Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Estimating Frame and Brick Houses: Barns, Stables, Factories and Outbuildings
Some kinds of material are more easily wrought than others, so that due allowance must be made for any extra labor that may be employed in the manipulation of veryhard classes of material. Again, there is the preparation of the material for the proper execution of any con tingent workmanship and the expense of workmen em ployed. The season of the year in which the work has to be done, and the current prices of material and work manship, must have also careful consideration. Otherwise these contingencies may cause a serious loss if neglected to be taken into account. All these elements must enter into the consideration of the price of every item when computing the cost. There should be no guess work in estimating, as is often the case. Of course, a uniform system of measurement for the various classes of work in building operations would obviate this unsatisfactory condition of estimating. But seeing that it is imprac ticable at the present time, it is the duty of every con tractor who is framing an estimate to give these points previously indicated careful attention. By doing so he is not only protecting himself from loss, but also the manufacturers who supply the material for the work. The contractor who frames a thoroughly reliable con tract comes out right, whether he be successful in getting the job or not, for if he gets it. Then it adds to his reputa tion; if he does not get it, then he feels satisfied that he is no loser by accepting a job that would not pay him, and he is exempt from the bad reputation of those who scamp the work in order to make ends meet. The rules for Order in Estimating which follow, will be found of service in the framing of estimates, and if proper and accurate attention be given to all these details, there should be produced a tender that will be satisfactory to owner and contractor alike.
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