Computerizing the estimating process can help remodelers double their estimating productivity while increasing accuracy. The right software package can also make it easier to revise cost estimates and keep track of running costs. Modeled after the CAD Reference Guide For Residential Construction, this book is written to help you choose the right computer estimating software package for your company. It guides you through the steps of selecting and implementing an estimating system, introduces you to takeoff and analytical tools available from most programs and gives you practical tips that will help you increase productivity. Includes profiles of estimating software packages, a glossary of terms and an estimating software buyer's checklist. From Home Builder Press, 1998, 98 pp.Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Garden & home builder (Volume 4)
Computerizing the estimating process can help remodelers double their estimating productivity while increasing accuracy. The right software package can also make it easier to revise cost estimates and keep track of running costs. Modeled after the CAD Reference Guide For Residential Construction, this book is written to help you choose the right computer estimating software package for your company. It guides you through the steps of selecting and implementing an estimating system, introduces you to takeoff and analytical tools available from most programs and gives you practical tips that will help you increase productivity. Includes profiles of estimating software packages, a glossary of terms and an estimating software buyer's checklist. From Home Builder Press, 1998, 98 pp.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
A Wing Design Method for Aerospace Students and Home Builders: Strength, Weight, Flutter, Divergence, Buckling, Deflection, and Twist
Marty Ferman has developed a wing design method for use by Aerospace students in their senior design classes, and for the Home Builders of aircraft. The method allows for rapid determination of strength, weight, flutter, divergence, buckling, deflection, and twist. The method allows for preliminary design phase for a basic sizing, and then the interim and final phases follow to fill out the structure to a fabrication level. The flutter and divergence aspects are rarely covered in most design books, so there can be enhanced safety. The method presents a unique representation for the preliminary design phase where the wing skin thickness is a key factor readily found and used for the stiffness and weight calculations. Here the user can see what is needed. The method uses many closed-form expressions for the straight, unswept cantilevered wing of constant spanwise properties, with suggested forms for the non-uniform wing. This method was evolved by Ferman during his fifty-six years in Aerospace Industry and Academia.The Green Home: A Decision Making Guide for Owners and Builders
What does a "green" home look like? What are its characteristics, and how can you ensure that you meet the highest green standards within a given budget? The answers to these questions and more are found in The Green Home, a book dedicated to teaching builders and homeowners alike about environmentally-friendly residential construction. This highly practical resource explores the very latest construction techniques, materials, processes, and green practices that will reduce the environmental impact of the building itself. Coverage ranges from air sealing measures and energy efficient practices to water conservation and the usage of natural materials, with a special focus on complying with zoning ordinances and building codes. With thorough explanations of the many benefits of green building, this is the perfect "nuts and bolts" guide to environmentally-sound homes.Dictionary of French Building Terms - Essential for Renovators, Builders and Home-Owners
This essential dictionary and phrase book includes every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won’t find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment and every aspect of painting, carpentry, roofing, plumbing and drainage. It also equips you with terminology for planning structural changes such as extensions and determining boundaries. An appendix of emergency phrases will make this a book you’ll want to keep by the phone at all times. Whether you own a home or work in France, this book will help you talk to French tradesmen with authority and avoid costly misunderstandings as you pull down the language barrier brick by brick.Affordable Housing: A Resource Guide to Alternative and Factory-Built Homes, New Technologies, and the Owner Builder Option
Computerizing the estimating process can help remodelers double their estimating productivity while increasing accuracy. The right software package can also make it easier to revise cost estimates and keep track of running costs. Modeled after the CAD Reference Guide For Residential Construction, this book is written to help you choose the right computer estimating software package for your company. It guides you through the steps of selecting and implementing an estimating system, introduces you to takeoff and analytical tools available from most programs and gives you practical tips that will help you increase productivity. Includes profiles of estimating software packages, a glossary of terms and an estimating software buyer's checklist. From Home Builder Press, 1998, 98 pp.
Black & Decker The Complete Outdoor Builder: From Arbors to Walkways: 150 DIY Projects
Adding beautiful, functional patios and walkways to the yard has never been easier thanks to this book. Over 150 projects and hundreds of instructional photographs combine with informative tips, tricks, and inspiration for the most comprehensive patio and walkway book on the market. From low-cost, curb-appeal walkways to expansive, estate-quality decorative concrete patios complete with outdoor kitchens, this book presents each project with step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs as well as informative tips, tricks, and inspiration. Each project uses the most current materials, tools, common practices, codes, and construction techniques to help readers add value to their homes and allow them to enjoy their outdoor spaces to full potential. Whether an existing patio needs to be freshened up or an unused space in the yard is just waiting to be put to use, this book is a crucial resource for do-it-yourself homeowners.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Home Builders of Tomorrow
Computerizing the estimating process can help remodelers double their estimating productivity while increasing accuracy. The right software package can also make it easier to revise cost estimates and keep track of running costs. Modeled after the CAD Reference Guide For Residential Construction, this book is written to help you choose the right computer estimating software package for your company. It guides you through the steps of selecting and implementing an estimating system, introduces you to takeoff and analytical tools available from most programs and gives you practical tips that will help you increase productivity. Includes profiles of estimating software packages, a glossary of terms and an estimating software buyer's checklist. From Home Builder Press, 1998, 98 pp.
