Estimating: A Guide to Systematic Methods in Taking Off Quantities and Making Up Estimates of Cost in Building Operations, with Quotations of Current Prices for Materials and Labor |
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Page 13 - To find the volume of a sphere. Rule. — Multiply the cube of the diameter by .5236. Example. — Find the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 5 ft. Cube of diameter Diam .3 X .5236 5 .5236 __5 125 25 26180 5 10472 125= 5.
Page 13 - To find the solidity of a cylinder. RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the solidity.
Page 8 - To find the area of a triangle. RULE. Multiply the base by half the perpendicular height...
Page 12 - PROBLEM III. To find the surface of a regular pyramid, RULE. Multiply the perimeter of the base by half the slant height, and...
Page 59 - Architectural Drawing," and of which the details are also described to a certain extent in the chapters on "Building Superintendence;" and shall proceed at once to take off the quantities and make up an estimate of cost. Method. The usual method followed is to take off the quantities in the order in which they occur in the specification or in the operation of building, beginning with the Excavation and ending with the Painting. Two methods of procedure are open to the Contractor, which he may avail...
Page 50 - SANDING 2 coats paint, 1 coat sand per sq. yd. $0.28 3 coats paint, 1 coat sand per sq. yd. .35 3 coats paint, 2 coats sand per sq. yd. .50 Painting on brick will cost 12 cents per yard for the first coat, but subsequent coats will cost no more than on wood. Tin roofs can be painted one coat for 5 cents a yard. 1000 shingles dipped two-thirds of their length will cost $3.00 and a brush coat in addition costs 50 cents. Blinds are rated at $1.50 per pair for an average size. HEATING The heating of...
Page 47 - For enrichments of all kinds a special price must be charged. The higher the work is above ground, the higher the charge must be ; add to the rate of five per cent for every twelve feet above the first twelve feet.
Page 29 - Dividing this by 30, the length in feet, we get lOjV cents, or about 11 cents a running foot. In this same way the posts, girts, and other special timbers may be figured. Floors. Having disposed of the large timbers separately we can now take up the floors by the square of 100 feet. An analysis of this gives us a result as follows: Cost of a Square of Flooring: Joists 2 in. x 9 in., 16 in. on centers, 112£ ft.
Page 51 - Room 8 x 10 x 8£ = 680 cu. ft. -e- 35 = 20 sq. in. or 7 in. pipe Total pipe area: 2-10 in. pipes 78 sq. in. each 156 sq. in. 1 - 9 in. pipe 64 sq. in. 64 sq. in. 2 - 8 in. pipes 50 sq. in. 100 sq. in. 2 - 7 in. pipes 38 sq. in. 76 sq. in. Total pipe area 396 From this scale we can determine the size of the furnace and the cost of piping. A furnace to carry say 400 to 500 sq. feet of pipe area would cost, set in place, from SI 00 to $125.