NEW - New technology addressed e.g. use of a CD-ROM disk to assist viewing and working with plans, working online with plan-room locations. Provides students with the latest advances using technology and the Internet. NEW - Work ethic and the ethics of construction bidding and contracting. Familiarizes students with the standard of ethics in estimating and bidding on a set of construction plans. NEW - ENR classification for estimating standards. Provides students with a second option in estimating procedures.

NEW - The Plan Center Concept (the CD) appendix added. Provides students with the reasons for use, and the method to be used to work with the new CD-Rom disk. Basic introduction to construction estimating using the CSI format. Provides students with a simple and direct approach to estimating procedures. Basic estimating and bidding/contracting procedures Using a system of basic mathematical solutions to estimating procedures. Guides students through the estimating process. Procedures parallel to those used in many computer estimating systems. Provides students with procedures parallel to what they will encounter computer estimating systems.