Plan Reading and Material Takeoff: Builder's Essentials, Paperback

Contributor(s):

• Author: Wayne J. del Pico

A Complete Resource for Residential and Light CommercialContractors -- based on the latest construction materials andmethods.

Learn how to:

• read and interpret building plans
• create an accurate takeoff, using a complete set of workingdrawings.

Each chapter covers a major construction division, such asconcrete, masonry and carpentry -- and uses plans, details andtables to illustrate plan reading and takeoff procedures. Achecklist for each material division helps ensure that nothing isleft out of your takeoff.

Includes a complete set of residential plans from Home Planners, Inc., the nation's leading provider of home plans. With a detailedmaterial takeoff, from site work to electrical.

With over 160 illustrations, including commercial constructiondetails.