposal, 23, 28

e-mailed, 38

form, 18, 23–24

submission of, 32

Protection of work, 50

Public right of way, 50

Pump, 45, 51

concrete, 111

Pumping, 24, 66, 88

Purchase, proof of, 14

Purchasing agent, 43

PVC, 186

Q

Quantities, 28

in-place, 12

survey, 7

surveyor, 5

takeoff, 1, 12, 34

tracking, 38

Quotes, 5

R

Radiant heat in plaster, 204

Rafter

headers, 166–167

trimmers, 166–167

wood, 166, 179

Railings, metal, 143

Rain, 54

gutters, 227

Raises, 56

Ratios of parameters, 3

Reflected ceiling plan, 199

Regulations, government, 226

Reimbursable items, 13–14

Reimbursements, 57

Reinforcing, 100–107

area of bar, 102

bar, 100

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