RECENT BOOKS ON

CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING, MANAGEMENT AJJlD COST ACCOmTIMG

Aekerman, A.J, and Locher, C.H.

Construction planning and plant. New Pork, McGraw-
Hill, 1940. 381p.
A comprehensive manual for contractors, engineers
and all others interested in the planning, con-
$rol and execution of large constmotion jobs.
Discusses organization at various construction
stages, plant layout and schedules.

American Society of (3ivil Engineers.

Construction cost control, New York, 1951. 62p.
A basic system of accounting and cost control
which fncludes discussion of organization
of construction work, and analyses of various
oosts*

Coombs, W.E.
Construction accounting and financial management.
Iiew York, Dodge, 1958, 488p,
Relates accounting and reodrd keeping to the
size of the firm and the type of job being
con-lzacted,

Cooper, G,H.
Building construction estimating, mew York, IcGraw-
Hill, 1945, 282p,
Discusses contracting as a business, building
codes, plans, specifications, contracts, and
estimating of work perfomed by the general
contractorst own men and that done by sub-
contractors@men.

Bllavia , Louis m

Estimating general construction costs; 2nd ed. New

York, Wiley, 1957.
Erepared for the architect, engineer, contractor,
estimator and student so that a prior knowledge
of estimating production and construotion oosts
is not essential.

Geddes, Spence
Building and public works administration, estimating
and costing. London, Newnes, 1946. 268p.
Covers the work in the office and on the
construction site,