The building estimator's guide
By: by William S. Lowndes ...
Contributors: Emerson, David B.; Strohm, Rufus Tracy, 1877-
Publisher: International Textbook Company
Published: 1928
Place of publication: Scranton, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Building.; Building -- Estimates.
Notes: Vols. 6-7 by William S. Lowndes and David B. Emerson, v. 10 by William S. Lowndes and Rufus T. Strohm.
Table of contents: title: 1. Reading architects' blueprints.; title: 2. Reading architects blueprints. Excavating, shoring, and piling. Foundations.; title: 3. House wiring and bell work.; title: 4. Plain and fancy brickwork.; title: 5. Building contracts. Stone masonry.; title: 6. Specification writing.; title: 7. Specification-writing memoranda. Operations preliminary to building.; title: 8. Estimating building costs.; title: 9. Estimating building costs. Limes, cements, and mortars.; title: 10. Estimating building costs. The slide rule; title: how to use it.