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| Introduction to Estimating and the Bid Process | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| Estimating and Bidding | |
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| Bonding, Bid Strategy, Bid Selection, and Decision to Bid | |
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| Bonding | |
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| Bid Strategy | |
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| Bid Selection | |
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| Decision to Bid | |
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| Preliminary Procedures | |
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| The Bid Call | |
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| Recording the Bid Documents | |
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| Checking the Bid Documents | |
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| Checklist of Trades | |
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| Bid-Info Reports | |
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| Soliciting Bids from Subcontractors | |
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| Recap | |
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| Prebid Communication | |
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| Initial Communication | |
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| Drawings | |
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| Reading the Specifications | |
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| Technical Specification Sections Relating to Subtrades | |
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| "Work by Others" Clauses | |
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| Items Relative to Normal Trade Practice | |
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| Approved Trade Contractors or Manufacturers | |
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| Making and Recording Queries | |
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| Addenda | |
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| Review | |
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| Takeoff: General Comments | |
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| Basic Principles of Quantity Surveying | |
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| Methods of Measurement | |
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| Net and Gross Quantities | |
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| Takeoff Sheets | |
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| General Contractor's Trades | |
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| Drawings | |
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| Takeoff: Sitework | |
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| General | |
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| Soil Report | |
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| Compaction | |
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| Measurements: General Principles | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Excavation | |
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| Fill and Backfill: General | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Fill and Miscellaneous Earthwork Items | |
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| Perimeter Piling and Shoring | |
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| Underpinning | |
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| Dewatering | |
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| Demolition | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Demolition | |
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| Takeoff Example | |
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| Takeoff: Concrete and Formwork | |
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| Concrete: General | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Concrete | |
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| Formwork: General Remarks | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Formwork | |
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| Takeoff Example | |
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| Takeoff: Masonry | |
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| General | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Masonry | |
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| Masonry Equipment | |
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| Conversion Factors: General | |
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| Concrete Block Masonry | |
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| Structural Clay Tile Masonry | |
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| Structural Glazed Tile | |
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| Fireproofing Tile for Structural Steel Beams | |
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| Mortar | |
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| Masonry Ties and Anchors | |
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| Review | |
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| Takeoff Example | |
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| Takeoff: Miscellaneous Metals and Structural Steel | |
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| General | |
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| Fabricators | |
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| Specifications | |
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| Scope Alignment | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Miscellaneous Metals and Structural Steel | |
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| Scope Alignment Process | |
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| Review | |
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| Takeoff: Rough and Finished Carpentry | |
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| Rough Carpentry | |
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| Measuring Rough Carpentry Work | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Rough Carpentry | |
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| Finish Carpentry | |
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| Schedule of Items and Measurements: Finish Carpentry | |
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| Doors and Frames | |
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| Pricing the Estimate: Basic Principles | |
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| General | |
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| Material Prices | |
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| Labor Units | |
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| Equipment | |
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| Subcontractors' Unit Prices | |
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| Examples of Pricing | |
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| Pricing the Estimate: Examples | |
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| General | |
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| Labor Rates | |
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| Composite Labor Rates | |
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| Schedules of Labor-Hour Factors | |
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| Estimating Site Overhead Costs | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Schedule | |
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| Site Visit | |
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| Categorizing Site Overhead Items | |
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| Category 1: Project Supervision | |
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| Category 2: Offices and Administrative Requirements | |
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| Category 3: Site Access, Protection, and Security | |
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| Category 4: Temporary Utilities | |
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| Category 5: Construction Facilities and Services | |
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| Category 6: Hoisting, Materials and Personnel | |
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| Category 7: Small Tools and Equipment | |
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| Category 8: Permits, Insurance, and Bonds | |
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| Review | |
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| Closing the Bid | |
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| General | |
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| Bid-Closing Checklist | |
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| The Bid Form | |
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| Telephone Bids | |
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| Bid Depository Quotations | |
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| Prebid Subtrade Proposals | |
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| Subtrade Quotation Analysis | |
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| Sales Tax | |
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| Main Estimate Summary | |
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| Unit Prices | |
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| Bid Delivery | |
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| Brief "Recap" | |
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| Computerized Construction Estimating | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Transition from Manual Systems to Computerized Systems | |
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| Trends in Computerized Estimating | |
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| Electronic Distribution of Plans and Specifications | |
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| Digitizers | |
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| Spreadsheet Estimate Forms | |
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| Dedicated Estimating Software | |
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| Requirements of Computerized Systems | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Construction Specifications Institute Format | |
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| Formulas | |
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| The Metric System | |
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| Index | |