Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Edition – An exclusive e-book for construction professionals

Francis D. K. Ching, the well-known Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle, has written an exclusive book alias Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Edition. This construction book is available in paperback and ebook.

The book provides useful guidance to the fundamental of building construction supported with a 3D digital building model for conversational learning.

Features comprise of a 3D model that demonstrates how building components are originated collectively in a final project.

• There are some evident and precise drawings which show the cutting-edge in construction processes and materials
• Addition of up-to-the-minute information on sustainability, consolidation of building systems, and application of new materials

• Inclusion of archetypal drawings which provide perfect motivation for designers and drafters

• Sheds light on the 2012 International Building Codes and 2012 LEED system

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Rajib Dey

www.constructioncost.co

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The Fluor legacy codes are very useful for construction estimator

In my experience, the best convention for cost codes are numeric. The Fluor legacy codes are the most comprehensive and flexible because of the order of the prime / sub-prime / detail / cost type. The entire cost code including the cost type is contained in 6 characters as follows:

• 101001
• 1= Prime (Concrete)
• 10= Sub-Prime (Concrete / General Account)
• 10-100= Prime / Sub-Prime with 3 digit Detail (Concrete / General Account / Testing)

To elaborate, the prime supports the natural order of construction as follows:

Direct Accounts

• 0 account - Site @ Civil
• 1 account - Concrete
• 2 account - Structural
• 3 account - Architectural
• 4 account - Mechanical
• 5 account - Piping
• 6 account - Electrical
• 7 account - Instrumentation
• 8 account - Painting, Tracing, Insulation (Other Directs)

Indirect Accounts

9 account - All Indirect costs

Further to the First character, the sub-prime breaks down the prime into a further 10 sub-primes. In the case of an account like electrical, you can establish meaningful commodity based categories at the sub-prime level as follows.

• 60 = Electrical General
• 61 = Major Electrical Equipment
• 63 = Power and control Cable
• so on and so on...
• 10-100- 1- Prime / Sub-Prime with 3 digit Detail & Cost Type (Concrete / General Account / Testing / Labour)
• Personally, I have used the Fluor legacy codes throughout my entire career across a variety of industries ad projects of all sizes. They truly are a set of codes that could be adopted by the AACE or the CII as a best practice coding convention !!!
• I am happy to answer any questions on applying these codes at any phase of a project.

 

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Published By

Rajib Dey

www.quantity-takeoff.com

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