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Formulation on statistical trajectory estimation programs (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1970), by William E. Wagner, Arno C. Serold, Langley Research Center, and Martin Marietta Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
Wie stellt man Projekte, Kostenanschläge und Betriebskostenberechnungen für elektrische Licht- und Kraftanlagen auf? Aus der Praxis für die Praxis. (J.A. Barth, 1920), by Fritz Ernst Hoppe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Animal populations -- Estimates

Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations (c1993), by S. T. Buckland, David R. Anderson, Kenneth P. Burnham, and J. L. Laake (PDF files with commentary at colostate.edu)
Some Bayesian statistical techniques useful in estimating frequency and density (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1977), by Douglas H. Johnson and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: B-2 bomber -- Estimates

B-2 bomber : acquisition cost estimates : briefing report to Congressional requesters (The Office ;, 1993), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Bookbinding -- Estimates

Barèmes ou devis de travaux de reliure établis au môyen de 48 tableaux ... indiquant les prix de revient ... precédés d'une notice accompagnés d'un tableau de réductions sur les travaux en nombres ... (Chez l'auteur, 1892), by Em. Bosquet (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Bridges -- Design and construction -- Estimates

Examples of bridges and viaducts : from the contract-working drawings or admeasurements of select works. With the addition of upwards of 550 estimates and the practice of setting out works (Lockwood, 1867), by W. D. Haskoll (page images at HathiTrust)
Folsom Dam bridge : appraisal report and addendum 1 (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region ;, 2001), by United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office. Technical Service Center and United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Mid-Pacific Regional Office (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Building -- Estimates

A Non-Computer Approach to the Critical Path Method for the Construction Industry (second edition; Stanford: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1962), by John W. Fondahl (page images at HathiTrust)
Walker's building estimator's reference book (Frank R. Walker Co., 1915), by Frank R. Walker Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction costs. (Engineering news-record, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
Feasibility and design of a prototype multi-level industrial building in Cleveland, Ohio (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971), by William A. Gould and Associates and United States. Economic Development Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
The cost of a schoolhouse. ([New York], 1960), by Educational Facilities Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction cost control (The Society, 1951), by American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating building costs (McGraw-Hill, 1923), by Charles F. Dingman (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction estimates from take-off to bid. (F. W. Dodge Corp., 1961), by Norman G. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating structured steel : including structured aluminum and miscellaneous materials. (McGraw-Hill, 1959), by George A. Saunders (page images at HathiTrust)
Building construction estimating (Prentice-Hall, 1963), by Alonzo Wass (page images at HathiTrust)
Ultimate cost of building walls. (Dept. of Engineering & Technology, Structural Clay Products Institute, 1958), by Clayford T. Grimm and James G. Gross (page images at HathiTrust)
Mechanical estimating. Volumes I and II. (Hugh Carter Engineering Co., 1957), by Hugh C. Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
The American builder's general price book and estimator, to elucidate the principles of ascertaining the correct value of every description of artificers' work required in building ... in any part of New England: deduced from extensive experience in the art of building. To which are added a variety of useful tables, memoranda, &c. (M. Burns, 1836), by James Gallier (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction cost analysis (Washington, 1961), by Charles E. Reed and Raymond W. Ewell (page images at HathiTrust)
How to estimate building losses and construction costs. (Prentice-Hall, 1960), by Paul I. Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
Building affordable homes : a cost savings guide for builder/developers ([The Foundation], 1982), by NAHB Research Foundation and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ultimate cost of building walls (Dept. of Engineering & Technology, Structural Clay Products Institute, 1963), by Clayford T. Grimm and James G. Gross (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating building costs (International textbook company, 1927), by William S. Lowndes (page images at HathiTrust)
House construction costs (McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1950), by G. Underwood (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating building costs and appraising buildings (McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1924), by Frank Edwin Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating building costs (McGraw-Hill, 1927), by Frank Edwin Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating building costs (David Williams company, 1917), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
Production in building and civil engineering a pamphlet dealing with the analysis of man-hours and machine-hours expended in the execution of building and civil engineering works (H.M. Stationery Off., 1945), by Great Britain. Ministry of Public Building and Works (page images at HathiTrust)
Building estimators data book (McGraw-Hill book Co., 1929), by Charles Francis Dingman (page images at HathiTrust)
