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Construction estimating, management, and cost accounting: a preliminary short list
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CONSTRUCTI'ON ESTIjSaATING, M A N A G ~ I C , ABD COST ACCOUNTING A preliminary short list
SPECIaL aDeLAmAT0RY NOTE
!Phis list of references that may be of assistance to contractors has been prepared by Hiss Eileen Carson, D.B .Re Librarian, following a suggestion from the Research and Education Committee of the Canadian Construction
Assooiation. This first list is necessarily a short one, the available literature
in
the field being. limited indeed. All the books listed in the first part arp held in theD.B.R. Library in the Building Research Centre at Ottawa, a libraw which is being developed as the library for the construction industry of Canada. !he books may be examined there at any time; visitors are always welcome. Short- term loans can be arranged but these must necessarily be restricted
in
the case of current text books.Comments on this list would be welcomed by the undersigned. mould more extensive notes on the recent books, for example, be of use, notes which might list the main contents of each book? Would a supplemeb.tary list of useful articles in the technical press be of servicle?
Suggestions for the improvement of th%s first list will be greatly apprecialt;ed.
Robert P. Legget Director
January 1959
Coupom are l ~ w d by the Coundl valued at 5, 2!i, and 50 wnh. These con be used In payment for this servlce as well a ceuh
(ntamps am not acceptable), money order or cheque (poyoble at par In Ottawa credit Notlonol Research Cwndl). Coupons can be uaed for the purchase of all Natloncd Raeorch Council publlcatlons.
RECENT
BOOKS ONCONSTRUCTION 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 f ncludes 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 mEstimating 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
,
SpenceBuilding and public works administration, estimating and costing. London, Newnes, 1946. 268p.
Covers the work in the office and on the construction site,
Johnstone, B.K. and Joem, C.E. ed.
Business of home building. New York, NcGraw-Hill, 1950. 289p.
Reviews various aspects of the building in- dustry from the point of view of the small builder. Contains chapters on job organiza- tion, operating costs and cost control.
Merritt, F.S. ed.
Building construction handbook. New York, NcGraw-Hill, 1958. 906~.
Written by twenty-five authorities in the
fields of architecture, engineering and contrac- ting. Includes sections
on
estimating con-struotion costs, construction management, specifications, insurance and bonds.
Peurifoy, R.L.
Construction planning, equipment and methods. New York, NcGraw-Hill, 1956. 534p.
Includes chapter on job planning and management. Peurifoy, R.L.
Estimating construction costs; 2nd ed. IYew York, McGmw-Hill
,
1958. 446~.Sets forth the principles of estimating the costs of construction engineering projects
and the methods for the preparation of detailed estimates.
Practical Builder BBagaaine
.
Practical business systems for builders. micago, Industrial Publications, n.d. (loose-leaf).
Covers such topics as cost accounting, esti- mating, supervision and scheduling. lthis
system is taught and demonstrated at the Busi- ness Management Clinics that are held in the United States by the National Association of Home Builders.
Pulver, HOE.
Constmotion estimates and costs; 2nd edition. New Y o x ~ , HcG~w-Hill, 1947. 653~.
Contains chapter on "Construction management" (p.488-508). Discusses planning of the work, time and work schedules.
U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency.
Reoord keeping f o r t h e small home b u i l d e r . Washington, Government P r i n t i n g Off i o e
.
1952, 85p.Designed e s p e o i a l l y f o r the b u i l d e r whose bookkeeping f a c i l i t i e s a r e l i m i t e d t o h i s own part-time work o r t o r a l i a n o e on a member of
his family.
Walker, F.R.
P r a c t i c a l acoounting and c o s t keeping f o r c o n t r a c t o r s . 5 t h ed. rev. Chicago, Walker, 1957. 255p.
OLDER BOOKS ON THE S W SUBJECTS, STILL
U$EPUL, XIPILL TO BE FOU%D II?
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LIBRARIESAffelder, W,N.
Contraotoss t aocounting p r a o t i c e
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Xew York, Ronald, 1924. 386p.Mngrnaa, C.P.
Acaounting and business methods f o r c o n t r a c t o r s . New York, M c G m a - H i l l , 1924, 1 7 5 ~ .
Dingman, C.F.
Constmotion job management. Hew York, McGraw-Hill, 3928, 220p.
G i l l e t t e , B.P, and Dana, R.
Consrtmotion o o s t keeping and managemen%. New York NoGraw-Hill, 1922. 572p.
Grant, H.D.
Practicml aocounting f o r general con%ractors; 2nd Edition. EiTew York, HcGrarw-Hill, 1925. 329p. Harrison, J.L.
Economics 09 c o m t r u o t f o n management. Chicago, G i l l e t t e , 1932 3 3 0 ~ ~
Schobinger, Q. armd bckey, A.M.
Business methods i n t h e b u i l d i n g f i e l d . Eew York, BlicGmw-Hill, 1940. 3 5 0 ~ .
Excellent articles are to be found regularly in the pages 09 such technioal journals as:
American Builder Architectural Forum Architectural Record Civil Engineering
Construction He thods and Equipment Engineering Bews-Record
House and Home
Jownal of thb American Institute of Architects Journal of the British Institute of Architects
EiAHB Journal of Home Building Praotioal Builder
Progressive Architecture
