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Architects Contractors Engineers Guide to Construction Costs 2012

Since 1969, architects, contractors and engineers alike have looked to the ACE Guide to Construction Costs as a practical resource for all their construction needs.

Whether the job is for general construction, remodeling, building maintenance, or repair, the ACE Guide to Construction Costs provides the most accurate and up-to-date data for material and installation costs, labor and equipment rates, and even adjusted allowances for overhead and profit.

The Guide also features square foot costs for a wide variety of building types, "quick estimating" pages that make preliminary estimates a breeze, plus regional cost modifiers for over 280 metro areas throughout the country.

What's more, the 2012 Edition features a companion online tool that let's you instantly recalculate every cost item in the book based on your own labor rates! The output is a customized version of the entire book in pdf format. - more

"The Complete Construction Estimator"

If your computer has Windows™ and a CD-ROM drive, CD Estimator puts at your fingertips 85,000 construction costs for new construction, home improvement, remodeling, renovation & insurance repair, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting and concrete & masonry.

You'll also have the National Estimator program – a stand-alone estimating program for Windows that Remodeling magazine called a "computer wiz."

To help you create professional-looking estimates, the disk includes over 40 construction estimating and bidding forms in a format that's perfect for nearly any word processing or spreadsheet program for Windows. And to top it off, a 70-minute interactive video teaches you how to use this CD-ROM to estimate construction costs. - more

Like taking a class in how to estimate materials and labor for residential and commercial electrical construction. A complete estimate for a commercial building is included, starting with the scope ofwork, the materials and equipment to use, installation requirements and a complete set of plans for the elestrical system. - more

Accurate, up-to-date and easy-to-use cost data tailored to the needs of today's general contractor.

It's no secret that a cost estimate is the key to profitable contracting. Estimate too high and you lose the bid. Estimate too low and you lose your shirt. But with this detailed, easy-to-use costbook from Engineering News Record, you'll be able to prepare winning bids that are right on the money, time after time.

You'll quickly agree that this book is the one place to turn when estimating the cost of virtually any contracting job. It puts everything you need right at your fingertips to estimate both labor and material costs for virtually any kind of project you might handle. - more

Up-to-date and easy-to-use home building costs -- whether you're building a small single family home or a townhouse, using wood frame or masonry.

Covers 16 divisions of the CSI Masterformat in a clear, easy-to-read style that helps you find the prices that you're looking for in the fastest amount of time.

Developed by Design & Construction Resources, in cooperation with ENR - more

Construction Master Pro Workbook and Study Guide

The easy-to-use course that will help you learn common construction-math principals, building techniques and acquire the skills to utilize the Construction Master Pro advanced Feet-Inch-Fraction calculator – accelerating your productivity on the job and in the classroom. You will quickly solve routine construction problems or undertake complex design and estimating challenges.

The Workbook topics are modular for on-going reference and are developed with flexibility to work in conjunction with the construction jobsite from entry level to advanced studies. - more

DigiRoller Plus II
 

LE-CI6425 $169.95  $139.95

DigiRoller Plus II -
Digital Distance Measuring Wheel

Easy, One-Person Operation -
Take Fast, Digital On-Site Measurements!

Get fast, accurate measurements for all your on-site linear, area and volume estimates. Built-in functions automatically calculate and store square footage, cubic volumes and more for up to 9 different areas. Works and converts in all U.S. and Metric units.
Weighs just 3 lbs. and includes new kickstand. - more

DM S50L measures interior room dimensions up to 50 feet (15 m) and includes Zircon’s exclusive laser targeting to ensure accuracy.

Point the laser to the far wall, click the READ button, and the distance appears on the easy-to-read LCD screen in feet and inches or metric units.

DM S50L automatically measures length and calculates area, volume, and double segments. Easy-to-follow, on-screen graphics prompt users through functions for length, area, and volume measurements.

Laser targeting pattern shows the area of the cone-shaped sonic beam for more accurate measurement positioning. - more

True Laser Measuring – Easy to Use, Fast and Precise

Measures to 100-feet with accuracy of 1/8-Inch or better over the entire range

The PREXISO X2 is a one-person laser measuring tool for distances, areas and volumes. It is easier and faster to use than a tape measure, and more accurate than ultrasonic measures.

Quick, accurate measurements will help you make accurate material estimates, which will save you time and money. - more

Scale Master Pro XE
w/ PC Interface Kit
 

LE-CI6335 $149.95 $129.95

The included PC Interface cable lets you transfer rolled values from the Scale Master® Pro XE directly into commonly used spreadsheets or estimating programs, saving countless keystrokes, saving time and reducing the potential for costly transcribing errors.

For: Contractors, Estimators, Engineers, Landscapers, Pipeline Builders, Excavators, Concrete Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Plumbers, HVAC, Fencing Specialists, Telecommunications, Cable System Contractors, Pavers or anyone needing fast, accurate takeoffs from plans or blueprints.  - more

Scale Master Pro XE
 

LE-CI6135 $99.95  $89.95

Portable, Digital Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales & PC Interface - For Construction Estimators, Contractors or Anyone Who Works with Blueprints.

The recently updated Scale Master® Pro XE makes it easy to do Linear, Area and Volume takeoffs with speed, accuracy and confidence when estimating, bidding or planning.  - more

Just select the built-in scale factor to match the plan and roll the PlanWheel XLU2. The measurement is displayed instantly. PlanWheel XLU2 can be used Stand-Alone, or with your computer using XLU2 Interface kit (sold separately). - more

The industry standard take-off tool for entering linear measurements from your blueprints, maps, or plans into any Windows program. Just roll the scaler wheel along your print, then click to instantly transfer the measurement into your program. Scale-Link USB  includes the scaler wheel, connecting cable and transfer software. - more

The "First-Ever" Wireless Plan Wheel!  Scale-Link Wireless PlanWheel lets you scale dimensions into your PC up to 25 feet away!  
111 of the most common Architectural, Engineering, Map and Metric scale-factors built in. - Thousands of available user-defined scale-factors - Calculate auto-scale factors from reduced, enlarged or odd-scale drawings - Create any custom scale-factors for reduced, enlarged or unknown scale prints - Create, store and retrieve 2 user-defined scale factors... - more

Ultra Scale Master Pro -

NEW! - Affordable Area Takeoff Tool and Digitizer System

Great for residential and light construction contractors:

• Measure and calculate areas, lengths and volumes for all types of polygons
• Fast and easy-to-use
• Affordable, portable and powerful
• Works with or without a PC - more
   

Orders over $200.00 Ship FREE to 48 states

Take full advantage of your Ultra Scale Master® Pro digitizing capabilities by using Smart Takeoff!™- an affordable and simple-to-use graphic digitizing program that provides two- and three-dimensional perspective graphic display of digitized images. When combined with the speed and accuracy of the Ultra Scale Master® Pro digitizing tool, this system is invaluable as part of any construction cost estimating system. - more

Smart Takeoff!™ transfers digitized quantities to virtually any Windows® based program including spreadsheets (spreadsheet program not included), and also allows you to export the graphic image in DXF format for use in other programs.

Two- and three-dimensional perspective graphic display of digitized images. - more