Plan reading and quantity surveying (McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1924), by Charles F. Dingman (page images at HathiTrust)
Hodgson's estimator and contractor's guide for pricing builder's work, describing reliable methods of pricing builder's quantities for competitive work, showing in brief and concise form the methods generally employed by the most successful contractors. Giving full details for estimating cost by cost per cubic foot of similar buildings, estimating by the square, estimating in rough quantities, estimating per unit of accommodation, estimating by accurate quantities, etc., with many tables, rules and useful memoranda (F.J. Drake & Co., 1904), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Hodgson's estimator and contractor's guide for pricing builder's work (F.J. Drake & co., 1913), by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Hodgson's estimator and contractor's guide for pricing builder's work (F.J. Drake & co., 1913), by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantity surveying for the use of surveyors, architects, engineers and builders (E. & F.N. Spon ;, 1904), by John Leaning (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Radford's estimating and contracting; a practical manual of up-to-date methods for rapid, systematic, and accurate calculation costs of all types and details of building construction, together with quotations of ordinary prices for labor and materials, standard schedules and forms, labor-saving tables and other data useful to building trades (The Radford architectural company, 1913), by William A. Radford (page images at HathiTrust)
Smith's building cost calculator; a system for arriving at construction costs by use of tables giving the cost of standard units of construction at varying labor and material costs. (J.R. Smith & Son, 1933), by John Ralph Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating : a method of pricing builders' quantities for competitive work (B.T. Batsford, 1897), by George Stephenson (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Architekt und Maurermeister. Handbuch bei Entwurf, Veranschlagen und Ausführung städtischer und ländlicher Bauten unter Angabe der Polizeibestimmungen. (K. Scholtze, 1882), by Gustav Adler (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual of appraisals (Rough Notes Co., 1945), by Everard Hereford Boeckh (page images at HathiTrust)
Specifications for building works and how to write them. A manual for architectural students (London : D. Fourdrinier ; New York : Whittaker & Co., 1905., 1905), by Frederic Richard Farrow, Neville J. Payne, Alexander Russell, and Thomas Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating, a guide to systematic methods in taking off quantities and making up estimates of cost in building operations, with quotations of current prices for materials and labor (American school of correspondence, 1908), by Edward Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
Rukovodstvo k sostavlenīi͡u smi͡et i tekhnicheskoĭ otchetnosti : spravochnai͡a kniga dli͡a stroiteleĭ (Izd. K.L. Rikkera, 1899), by P. O. Salʹmonovich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Uitbreidingsplan en bouwverbod. Beschouwingen over inhoud en toepassing van de betrekkelijke en aanverwante bepalingen der woningwet. (H.J. Tjeenk Willink, 1912), by H. J. Smidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The new Building estimator; a practical guide to estimating the cost of labor and material in building construction ... (Williams, 1914), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating the cost of buildings; a systematic treatise on factors of costs and superintendence, with important chapters on plan reading, estimating the cost of building alterations, and on system in the execution of building contracts (David Williams company, 1913), by Arthur Waldo Joslin (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantity surveying, for the use of surveyors, architects, engineers and builders (E. & F. Spon, Ltd. ;, 1897), by John Leaning (page images at HathiTrust)
Wright on quantities; a plea for a better system of estimating cost of buildings in the United States. ([San Francisco, 1913), by George Alexander Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating construction costs. (McGraw-Hill, 1930), by G. Underwood (page images at HathiTrust)
Boeckh's manual of appraisals (The Rough notes company, inc., 1937), by E. H. Boeckh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
How to estimate; being the analysis of builders' prices, giving full details of estimating for every class of building work, with thousands of prices, and much useful memoranda (B.T. Batsford, ltd., 1923), by John T. Rea (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating frame and brick houses. A practical treatise on estimating the cost of labor, and the quantities of materials, in the construction of frame and brick houses, and of stables, barns, etc. (D. Williams Company, 1902), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Mechanical estimating : volumes I and II (California Technical Publications, 1958), by Hugh C Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders. A comprehensive guide to those engaged in the various branches of the building trades. (David Williams, 1894), by Isaac Perry Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating concrete buildings (Aberthaw Construction Company, 1920), by Clayton W. Mayers (page images at HathiTrust)
The estimator : simplified tables of sizes, weights, types, uses, properties, definitions, and quantities required of building materials. 627 easy reference tables for the building industry. (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1962), by Robert L. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Anleitung zur kostenberechnung für hochbauten, sammt vollständiger preis-analyse im neuen meter masse. (Wien, 1877), by Josef Michel (page images at HathiTrust)
