Re: ESTIMATION PROGRAM

From: <Gordon.Reddek@Alcan.com>
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 17:48:00 EST

JiJoy,

We happen to have the Gulf Publishing Company series of books in our library mentioned by Steve. The one he mentions covers estimating on a very high level where one uses graphs to predict costs from very basic information. There is another in the series called "Estimator's Piping Man-hour Manual" which is just that. It gives man hour estimates for absolutely everything to do with piping. With this book and material prices from your suppliers you should be able to come up with the usual detailed estimate using a spreadsheet.
Details of the book are:
ISBN 0-87201-708-7
GULF PUBLISHING COMPANY
Author: John S. Page

My experience with estimating packages is that they are programs written by companies to develop their own business and they seldom make them available if they are any good. If they do, you get it WITHOUT the database of man-hours and prices, which is the heart of the program. Lets face it, if they give you the whole program you have all the tools you need to put them out of business. Would you do that?.

I think I have seen shareware and freeware packages and even free spreadsheets on freeware and shareware sites in the past. You could conceivably use them as a template and populate it with man-hours from the book above and material prices from your suppliers. I would also get the book Steve mentioned because it would be a good way to check the magnitude of your final estimate. His Book has the ISBN 0-87201-134-8. I have not looked for shareware or freeware lately but the relevant sites are easily found by surfing for same on Google.com

Hope that helps

Gordon

"Jijoy Pillai" <jijoy@mis.co.ae>
03/02/2004 04:08 PM
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I would like a get a estimating software for piping. to calculate the cost, no of flanges,weldolets, sockolets, elbows etc man hours taken for construction etc.....,
or a bidding software.

can anyone tell me some site where I can get one to try.

Any response will be tremendously appreciated

Thanks

JIJOY
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Received on Tue Feb 03 17:48:00 2004