Estimating and Tendering for Civil Engineering Works
Published on 24. March 1987
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-00-383289-1 (ISBN)
Description
Speedy, accurate and competitive estimating and tendering are essential for the commercial success of all civil engineering contracts. This book sets out the principles of estimating and tendering and describes, with examples, the process, the calculations, the decisions, and the potential post-contract use of estimators' data for planning, cost control, measurement and valuation. The book reflects the best of manual practice and also describes and discusses computer-aided estimating. Reference.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
79 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-00-383289-1 (9780003832891)
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Previous edition
Ronald McCaffer | A.N. Baldwin
Estimating and Tendering for Civil Engineering Works
Book
05/1984
HarperCollins
€40.43
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Content
Contents: Civil engineering works and estimating; The estimating and tendering process within a contractor's organisation; The calculations in the estimating process; Planning and estimating; Examples of the calculations within the direct cost estimate; The calculations and decisions in tendering; Computer aided estimating; Estimating and bills of quantities; Installing a computer aided estimating system.