There's a Solution to Performing Time Consuming Quantity Take-Offs
Abstract:QTO/Costing, while not glamorous, is one of the most important activities performed by those working in the construction industry. Owners will spend $40 billion on architectural and engineering fees in the United States this year. What most people do not know is that owners will spend $70 billion on Quantity Take Offs (QTO), cost estimates and cost proposals.
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04/14/2009 - posted by Robert G. Armando
In the ‘70’s I developed a logics coding system for Eastman Kodak which we used in the Construction Management Office to identify project drawings and related construction cost. I used the CSI code logically associated with the work within departments, floor levels, building, city and state, all coordinated with Kodak’s complex accounting system. Any member of the team could create the code trail for any installed item from the application of the logic - no case systems were used only logics. All systems were developed using adaptations of Euphonious Coding by E. Ralph Sims, Jr - The Human-Machine Language Of Management And Engineering.
A similar approach could enhance the Reed System. The Job Cost and Management system developed for Kodak was used successfully on tens of millions of construction and renovation work, mostly in Rochester, NY.
R.G. Armando, President, Tectonics, Inc. rga@tectonicsystems.com
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In the ‘70’s I developed a logics coding system for Eastman Kodak which we used in the Construction Management Office to identify project drawings and related construction cost. I used the CSI code logically associated with the work within departments, floor levels, building, city and state, all coordinated with Kodak’s complex accounting system. Any member of the team could create the code trail for any installed item from the application of the logic - no case systems were used only logics. All systems were developed using adaptations of Euphonious Coding by E. Ralph Sims, Jr - The Human-Machine Language Of Management And Engineering.
A similar approach could enhance the Reed System. The Job Cost and Management system developed for Kodak was used successfully on tens of millions of construction and renovation work, mostly in Rochester, NY.
R.G. Armando, President, Tectonics, Inc. rga@tectonicsystems.com