Building Inspectors and Your Estimate
The building inspector who shows up can increase the cost of your project. That’s why you need to add an inspector factor to your estimate.
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Estimating Construction Costs
Estimating errors cost money, because the purpose of a construction estimate is to know how much to price a job. Why estimates go wrong and how to make fewer errors.
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Estimating Construction Profitably
The introductory chapter of Michael’s book Estimating Construction Profitably. The book is a guide to estimating; or more accurately, a guide to creating your own estimating system.
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Unit Cost Estimating
Unit cost estimating is breaking down a project to simple assemblies. It’s the best way to consistently acquire accurate estimates. How unit costing works, with real examples.
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Estimating Construction
Estimating construction isn’t easy. When profits are down, missing the estimate on jobs is almost always part of the reason. The step-by-step estimating process in this article.
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Construction Estimating: The Basics
The basics of construction estimating, so you can create more accurate estimates in a shorter time, along with an explantion of stick vs unit cost estimating.