construction estimating software
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Wed Jan 30 23:17:06 UTC 2008
Robin Laing wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:36:47 -0500
>> Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> But as another poster mentioned here, you need to consider the timing.
>>> In house construction timing is a very important factor in controlling
>>> costs. From the excavator to the roofer, you need to plan and time the
>>> work of a large number of specialists plus usually a crew of laborers. I
>>> don't know what to suggest these days.
>>
>> It's my understanding that he's mostly interested in a materials list,
>> though I
>> could be wrong. The way that he explained it to me, he wants to be
>> able to
>> design and draw his house, then get a list of "582 2x4's, 96 bales of
>> insulation, 250 sheets of plywood" and so on.
>>
>
> I have seen one of these in use. It was a custom spreadsheet designed
> for the lumber company that I was at. They would enter in the details
> of your design (garage in my case) and then modify the details.
>
> If you wanted to use 2X10's then it would change the 2X8's to 2X10's and
> recalculate.
Interestingly, we used to use four by two &c, before we went metric.
>
> I wonder if there is a script that could pull the lumber details from a
> *.dxf file created in qCad.
>
> One thing I learned is many estimations used by lumber companies come up
> short if you do a better quality job.
>
> Also, I wouldn't build a house out of 2x4's any more. The energy
> savings for 2x6 or 2x8 are well worth the extra cost. :) I say this as
> I see the Melville Sask in your message and it is bloody cold out.
Sask didn't mean anything to me, now I assume it's a cold province of .ca.
>
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