Industrial Construction Estimating Manual

Industrial Construction Estimating Manual focuses on industrial process plants and enables the contractor, subcontractor, and engineer to use methods, models, procedures, formats, and technical data for developing industrial process plant construction estimates.

The manual begins with an introduction devoted to labor, data collection, verification of data, coding, productivity measurement, the unit quantity model, and computer-aided cost estimating. It goes on to provide information on construction materials, database systems, work estimating, computer-aided estimating, detailed labor estimates, bid assurance, and detailed applications to construction. Practical examples based on historical data collected from past installations are also included as well as a detailed glossary, Excel and mathematical formulas, metric/standard conversions, area and volume formulas, and boiler man-hour tables. Industrial Construction Estimating Manual aids contractors, subcontractors, and engineers with a balance-detailed estimating method using the unit quantity model and is an excellent resource for those involved in engineering, technology, and construction estimating.

Provides a detailed estimating method using the unit-quantity model to prepare construction estimatesDelivers information on construction materials, databases, labor estimates, computer-aided estimating, bid assurance, and applications to construction.Utilizes historical data, from a database of previous similar work, calculates material cost and labor by category, and produces both summary and detailed man-hour and cost estimates.

1. Introduction to construction estimating 2. Construction material 3. Construction database system 4. Construction labor estimate 5. Computer-aided estimation 6. Combined cycle power plant (1 x 1) labor estimate 7. Gasifier labor estimate 8. Refinery equipment and storage tank labor estimates 9. Fluidized bed combustion labor estimates 10. Bid assurance 11. Detailed estimating applications to construction

Appendix A: Statistical and mathematical formulas Appendix B: Excel functions and mathematical functions Appendix C: Area and volume formulas Appendix D: Standard to metric Appendix E: Boiler man hour tables