Hints on estimating for builders and carpenters and all who build. (New York, 1880), by Charles D. Lakey (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantity surveying. For the use of surveyors, architects, engineers and builders. (E. & F.N. Spon, 1891), by John Leaning (page images at HathiTrust)
Hochbaukunde (F. Deuticke, 1905), by Hermann Daub (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Quantities; a text-book for surveyors, in tabulated form. (B.T. Batsford, 1888), by Banister Fletcher, Banister Fletcher, and Herbert Phillips Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
The builder's guide, and estimator's price book. Being a compilation of current prices of lumber, hardware, glass, plumbers' supplies ... also, prices of labor, and cost of performing the several kinds of work required in building ... To which is appended a large number of building rules, data, tables and useful memoranda, with a glossary of architectural and building terms. (The Industrial Publication Company, 1882), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating the cost of buildings, with important chapters on estimating the cost of building alterations, and on system in the execution of building contracts. A systematic treatise on factors of cost and superintendence, with working citations. (David Williams Company, 1910), by Arthur W. Joslin (page images at HathiTrust)
Singer's guide and estimator for general contactors of building; comprising of an easy system of estimating materials and labor at various prices throughout the United States. (Singer & Rower Publishing Co., 1913), by William S. Singer (page images at HathiTrust)
Builders' reliable estimator and contractors' guide; a complete guide for pricing all builders' work ... Guide to correct measurements ... fully illustrated. (Printed by F.J. Drake & Co. for Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1917), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders ... (D. Williams Company, 1903), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Accurate home estimating; a text and reference for students of home building and homemaking, contractors, draftsmen, material dealers, journeymen, and apprentices (The Bruce publishing company, 1942), by Thomas Andrew Roberts and Ruth Anderson Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
Building in London; a treatise on the law and practice affectingthe erection and maintenance of buildings in the metropolis (Constable and company, limited, 1911), by Horace Cubitt, H. J. Leaning, Sydney A. Smith, and London (England) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
National handbook of plan reading and material listing for lumber and building material dealers, contractors, estimators and designers (Northeastern retail lumbermens association, inc., 1938), by West Allis Wilbur lumber company, Frank Z. Smith, and Martin F. White (page images at HathiTrust)
American builder. Buyer-approved homes of known cost. Selected designs, each with TruCost estimating figures. (Published by Simmons-Boardman publishing corp., American builder and building age uint, 1940) (page images at HathiTrust)
The architect's estimator and cost reference guide. (Professional Pub. Co., 1957), by Jacques Ing Cramer Priest (page images at HathiTrust)
The American builder's general price book and estimator, now first published to elucidate the principles of ascertaining the correct value of every description of artificers' work required in building, from the prime cost of materials and labour in any part of the United States ... to which are added, a variety of useful tables, memorandums, etc. (Stanley, 1833), by James Gallier (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating the cost of buildings; a systematic treatise on factors of costs and superintendence (U.P.C. book company, inc., 1923), by Arthur Waldo Joslin (page images at HathiTrust)
The building estimator's reference book; a practical and thoroughly reliable reference book for contractors and estimators engaged in estimating the cost of and constructing all classes of modern buildings. (F.R. Walker Co. [etc.]), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Appraisers' and adjusters' handbook (U. P. C. book company, inc., 1924), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
The vest pocket estimator; containing in tabular form material quantities and labor hours for estimating the cost of all classes of building construction. (F. R. Walker Co., 1957), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Life cycle budgeting & costing as an aid in decision making : executive summary ([U.S. Public Health Service], Office of Facilities Engineering and Property Management--Planning and Development, 1976), by Bain Naramore, United States. Public Health Service. Office of Facilities Engineering and Property Management, United States. Federal Energy Administration, and Loring-Meckler Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
Builders' guide and pocket companion. (Iowa.], 1885), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
The builders' guide and pocket companion (I.P. Hicks, 1890), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' Builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders. (David Williams company, 1907), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' builders' guide : comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders ... (David Williams Company, 1910), by Isaac Perry Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders (D. Williams, 1893), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantity surveying for builders. (Chapman, 1923), by Wilfrid Leonard Evershed (page images at HathiTrust)
