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I'm impressed with the amount of manhours are in this book. Just about every job in construction is listed -- with the amount of time it takes to complete that job -- from digging a ditch to installing a toilet.

This book uses "unit pricing" or "flat rate pricing," a helpful way to estimate a project when you are sure the pricing reflects your material and labor costs plus the correct markup for your business. You should take a sample case and compare your actual costs to a listed unit price. You can then adjust (increase or decrease) the listed prices to reflect your situation. I suggest you use the prices as a guide to a pricing system that is best for your type of business. New home building costs less than remodeling and repair. Any unit price process has to take into account the demands of the project. Many home builders have gone broke pricing a remodel project using the same cost process as they did on a new home.

I feel this book is a good guide line for my inspection business. It has a good over view of construction materials and labor. Of course some adjustments have to be made depending on the area the inspection of construction project is located.

I've spent close to 11 years working in the construction environment, and I own several of this type of book. This is one of the better titles out there. This book has several construction elements, each element has a description of a method of construction and the type and quantum of reasources required to build using the method stated. It's in imperial and is based on USA reasources, of course if you're Americian then it's prefect. I live in the Caribbean so while the information is good, I can not use it blindly and generally make slight adjustments as I see fit.

The book comes with a CD, however to use the CD you have to install it, I have never installed it so I can not really say what's on there, however I would have perfered a CD with a soft copy of the book (that I didn't have to install). All in all still my most favourite referance document for estimating rates.