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Originally Posted by Pete F.
I used to have people ask how much a square foot for new construction.
I’d tell them it depends, how much was your car per wheel?
Most of them got it, of course that contractor’s clients cars ran over 25K a wheel. 😎
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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.