Estimating in Building Construction with CDROM or Healthcare Information Management Systems

Estimating in Building Construction with CDROM

Author: Frank R Dagostino

This well-established text continues to provide construction, architecture, and engineering students with the solid foundation in theory they need before advancing to computerized estimating. Extensive examples and exercises are included to demonstrate estimate methodology and organization. The easy-to-read text uses the popular approach of tracing the progress of one project throughout the book.

Some of the key features include:

• Internet resources provided at the end of each chapter.
• CD containing WinEst as well as Excel spreadsheets from the text.
• A number of commercial and residential foldout drawings to be used in conjunction with the exercises found at the end of each chapter.

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New edition of a text explaining how to build construction estimates and bids. Chapter topics include specifications, computer-assisted estimating, labor, equipment, excavation, concrete, masonry, metals, wood, thermal and moisture protection, doors and windows, finishes, electrical, plumbing, and heating and air-conditioning. Review questions are at the end of each chapter. Large commercial and residential drawings inserted as foldouts at the back of the book are the basis for examples throughout the text. The included CD-ROM contains Timberline's Precision Estimating-basic edition trial software. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction to Estimating	1
Ch. 2	Contracts, Bonds, and Insurance	13
Ch. 3	Specifications	23
Ch. 4	The Estimate	35
Ch. 5	Computer-Assisted Estimating	47
Ch. 6	Overhead and Contingencies	54
Ch. 7	Labor	71
Ch. 8	Equipment	77
Ch. 9	Excavation	84
Ch. 10	Concrete	121
Ch. 11	Masonry	155
Ch. 12	Metals	184
Ch. 13	Wood	194
Ch. 14	Thermal and Moisture Protection	239
Ch. 15	Doors and Windows	256
Ch. 16	Finishes	271
Ch. 17	Electrical	302
Ch. 18	Plumbing	307
Ch. 19	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning	311
Ch. 20	Profit	315
	Appendix A: Drawings and Outline Specifications of a Small Commercial Building	317
	Appendix B: Common Terms Used in the Building Industry	322
	Appendix C: AIA General Conditions and Standard Form of Agreement	329
	Appendix D: Conversions	362
	Appendix E: Drawings and Outline Specifications of a Small Commercial Building	366
	Appendix F: Small Commercial Building	371
	Appendix G: Drawings and Outline Specifications of a Residence	373
	Appendix H: Drawings and Outline Specifications of a Residence	378
	Appendix I: Computer Software Instructions	384
	Index	413

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Healthcare Information Management Systems

Author: Marion J Ball

Healthcare Information Management Systems, Third edition, will be a comprehensive volume addressing the technical, organizational, and management issues confronted by healthcare professionals in the selection, implementation, and management of healthcare information systems. With contributions from experts in the field, this book focuses on topics such as strategic planning, turning a plan into reality, implementation, patient-centered technologies, privacy, the new culture of patient safety, and the future of technologies in progress. With the addition of 28 new chapters, the Third Edition is also richly peppered with case studies of implementation, both in the United States and abroad. The case studies are evidence that information technology can be implemented efficiently to yield results, yet they do not overlook pitfalls, hurdles, and other challenges that are encountered. Designed for use by physicians, nurses, nursing and medical directors, department heads, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, and healthcare informaticians, the book aims to be a indispensible reference.

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Reviewer: LouAnn Schraffenberger, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P (Univ of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomed & Health Info Mgmt)
Description: This book, one is a series addressing health informatics, is a strategic planning, development and implementation guide for healthcare information systems. It includes both theory and practical scenarios that describe the state of the art in healthcare information systems planning and implementation today. The previous edition was published nine years ago.
Purpose: The book intends to share a series of information technology (IT) success stories and serve as a vehicle for knowledge sharing that will benefit future IT implementations. Comparing this edition to the previous edition, only six chapter topics are based on the same concepts. In a sense, this is a new book. It intends to give a fresh look at the changes in technology, planning, and human-computer interactions that exist today.
Audience: The audience for this book is the IT team: nurse informatician, health information administrator, medical technology officer, security officer, network developer, project manager, technology planner, systems analyst - and students preparing for any of these roles:everyone who has a part in the design, implementation, and maintenance of health information management systems. The series editors are well known, well respected professionals in the healthcare information systems industry. The author-contributors of the individual chapters are equally well respected practitioners and academicians who have lived what they are describing. This makes the book practical and applicable.
Features: Section 1 (six chapters) addresses the planning and developing an IT strategy. Two cases studies from Baylor and Clarian Health are included as well as an international perspective. Section 2 (five chapters) addresses preparing for organizational change and again include two U.S. and one international case study. Section 3 (11 chapters) should be labeled "CIO Stories" as nine leaders share their experiences in transforming and implementing systems. Section 4 (10 chapters) addresses patient-centered technologies such as measuring outcomes, interviewing patients with a computer, pharmacy systems, computer-enhanced radiology, etc. Section 5 (10 chapters) provides an outlook on future technologies. Exciting possibilities and realities in the use of technology to improve patient care are discussed.
Assessment: An impressive group of IT practitioners and consultants have provided a wealth of information regarding healthcare information systems in this one book. It is a comprehensive guide to the strategic planning, development, and implementation of healthcare information systems. Whether in a classroom or in an IT or information manager's office, the reader will benefit from the advice offered by the practitioners who work in the world of healthcare IT. Even if you don't read the whole book, you are going to benefit from the experiences shared in individual chapters. It is a terrific book.

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3 Stars from Doody