Hi Friends, You really want to start that home building project. STOP!!!, until you have read this. You care to know why? You shall loose /waste your hard earned money You may not be able to complete it as scheduled You may not get the deserved quality despite the huge expenses spent. From many years of experience as professional in the building industry, I have come to know that the major headache for would be home, building owners who want to build is the issue of COST. How much will it cost me? Is the first natural question on the mind of would be home owner. Imperfection is the nature of property market. Most available conventional estimate are nothing but a mere over estimate!. That's the fact, trust me. Not because concerned building professionals are wicked but because of too many uncontrollable factors active in the construction cost dynamics. On the other hand the non-conventional estimates too, most times are underestimate that would lure you into adventure of abandoned project. This scenario seems putting you between "frying pan and fire" So what is the way out? Yes, the way out is information. Yes, that is what most practitioners would not want you to have. Even when you have it, they are coded and difficult for you to decode and understand. But what if you are informed and got furnished with enough information that will put you in the right position to evaluate, estimate, or better still carry out the estimate yourself. Yes this where this guide comes in, it has been a product of research on the ways to shorten learning curve and simplify teaching of non- professionals, the art and science of estimating building project. This is what is presented in this report with enough pictorial guides. In this book you will understand everything that matters in the building industry. and its organisation. Every development process from conception, documentation, and implementation to operations is covered summarized and simplified. The overall building construction process is simplified and emphasis is placed on how coded information in building documents like survey plan, site plan, landscape plan, working drawings, structural/engineering drawing, can be decoded for the purpose of cost estimate. A good insight into basic building operation is looked into. Organisation structure into building industry is explained with attention paid to the role of various stake holders. Practical tips on how to control and reduce cost of building construction are presented. A glossary of occasionally used technical terms were also presented in the guide Then, most importantly how different operation such as excavation, backfilling, concrete work, block work etc is estimated are explained with plain expression. The guide is targeted at simplifying the technical concept so that non-technical people can easily comprehend technical issues. However, it also comes in handy for student, private property developers and professionals all alike.
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