Estimating and tendering for construction work
By: Martin Brook
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780750686167
Subjects: Building; Estimates; Letting of contracts; Construction; Devis estimatifs
Description: The job of the estimator is explained in detail at every key stage, from early cost studies, through the preparation of the estimate, to the creation of budgets for successful tenders. Each step is illustrated with examples and notes, and appropriate technical documentation.
Notes: Previous edition: Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and index.
Table of contents: title: Oragnization of the estimating function; title: Procurement paths; title: Forms of contract; title: Tender documentation; title: Estimating methods; title: Contractor selection and decision to tender; title: Project appreciation and enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors; title: Tenders with cost-planning; title: Tender planning and method statements; title: Resource costs; title: labour, materials, and plant; title: Unit rate pricing; title: Sub-contractors and market testing; title: Risk, opportunities and fluctuations; title: Provisional sums and dayworks; title: Preliminaries; title: Cashflow forecasts; title: Completing the estimate and final tender review; title: Tender submission and results; title: Action with the successful tender; title: Computer-aided estimating.