Contracts With the Trades: Scope of Work Models for Home Builders
Trade contractors have a significant impact on your success or failure. This publication shows how to develop a positive approach to contracting with the trades in order to deliver quality products within cost, on time and at a profit; how to prevent misunderstandings; how to improve scheduling and coordination; and how to develop enduring relationships with reliable trade contractors. Features sample trade contracts and scope of work language. Includes 3.5-inch IBM compatible diskette with sample forms and scopes. Files are provided in Microsoft Word 6.0, WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 and ASCII. From Home Builder Press, 1997, 124 pp.Basic Business Management: A Guide for Small Volume Home Builders
Learn how to obtain financing, control costs, ensure consistent quality standards, and more effectively manage your employees and trade contractors. You’ll find out how to identify market and industry trends that will yield business opportunities. Whether you are just starting your small-volume building business or you want to refine your current business practices, Basic Business Management will provide you with management guidance you can use to improve your efficiency and profitability.Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder's Guide)
A thorough, informative, and up-to-date reference on green, sustainable and energy-efficient home construction that clarifies definitions of green and sustainable and guides builders and architects through the process of new or remodel green construction, including issues of site, landscaping, durability, and energy-efficiency. It starts with clear explanations of the concepts and fundamentals of green, healthy and energy-efficient construction and walks the reader through the entire construction process, injecting expert advice at every decision point. Construction techniques, materials, and products are thoroughly explained, making the often vaguely understood concepts cleanly understandable. The book gives builders and architects the tools to respond to growing requests from homeowners for green and energy-efficient houses, whether new or remodeled. Homeowners can use the book to understand the concepts, process, and options, whether they're doing it themselves or working with a professional.Daily Field Guide: A Logbook for Home Builders, Second Edition
Organization is the key to any superintendent or project managerÂ’s success. With this revised edition of Daily Field Guide, you can manage the details to keep each job running smoothly and on schedule. Use it to keep accurate records of jobsite activities, to document what happened during the course of construction, and to schedule trade contractors and suppliers. This concise logbook will help you gather and organize the essential information you need to have on the jobsite. Now includes a computer disk, so you can easily modify and personalize each form, chart, and checklist.Dream Homes Georgia: An Exclusive Showcase of Georgia's Finest Architects, Designers and Builders
Loaded with hundreds of photographs of high-end custom homes, these gorgeous books are a treat for lovers of residential architecture and a resource for people planning to build their own one-of-a-kind houses. Profiles of top architects and information on local builders and suppliers provide an overview of regional styles and preferences in each city.
Atlanta, Savannah, Sea Island, and St. Simons Island are featured in this collection of stunning custom homes in Georgia. Architects profiled include Bill Harrison, Norm Askins, and William T. Baker, and builders profiles include James Cotton of Builders II; Dean Johnson of Johnson, Williams and Harris; and Harry Beecham of Beecham Builders.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
NAHB's Home Builder's Handbook
ALL-IN-ONE HOME BUILDER’S RESOURCE Who better to meet the needs of the home builder than the organization that represents more than 200,000 home builders nationwide? In The NAHB Homebuilder’s Handbook, the NAHB has collected its industry expertise into one comprehensive resource just for your needs. This quick-answer guidebook helps you problem-solve in every area of your business. You get solutions that streamline your work, cut costs, and save you time -- in the office and onsite.
Look between its pages for:
Checklists, up-to-date code information, and technical data in an at-a-glance format
Budget-sparing safety and regulatory solutions
Guidelines for estimating, scheduling, quality control, and boosting sales
A handy set of personalized management, accounting, and business tools just for home builders
Reliable guidance on contractual and legal issues
More!
Commercial Building: An Introduction for Home Builders
Computerizing the estimating process can help remodelers double their estimating productivity while increasing accuracy. The right software package can also make it easier to revise cost estimates and keep track of running costs. Modeled after the CAD Reference Guide For Residential Construction, this book is written to help you choose the right computer estimating software package for your company. It guides you through the steps of selecting and implementing an estimating system, introduces you to takeoff and analytical tools available from most programs and gives you practical tips that will help you increase productivity. Includes profiles of estimating software packages, a glossary of terms and an estimating software buyer's checklist. From Home Builder Press, 1998, 98 pp.
The Contractor's Legal Kit: The Complete User-Friendly Legal Guide for Home Builders and Remodelers
Contractors will never again be without the legal information they need. This user-friendly guide for home builders and remodelers includes a free CD-ROM with legal forms and contracts available to copy and adapt for their needs.