Hicks' builders' guide; the book to use in laying out every operation in the construction or alteration of a building. (U. P. C. Book Co., 1921), by Isaac Perry Hicks and Joshua C. Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating frame and brick houses, By F. T. Hodgson. (D. Williams company, 1899), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Pratica ed economica dell'arte di fabbricare, col prezzo al quale comunemente si vendono i generi che possono abbisognare per qualunque fabbrica. (Presso G. Pagani, 1828), by Giuseppe Del Rosso (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating and contracting; a practical manual of up-to-date methods for rapid, systematic, and accurate calculation of costs of all types and details of building construction, together with quotations of ordinary prices for labor and materials, standard schedules and forms, labor-saving tables and other data useful to the building trades. (Radford Architectural Co., 1919), by William A. Radford (page images at HathiTrust)
Hodgson's estimator and contractor's guide for pricing builder's work, describing reliable methods of pricing builder's quantities for competitive work, showing in brief and concise form the methods generally employed ... (F.J. Drake & Co., 1904), by Fred. T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Building estimator's reference book ... (the author, 1915), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
The building estimator's reference book. (Frank R. Walker, 1917), by Frank Rabold Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating : a guide to systematic methods in taking off quantities and making up estimates of cost in building operations, with quotations of current prices for materials and labor (Technical World Magazine, 1908), by Edward Nichols (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Stime dei lavori edili. (U. Hoepli, 1917), by Isidoro Andreani (page images at HathiTrust)
The practical estimator, being a companion and key to the handy estimate blanks. Containing directions for preparing builders' estimates, together with numerous tables and rules ... Also a list of all the items ordinarily entering into a building ... (D. Williams, 1885), by J. D. Sibley and Anson O. Kittredge (page images at HathiTrust)
The artificer's complete lexicon, for terms and prices, adapted for gentlemen, engineers, architects ... (J. Bennett, 1833), by John Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
Série des prix applicables aux travaux des bâtiments exécutés pour le compte des particuliers dans la ville de Paris. (Impr. Chaix, between 1000 and 1999), by Société centrale des architectes (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
Specifications for building works and how to write them. A manual for architectural students (D. Fourdrinier;, 1898), by Frederic Richard Farrow, Neville J. Payne, Alexander Russell, and Thomas Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
Building superintendence ; Specification writing ; Specification-writing memoranda ; Estimating and calculating quantities ; Contracts ; Permits. (International Textbook Co., 1909), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
Nuova economia per le fabriche : con li prezzi e quantità di tutti li materiali necessarj per construire qualsivoglia fabrica sì in città, che in villa : opera necessaria ed utile per chiunque si sia, che voglia fare fabricare, ed altresì per li muratori, fondeghieri, segantini, ferrari o siano magnani, agenti di campagna ec. : con avvertimenti necessarj di ciò si può fare e che viene proibito dalla Statuto di Bologna per isfuggire le liti e non avere pregiudizj : con moltissimi altri avvertimenti e documenti per fare bene operare, non mai venuti al pubblico : ed in fine varj rimedj per li muratori, che s'ammalassero in campagna (Per il Sassi, successore del Benacci, 1765), by Guido Angelotti and Giovanni Battista Sassi (page images at HathiTrust)
The contractors', builders' and carpenters' building table and estimate book : being a systematic, thorough & practical method by which to estimate the cost of building work and material, with full and complete instructions ... (W.T. Comstock, 1888), by L. E. Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Devis des ouvrages à faire pour la construction d'une batisse pour engin, boutique et d'une chambre exterieur, à la maison des roues pour l'aqueduc de Montréal (s.n.], 1874), by Louis Lesage (page images at HathiTrust)
Hodgson's estimator and contractor's guide for pricing builder's work describing reliable methods of pricing builder's quantities for competitive work, showing in brief and concise form the methods generally employed by the most successful contractors ... (F.J. Drake, 1904), by Frederick T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
The building estimator (Omaha, Neb., 1904), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
Atchley's buiders' price book. (W. Kent & co., 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating frame and brick houses : barns, stables, factories and outbuildings (D. Williams Co., 1910), by Fred T. Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimating : a guide to systematic methods in taking off quantities and making up estimates of cost in building operations, with quotations of average prices for materials and labor (American School of Correspondence, 1917), by Edward Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
New building estimators' handbook; a handbook for architects, builders, contractors, appraisers, engineers, superintendents and draftsmen (U.P.C. book company, inc., 1922), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
What will it cost to build, alter, or repair? (C. Lockwood, 1900), by James D. Simon and Francis T. W. Miller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Hicks' builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders ... (D. Williams, 1900), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
The new Building estimator; a practical guide to estimating the cost of labor and material in building construction, from excavation to finish ; with various practical examples of work presented in detail, and with labor figured chiefly in hours and quantities. A handbook for architects, builders, contractors, appraisers, engineers, superintendents and draftsmen (D. Williams Company, 1910), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
