Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Minor Works, Alterations and Repairs to Fire, Flood, Gale and Theft Damage

Book excerpt: All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable. Do you work on jobs between u50 and u50,000? - Then this book is for you. Specially written for contractors, quantity surveyors and clients carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Minor Works, Refurbishment and Repairs contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. More than just a price book, it gives easy-to-read professional advice on setting up and running a business including: Taxation Book-keeping, VAT and CIS4's Legal obligations. For the cost of approximately two hours of your charge-out rate (or less), this book will help you to: Produce estimates faster Keep your estimates accurate and competitive Run your business more effectively Help save you time. No matter how big your firm is - from one-man-band to an established business - this book contains valuable commercial and cost information that you can't afford to be without.