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"Dodge Manual for Building Construction Pricing & Scheduling." $32.90. McGraw-Hill Cost Information Systems, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1759, New York, NY 10020.
The Manual provides architects and builders with the most current construction costs and includes sections on solar energy, remodeling and renovation costs. Along with updated costs for more than 12,000 individual building components in over 150 U.S. and Canadian cities, the Manual contains data on labor and productivity for 22 trades and subtrades.
"This construction cost data is vital," says the Manual's chief editor, Percival E. Pereira. "Today you just can't compute a general inflation factor and still be accurate. While some material and labor costs have increased only a few percentage points, and some have actually decreased. others have soared."
"Value Engineering: A Practical Approach for Owners, Designers and Contractors" by Larry Zimmerman and Glen D. Hart. 304 pp.: 94 illustrations; 6%" x 10"; $24.50. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 135 W. 50th St., New York, NY 10020.
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WACO's Masonry Climbing Brackets increase production, improve safety, and operate with ease and economy.
The brackets and connected planking move independently, allowing individual adjustment to fit each worker's requirements. This eliminates excess lifting, bending and fatigue. Working with materials at a constant individual height yields top efficiency, resulting in more production.
The brackets can be used on most makes of scaffolding, and can be raised to any height. A double rigger safely raises men and materials, and a gravity self-locking device secures them in place.
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Owners, designers and contractors now can find in a single volume a proven method of reducing costs and increasing value, according to the authors of this new work. The value engineering (VE) program is an effective tool, and this book explains why it works what influences the cost of a project, how VE fits into the "facility life cycle" process, criteria used to staff VE studies, and how VE can be applied to save construction dollars. Guidelines on how to actually manage a VE effort from start to finish are also provided.
The authors conducted over 50 value engineering studies totaling more than $2 billion. They show how to eliminate unnecessary design costs and how to reduce initial costs by 20% to 40%. Larry Zimmerman, an associate in the firm of Smith Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., is a certified value specialist and a registered civil engineer. Glen D. Hart. also a certified value specialist and a pioneer in the value engineering field. is vice president of Arthur Beard Engineers, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md.