Helps you decide what's required and when, what it will cost, and how to be sure your estimates comply with the revised 2004 ADAAG (ADA Act Guidelines).

A proven and easy-to-use checklist system to help builders and remodelers reach their full potential for success and profit. Includes over 40 checklists and a dedicated website.

Theft, assault, corporate espionage, unauthorized systems access, terrorism, hurricanes and tornadoes, sabotage, vandalism, fire, explosions, and other threats… All are considerations as building owners, facility managers, and design and construction professionals seek ways to meet security needs.

This book illustrates virtually every job in house framing - from layout to floors, walls, roofs, stairs, doors, and windows. Contains hundreds of full-color photos and easy-to-interpret illustrations.

Hundreds of illustrations show you how to analyze, repair, clean, and maintain concrete structures for optimal performance and cost-effectiveness.

Only 43% of construction firms are still in business after four years. Make sure your company thrives with essential – and very readable – guidance from a pro with 25 years’ success. Find out what it takes to build all aspects of a business that’s profitable, enjoyable, and enduring.

Essential reference for designing, building, or inspecting using the International Building Code (IBC) 2003. Contains expert advice and comparisons to the IBC 2000 and model building codes.

The third edition of this best selling book provides expert guidance on estimating virtually any type of electrical system.

Estimating Building Costs includes a detailed look at every construction specialty — explaining all the components, take-off units, and labor hours — for site work, concrete and masonry, framing, roofing, siding, and finish work.

This new 2nd edition has been completely updated with the latest in green building technologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. Includes Means’ Green Building CostWorks CD at no additional cost. A Unique Cost Reference for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, & Building Owners/Managers… Now updated & expanded. Includes CostWorks Green Cost Data on CD-ROM. By RSMeans and leading practitioners of Green Building

65 Projects that will cut utility bills, protect your health, and help the environment.

Learn and practice estimating techniques with the construction cost data used most by industry professionals.

How Your House Works uncovers the mysteries behind just about every major appliance and building element in your house

Learn how to evaluate JOC Proposals and award contracts - establish a JOC program and determine projects suited to JOC. Describes how to handle general requirements, estimating, and much more.

The most comprehensive construction dictionary available. Nearly 19,000 construction terms and hundreds of new illustrations.

New second edition of this reliable resource for construction terminology features the latest in construction methods, materials, and equipment.

A Spanish Products Illustrated dictionary of the most common terms and phrases, in both Spanish and English, complete with pronunciations. Features a new stand-alone safety and emergencies section for quick access.

This book shows and explains the typical work drawings encountered by contractors in residential and light commercial construction.

Preventive Maintenance for Multi-Family Housing puts easy-to-use guidelines right at your fingertips for the what, when, why and how much of multi-family preventive maintenance.

Complete guide to construction project scheduling and control, clearly explained and illustrated. The author explains how to think through and prepare a schedule, then use it effectively.

Priceless guidance for all of your remodeling estimating. Updated with current cost estimating examples.

The essential one-stop reference on quality standards for construction, compiled from the nation's leading professional associations, industry publications, and building code organizations.

This comprehensive reference covers the full spectrum of technical data required to estimate construction costs. The book includes information on sizing, productivity, equipment requirements, code-mandated specifications, design standards and engineering factors - all organized according to the CSI MasterFormat, and including recent classification changes.

Updated edition includes green building approaches to save water and reduce maintenance costs, plus a detailed explanation of the estimating process.

Get quick access to any aspect of mechanical estimating. Includes glossary of mechanical terms and definitions, plus useful formulas, checklists, and conversion tables.

An essential reference for anyone creating conceptual, construction, or appraisal estimates. Develop accurate and verifiable estimates with minimal investment of time.

An indispensable resource to strengthen your unit cost estimating skills. All the things you need to know about taking off and pricing detailed unit price construction estimates.

This expert guide walks you through the practice of cost segregation analysis, which enables property owners to defer taxes and benefit from “accelerated cost recovery” through depreciation deductions on assets that are properly identified and classified.

This no-legalese reference can help you identify and evaluate risky terms and conditions and then negotiate to lower or eliminate the risk, improve payment terms, and reduce exposure to claims and disputes.