The estimators' price book and pocket companion. (David Williams company, 1914), by I. P. Hicks (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantities and measurements : how to calculate and take them ... (Crosby Lockwood & Co., 1878), by Alfred Charles Beaton (page images at HathiTrust)
The American builder's general price book and estimator. (Stanley & co., 1833), by James Gallier (page images at HathiTrust)
The student's guide to the practice of measuring and valuing artificers' works; containing, directions for taking dimensions, abstracting the same ... (J. Weale, 1843), by Edward Dobson (page images at HathiTrust)
The theory of estimating (1913), by Fent E.N. Thatcher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A suggested guide to bidding procedure. ([publisher not identified], 1948), by Associated General Contractors of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Fifty ways to lower home building costs and what you don't get with a cheap house. (The Architects' small house service bureau, inc., 1931), by Robert T. Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A study in relative construction costs, 1910 to 1949. (Washington, D.C., 1949), by E.H. Boeckh Co (page images at HathiTrust)
A recommended guide to bidding procedure on engineering construction / prepared jointly by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Associated General Contractors of America. (Associated General Contractors of America, 1959), by Associated General Contractors of America (page images at HathiTrust)
Engineering and design : cost estimates--government estimate of fair and reasonable cost to contractor. (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1967), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The building cost calculator or unit method of estimating (J. R. Smith & son, 1939), by John Ralph Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Builders' hardware, estimating and calculating quantities, mill design. (International Textbook Co., 1924), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of estimating thru research and analysis (State of New York, Division of Housing & Community Renewal, 1968), by Sal P. Gentile, Morton Slutsky, and New York (State). Division of Housing and Community Renewal (page images at HathiTrust)
Investigation of potential savings in total building cost of multi-family housing built by industrialized building systems (U. S. Govt. Print. Off.; distributed by Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1968), by Guy G. Rothenstein and United States. National Commission on Urban Problems (page images at HathiTrust)
Hochbaukunde (F. Deuticke, 1920), by Hermann Daub (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Unit costs and time labor units in reinforced concrete mill building construction (1928), by Frederick W. Trezise (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Construction cost data for modern fireproof buildings (Industrial printing co.], 1929), by United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Building material and construction costs (American Contractor, 1929), by T. F. Laist and American Contractor (page images at HathiTrust)
Appraisers' and adusters' handbook : a handbook for engineers, architects, appraisers, adusters, accountants, lawyers, realtors, assessors, builders (U.P.C. Book Co., 1924), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
The new builder's magazine, and complete architectural library, for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : as well as for every gentlemen who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building ... The whole forming a complete system of architecture in all its branches ... embellished with upwards of three hundred elegant quarto and folio engravings (London : Printed by J. Hartnell, Wine-Office, Fleet-Street, for H. Hogg & Co. no. 16, Paternoster-Row, [1819?], 1819), by Andrew George Cook and John Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
Quantities and quantity taking (New York : Whittaker & Co., 1904), by W. E. Davis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The American builder's general price book and estimator ... (M. Burns, 1836), by James Gallier (page images at HathiTrust)
New building estimators' handbook; a handbook for architects, builders, contractors, appraisers, engineers, superintendents and draftsmen (Scientific Book Corp., 1926), by William Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
How to read plans and take off bills of material ... (Radford Architectural Co., 1917), by William A. Radford and C. Godfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
Suggested guide for field cost accounting for building contractors. (Washington, D.C., 1961), by Associated General Contractors of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Construction cost control (New York : [publisher not identified], 1955., 1955), by American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction Division and American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Basic Accounting and Cost Control Procedures.OLUC. (page images at HathiTrust)
Views on reduction of housing costs : symposium of letters written at the request of Norman P. Mason, U.S. Housing Administrator. ([Washington], 1961), by United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
The vest-pocket estimator, containing in tabular form material quantities and labor hours for estimating the cost of all classes of building construction. Published in conjunction with The Building Estimator's Reference Book. (F.R. Walker Co., in the 20th century), by Frank R. Walker Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Hardware, estimating, and mill design, ed. by William S. Lowndes (Gutenberg ebook)
Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works, by John Newman (Gutenberg ebook)

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