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Originally Posted by Rmarsh
Good point.
When I wanted to educate myself on construction estimating I bought a couple of books from RSMeans. For starters they break it down to four basic categories of construction, economy, average, custom, and luxury. The books were somewhat useful to me .....but I always fell back to stick by stick estimates to arrive at a number....then divided by square foot....every job was a different sq. ft. price. because of the variables. They have dozens of books on estimating...residential, remodelers guide, commercial etc.
They are not cheap....current issue in the picture is $398.
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Way back when I had a steady diet of framing 3 bedroom ranches, I’d keep track of square foot framed by man hr. , framed, trimmed, windows, interior partitions,,,, if I remember right,,, 6 to 7 square foot per man hr., this was a great help trying to come up with an accurate bid $$$….. same for capes, full dormers, set back dormers,,, etc.
Now I fish …. :-)