Housing construction process flow manual: a manual to help small-volume home builders plan, schedule, and monitor construction
Marty Ferman has developed a wing design method for use by Aerospace students in their senior design classes, and for the Home Builders of aircraft. The method allows for rapid determination of strength, weight, flutter, divergence, buckling, deflection, and twist. The method allows for preliminary design phase for a basic sizing, and then the interim and final phases follow to fill out the structure to a fabrication level. The flutter and divergence aspects are rarely covered in most design books, so there can be enhanced safety. The method presents a unique representation for the preliminary design phase where the wing skin thickness is a key factor readily found and used for the stiffness and weight calculations. Here the user can see what is needed. The method uses many closed-form expressions for the straight, unswept cantilevered wing of constant spanwise properties, with suggested forms for the non-uniform wing. This method was evolved by Ferman during his fifty-six years in Aerospace Industry and Academia.BUILDERS' HOMES FOR BETTER LIVING
Builders' Homes for Better Living deals with the business of building; materials and methods of structure; design concepts of the house; relationship of the house to the individual lot and landscaping; and community planning. Since the builder house will continue to be constructed and sold, the welfare of the community, and the nation as a whole, will be strongly affected by the manner in which this is done. This book therefore, is an invaluable source of information to all interested in an improving pattern of living - builders, architects, engineers, site planners, civic leaders, investment agencies and especially the individual buyer, who, for the first time, will have a basis for judging the over-all merits of his prospective purchase.Joseph Eichler, a truly progressive builder, whose untiring efforts have advanced greatly the concepts of todays development houses, this book is respectfully dedicated.
Home Esteem Builders: Activities Designed to Strengthen the Partnership Between the Home and School
Contains a variety of activities designed to help parents in their home esteem-building endeavors and in their own understanding of the Five Building Blocks of Self-Esteem concept. Included in this manual are 40 home esteem-building activities, 15 parent newsletters, handouts with esteem-building tips for educators to give to parents, a complete script for a parent inservice, and plans for school wide events for parents. Helps parents and teachers coordinate their activities for the benefit of the student.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Sales and Marketing Checklists for Profit-Driven Home Builders
The updated edition of this popular book cover the major steps involved in successful new home sales. Learn the ins and outs of the comprehensive contract, the move-in, warranty service, asking for referrals, and a great close. This expanded second edition includes a new chapter on utilizing technology in your marketing and a more extensive chapter on mulitcultural sales.Estimating With Excel: Unlocking the Power for Home Builders, 2nd Edition
If you want a simple, step-by-step guide to improve the accuracy and speed of building estimates, Estimating with Microsoft Excel was written for you. Author Jay Christofferson, a recognized expert in computerized estimating, teaches you how to build a fully customized estimating program that addresses your specific estimating needs. Create estimates that are powerful and reliable enough for your most important management decisions. Loaded with detailed instructions—from programming basic formulas to automating Excel to integrate with other software packages— Estimating with Microsoft Excel will show you how to set up an accurate, efficient estimating system. Examples from the text, templates you can use to set up your estimating system, and a demo of EstimatorPRO are included on the CD.Carpentry and Interior Finish: More Tricks of the Trade from an Old-Style Carpenter (Home Builder's Library)
Marty Ferman has developed a wing design method for use by Aerospace students in their senior design classes, and for the Home Builders of aircraft. The method allows for rapid determination of strength, weight, flutter, divergence, buckling, deflection, and twist. The method allows for preliminary design phase for a basic sizing, and then the interim and final phases follow to fill out the structure to a fabrication level. The flutter and divergence aspects are rarely covered in most design books, so there can be enhanced safety. The method presents a unique representation for the preliminary design phase where the wing skin thickness is a key factor readily found and used for the stiffness and weight calculations. Here the user can see what is needed. The method uses many closed-form expressions for the straight, unswept cantilevered wing of constant spanwise properties, with suggested forms for the non-uniform wing. This method was evolved by Ferman during his fifty-six years in Aerospace Industry and Academia.Homeowner Manual : A Template for Home Builders 2nd Edition
Use this manual to create your own company homeowner manual that explains your contract documents, policies, procedures, and philosophy. By using the text included on computer disk and following the guidelines provided in the text, you provide your customers with an organized, professional, and easy-to-understand homeowner manual. Covers purchasing, financing, selections, construction, orientation, closing, maintenance and warranties.Carpentry and Exterior Finish: Some Tricks of the Trade from an Old-Style Carpenter (Home Builder's Library)
This project-oriented resource provides home builders and contractors with documents, contracts and worksheets required to efficiently and profitably run their business. A floppy disk is also included with the text containing all the documents and forms featured.
Documents, Contracts, and Worksheets for Home Builders
This project-oriented resource provides home builders and contractors with documents, contracts and worksheets required to efficiently and profitably run their business. A floppy disk is also included with the text containing all the documents and forms featured.
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