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Construction Cost Estimating: Process and Practices

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Good undergraduate book civil engineering estimation class. Used for a graduate course and felt it was not as challenging as it should have been for graduate level (I personally feel that graduate work should be very rigorous). The drawings in the back were too small (8 1/2 X 11) to be useful and should have been provided on a CD or on line so they could be printed full or quarter sized (tabloid, 11X17). I received the drawings, however some of the students and the instructor did not receive the drawings with the book.

This is actually an interesting book. I had to purchase it for one of my construction classes. Its cheaper on Amazon and more readily available. It gives an overview of cost estimating and the process you go through for hard bids. Most of the book seems to be geared more towards the hard bid process.

This book was claimed to be in Good-like new condition by the seller. Instead I recieved a book that had binding 75% seperated from the pages and the cover has significant damage to it. As in the book looked like it had been thrown across the room and hit the edge of a desk or wall. If there was a NO star selection on the 5 star rating this product and seller would get it.