The Building Estimator's Reference Book

aggregate ashlar average beams block bond bracing building columns concrete floors Concrete Joist Concrete Masonry construction contractor Cost per 100 cost per s.f. crete cu.m cubic depth equipment erection estimate excavation Face Brick finish following labor cost forms frame grade gypsum handling headers hoisting Hours Rate Total inches installed insulating joists length lime load lumber required mason material metal meters method metric mixer molds mortar joints Nails operator panels Perlite pile pipe plywood portland cement Precast Concrete quantities Rate Total Rate reinforcing steel roof sand scaffolding sheathing shores shotcrete slab spaced spans specifications sq.m square Steelforms stone strips structural studs surface terra cotta thick tile Total Rate Total trucks truss units usually V-Tooled vary veneer Vermiculite vertical wall water-cement ratio weight welded wellpoint Width wood workers