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.

Autorentext
Kenneth Storm is currently an independent consultant for a US-based construction company, preparing construction estimates on a variety of projects such as power plants, oil refineries, petroleum industry tank farms, and compressors stations ranging in price from $500,000 to over $250 million in scope. Accumulating over 35 years of experience, he worked as a major project engineer and piping engineer for a variety of major companies. He graduated with a BS in mathematics and statistics from California State University, Chico. He is licensed and certified as a California General Engineering Contractor and a member of the American Mathematical Association.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to construction estimating2. Construction material3. Construction database system4. Construction labor estimate5. Computer-aided estimation6. Combined cycle power plant (1 x 1) labor estimate7. Gasifier labor estimate8. Refinery equipment and storage tank labor estimates9. Fluidized bed combustion labor estimates 10. Bid assurance11. Detailed estimating applications to construction

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