Estimating & Bidding for Builders & Remodelers

By Richard J. Langedyk

Here is all the information you need for estimating and bidding construction and home improvement projects. Explains what you need for a career as a construction estimator, how to construct a take-off... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572180277
• ISBN13: 9781572180277
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Craftsman Book Co
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

An essential instructional reference for professionals

Now in a fully updated and significantly expanded fourth edition, Richard Langedyk's Estimating & Bidding For Builders & Remodelers includes the National Home Estimator CD-Rom (which includes a 45-minute interactive multimedia tutorial). An essential instructional reference for professionals needing to accurate scope out and reliably estimate the cost of building new structures and/or remodeling existing structures, Richard Langedyk (Senior Instructor for Construction Estimating Institute of America, Sarasota, Florida) draws upon more than twenty-two years of professional experience to show how to avoid common estimating mistakes, determine both labor and material costs, and put in a bid that is expert in both quality and appearance. Estimating & Bidding For Builders & Remodelers is a practical, accessible, superbly organized, comprehensive, and "user friendly" workbook which should be on the personal reference shelf of every professional building contractor.