Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Book 31st Edition

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Over a 100 Years of Authoritative Construction Estimating Experience Walkers Building Estimators Reference Book is the single most important resource you can own. It gives you the tools you need to work up your own costs per job. With Walkers you get material quantities and labor productivity for your job based on your job conditions thats the kind of flexibility and reliability no computer program or unit price catalog can provide. For accurate building costs turn to the source that construction professionals have relied on since 1915. Our 31st Edition has been updated and revised and with more than 1 467 pages this is the most comprehensive widely-used publication of its kind. The combination of quantities of labor and material with supportive reference data enables the estimator to accurately determine variable components of unit costs. This book consolidates reference material from the supply side of the industry and displays hundreds of pages of charts tables drawings and unit cost tables in appropriate sections .This reduces the users need to search multiple sources thus saving substantial time and analysis in the estimating process. For contractors appraisers adjusters architects engineers home craftsmen colleges universities and technical schools. Walkers Building Estimators Reference Book includes construction methods material quantities labor costs labor productivity reference tables charts and diagrams. General Requirements Construction Techniques & Methods Material Quantities Required Types of Material Man hours/Productivity Rates Application Rates Metric Equivalents Updated Wage Rates Consolidates Multiple Sources CSI Division Format