Civil Engineering
Research Guides
Project Planning and Cost Estimation
This site includes several quick calculators to determine surface areas and quantites for projects such as concrete walls and footings and nonbearing walls, as well as a free calculator to determine a home's construction or replacement cost
Designing & building with the IBC
Rolf Jensen & Associates, International Code Council. (Reed Construction Data, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
KF 5701 .D47 2003
McNichols Campus Library
TK 435 .E43 2003
Environmental remediation estimating methods
Rast, Richard R.. (Reed Construction Data, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
TD 1052 .R38 2003
McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .P65 2003
Estimating building costs : for the residental & light commercial contractor
DelPico, Wayne J.. (Reed Construction Data, 2004)McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .D355 2004
Estimating in building construction
Dagostino, Frank R.; Feigenbaum, Leslie. (N.J. Prentice Hall, 1999)McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .D18 1999
Estimator's electrical man-hour manual
Page, John S.. (3rd ed., Gulf Pub. Co., 1999)McNichols Campus Library
TK 435 .P3 1999
This website includes free cost data, material prices and manpower estimates for general construction, concrete and masonry, earthworks, electrical, plumbing and HVAC, and heavy construction.
Green building : project planning & cost estimating
(2nd ed., R.S. Means Co., 2006)McNichols Campus Library
TH 880 .G74 2006
Historic preservation : project planning & estimating
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects. (CMD Grou, 2000)McNichols Campus Library
NA 105 .S93 2000
How to estimate with Means data & CostWorks
Mubarak, Saleh A.; R.S. Means Co,. (R.S. Means Co., 2006)McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .H88697 2006
"included ... is a CostWorks CD-ROM, the electronic version of Means Building construction cost data"
McNichols Campus Library
SB 472.565 .F44 2007
Life cycle costing for facilities
Dell'Isola, Alphonse J.; Kirk, Stephen J.. (Reed Construction Data, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
TA 177.7 .D34 2003
Means ADA compliance pricing guide : cost estimates for more than 70 common modifications
Adaptive Environments Center and RSMeans. (Reed Construction Data, 2004)McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .M415 2004
McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .M42 2003
Means facilities maintenance & repair cost data
(R.S. Means Co., 2000)McNichols Campus Library
TH 3301 .M35 2000
Means labor rates for the construction industry
(R.S. Means Co., 2000)McNichols Campus Library
HD 4966 .B92 U43 2000
Means repair & remodeling cost data.
(R.S. Means Co., 2000)McNichols Campus Library
TH 3411 .R6a 2000
Means square foot costs : residential, commercial, industrial,institutional
(R.S. Means Co., 2008)McNichols Campus Library
TH 435 .M44 2008
McNichols Campus Library
TH 6235 .G2423 2004
Project management for construction
Hendrickson, Chris.This online handbook, developed for an a class at Carnegie Mellon University, includes chapters on cost estimation, scheduling procedures, and construction planning.
Available online at: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/udmercy/docDetail.action?docID=10593613
Project scheduling and management for construction
Pierce, David R.. (Reed Construction Data, 2004)McNichols Campus Library
TH 438 .P464 2004
Repair & remodeling estimating methods
Wetherill, Edward B.. (R.S. Means Co., 2002)McNichols Campus Library
TH 3500 .W48 2002
This website includes free tools to estimate surface area, optimize floor framing, calculate possible window openings, find minimum weight column sections, and plot curves for beam cross-sections.
Technical notes on brick construction
Brick Industry Association.These notes include detailed information on building and energy codes, material selection, and brick masonry estimation.
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