It deals in a practical and reasonable way with many of the estimating problems which can arise where building and civil engineering works are carried out and to include comprehensive estimating data within the guidelines of good practice. The early part of the book has been completely rewritten to contain chapters useful to students and practitioners alike for the development of the estimating process resulting in the presentation of a tender for construction works. The second and major part of the book contains estimating data fully updated for the major elements in building and civil engineering work; including a new chapter on piling; and a wealth of constants for practical use in estimating. The estimating examples are based on the current edition of the Standard Method of Measurement for Building Works (SMM7). The comprehensive information on basic principles of estimating found in Spence Geddes are still as valid today as the first edition. In this edition the prevailing rates of labour and costs of materials are taken whenever possible as a round figure. Readers will appreciate in the construction industry that prices are continually changing; rise and fall; and that worked examples should therefore be used as a guide to method of calculation substituting in any specific case the current rates applicable to it. In the case of plant output dramatic increases have been experienced in productivity over recent years and again estimators with their own records should substitute values appropriate to their work.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy M. GagnerVery useful book; but I waited several weeks to get it. The book is a nice combination of fashion history and drawing tips.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. great bookBy Irina ChristelThis was my "bargain buy"! I will use this book for the rest of my life.It is useful for my career.6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The worst costume rendering handbook I have ever seenBy ZannyAs a student of costume design; a book that has "for students" in its title is marketed right at me. Its too bad no one told the publisher or the author that students do not have $50 to spend on a book that would be better used as toilet paper.First off; there is no excuse for a professional costume designer having to bring in an illustrator to illustrate the book for them. Costume design is inherently about your ability to create art that helps you communicate your ideas to others. If you cant do that; why are you writing a book telling OTHERS how to manage it? The authors costume renderings are shown in color only as small thumbnails on the front cover of the book and only in black-and-white internally. Given her style of rendering; this is one step down from useless.The illustrator has made a nice effort; and the silhouettes from the time periods might be useful in a pinch; but there are plenty of costume history handbooks out there which illustrate far more of the range of silhouettes - and cover more than just white-washed portions of European history. I find it both disappointing and hilarious that this book devotes more pages to Ancient Greece than Ancient Rome. How many plays survive from Ancient Greece as opposed to Ancient Rome?(hint: less than 10)This book is an extreme disappointment from start to finish. The instructions seem highly hypocritical when viewed in context with the illustrations and the costume renderings on the cover. Instructions to use realistic style and to avoid "wide; cartoon-like" eyes and figures which appear to float on nothing seem wholly inappropriate given the style of the renderings on the cover. I cant help but wonder how the author would react if she saw the work of students who rendered in a style more in accordance with her instructions. One must hope she would at least be gracious about it.I dont know how much input the author and illustrator were able to give their publisher with regard to these problems; but honestly; far more can be accomplished by going to a search engine and finding free; online tutorials. Perhaps in the future; a blog would be a better venture than a book?At least those only waste the money of the people who pay for the hosting; and not for those unfortunate enough to stumble across them.