Requirements in Estimating Bill of Materials

Suggestion on how to go about doing estimating:

1. Clear the table or work area
2. Have on hand all the things required:
a. Building Plans
b. Specification
c. Scale
d. Calculator
e. Pencil, ballpens, eraser, etc.
f. Data about bldg. materials (prices)
g. Worksheets
h. Construction contract, if necessary

3. Study carefully all the plans and specification.

4. In case of discrepancies between the two, refer to engineer for clarification

5. Scaled distance and measurement indicated discrepancies, it is usually the

latter that prevail
 CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATION AND WORKING DRAWINGS
• Working drawings or construction plans
• Specification are written stipulations
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
 Perspective drawing of the building
 Site Development Plan
 Vicinity Map or Location Plan
 Floor Plan/s  Details of Cabinets and Closets
 Elevations  Details of Stairs, including
 Transverse Section and Longitudinal Section handrail
 Foundation Plans, Details of Posts/Column,  Details of Windows and Doors
Footings, CHB/Reinf. Conc. Walls
 Floor framing Plan/s, Det. of Beams,  Interior Design and other
Girders, and RC slab/s notable bldg. features
 Roof Framing Plan, Det. of Rafters and/or
Trusses
 Plumbing Plan, Diagram and Details of
Septic Vault, Catch Basins, etc.
 Electric Plans, Diagram and Load
Computations, etc.
 Mechanical Plan, where so required
 The designer usually strives
to make the perspective
drawing as attractive as
possible, adding such details
as landscaping, design of
fences, gates, etc.

To achieve realistic effect,

shadows, people, cars and
other details are also
incorporated in the
perspective drawings.

PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS
IS THE GRAPHIC PRESENTATION IN 3-DIMENTION STYLE OF
THE PROJECT SHOWING HOW IT WOULD APPEAR WHEN FINISHED.
The outline and measurements of the Also shown are the other proposed
proposed building and its placement on the improvements likes gates, lawn,
property are designated. service yard, walks, etc.
 Generally there are four elevation drawings
Is a drawing representing the projection of any
of the exterior sides of a building and these
part of a structure on a vertical plane directly
are those corresponding to the views of its
facing it.
principal sides.
Are drawings showing the outline and arrangement of
The proposed use,
the rooms inside the building as seen from a horizontal
measurements and other
plane cutting thru the walls about one meter above the
important features of each
floor line.
room, which are drawn to
scale, are indicated.
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TO BE CONTINUE…….