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count	Article Name	Article Category	Article Division	Author's Name	Presentation Year	File Type
1	A specialized course in Construction Estimating			Benjamin  Lazar	1977
2	Accuracy of Estimates-A Constultants View			Larry  Cockrum	1999
3	Alternate Approaches to Managing Construction			William  Choquette	1982
4	Basic Rails Estimating			James  Bettis	1992
5	Capital Risk Analysis			T  Bentley	0000
6	Computer Assisted Conceptual Estimating			Steve  Bingman	1984
7	Conceptual Estimates Development and Importance			Vincent  Zammiello	1994
8	Conceptual Estimation-- The Owner's Viewpoint			Bill  Noble	1984
9	Concrete Formwork			Teresa  Tamura	1989
10	Concrete Formwork: An Overview			Vanessa  Young	1987
11	Estimating Electrical Conduit and Wire			Hal  Engle	1991
12	Estimating Fire and Smoke Detection Systems			Keith   Waldrup	1994
13	Estimating for Hazardous Materials Projects			Timothy  Klaus	1990
14	Estimating Piping Systems			John Odell  Hilbert	1993
15	Estimating Procedures			Gary  Newton	1987
16	Estimating the Cost of Brick Masonry			Timothy Wm.  Herzog	1994
17	Estimating the Cost of Exterior Stone Cladding			James  Brady	1995
18	Estimating the Costs of Exterior Structures Using a Covered Walkway as a Case Study			Michael S.  Varner	1997
19	Estimating the Installation of Miscellaneous Metal for Prime Contractors			John E.  Steffens	1993
20	Estimating Trench Work			Kirk M.  Balin	1993
21	Estimation of Steel Erectioin Costs			Rex T.  Edmonds	1994
22	Estimator's Role as Marketing Manager			Charles J.  Meylan	1993
23	Form Work Estimates for Elevated Slabs and Beams			Erica  Byse	1994
24	Full Time Estimators vs Estimator/ Progect Manager			Michael Van  Vleet	1990
25	Guidelines for Estimating Asbestos Abatement			Shakir  Rizvi	1990
26	History of Estimating			Kenneth F.  Marr	1977
27	How to Estimate Miscellaneous Metals in a Water Treatment Facility			Chris J. (Pete)  Zoller	1995
28	How To Estimate Miscellaneous Metans In a Water Treatment Facility			Chris J. (Pete)  Zoller	1995
29	How to Estimate the Cost of a Concrete Slab on a Metal Deck			Gary  Kamp	1997
30	How to Estimate the Cost Benefits of a Pre-Engineered Metal Building System			William M.   Oakley, Jr.	1999
31	How to Estimate the Cost of A Base Isolation System for a New Building			Colm  O'Connor	1999
32	How to Estimate the Cost of a Conceptual Designed Small Commercial Project			Frank  Gamwell	1996
33	How to Estimate the Cost of a Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Wall			David  Morgan	1999
34	How to Estimate the Cost of a Precast Plank Floor System			John L.  Kerchner	2001
35	How to Estimate the Cost of A Tenant Improvement Project			Allen  Pakandam	2000
36	How to Estimate the Cost of a Two-way Joist Slab			Dominick P  Rose	1998
37	How to Estimate the Cost of a Wall Construction of Precast Autoclaved Aerated Concrete			J. Ben  Burks	1999
38	How to Estimate the Cost of a Wood Framed Roof			John W.  Meyers	1998
39	How to Estimate the Cost of a Wood Framed Wall System			Keith A  Doughtery	1999
40	How to Estimate the Cost of Acoustical Ceilings			Richard J  Lemere	1999
41	How to Estimate the Cost of an Asphalt Shingle Roof			Michael  Miller	2001
42	How to Estimate the Cost of Architectural Concrete			Ronald C  Murphee	1999
43	How to Estimate the Cost of Asbestos Abatement of Plaster Wall & Ceiling			Mark A  Linden	2001
44	How to Estimate the Cost of Benefits of a Pre-Engineered Metal Building System			William M.   Oakley	1999
45	How to Estimate the Cost of Brick Veneer Bond and Accent Premiums			Dan  Ergle	2000
46	How to Estimate the Cost of Casts- In-Place Structural Concrete In One and Two Joist Construction			Bradley W  Folkert	1997
47	How to Estimate the Cost of Cold Weather on Concrete Work			Andrew B  Cove	2000
48	How to Estimate the Cost of Concrete Drilled Caissons			Edward E  Golembiewski	1998
49	How to Estimate the Cost of Construction Defect Repairs and Costs of Installation			William  Trigwell	1998
50	How to Estimate the Cost of Drywall Partitions by Unit Price Components			Donald A  Logan	1998
51	How to Estimate the Cost of Epoxy Injection structural Repairs in Concrete			Robert  Weiszmann	1997
52	How to Estimate the Cost of Excavating a Hard Rock Tunnel			Ronald J  Fox	2000
53	How to Estimate the Cost of Finish Carpentry			Anthony  Ricciardi	2001
54	How to Estimate the Cost of Fire Damaged Structures General Construction			Chris J.  Kneppers	1998
55	How to Estimate the Cost of Hollow Metal Doors & Frames			John E.  Allen	1997
56	How to Estimate the Cost of Industrial Equipment Foundations			Chris  Ahrenholtz	2002
57	How to Estimate the Cost of Industrial Insulation and Cladding			James P  Lewis	1998
58	How to Estimate the Cost of Installing Horizontal Wood Siding			Dan  Zbozien	2003
59	How to Estimate the Cost of Installing Sliding Security Devices in an Occupied Correctional Facility			Walter  Lehner	1999
60	How to Estimate the Cost of Interior Build-out for Various Hospital Spaces			Mike  Gant	1998
61	How to Estimate the Cost of Masonry Cavity Walls			James C.  Connell	1999
62	How to Estimate the Cost of Mechanical Piping at Wastewater Treatment Plants Using Computer Spreadsheets			Christopher D.  Olson	1997
63	How to Estimate the Cost of Office Renovation Taking into Account that the Business Will Remain Open During Construction			William D.  Osincup	1996
64	How to Estimate the Cost of Reinforced Concrete Sewer Pipe			Jeffrey  Coopersmith	1998
65	How to Estimate the Cost of Residential Wallpapering			Mel  Smith	0000
66	How to Estimate the Cost of Shear Walls			Robert G  Queen	1999
67	How to Estimate the Cost of Site Cast Insulated Tilt-up Wall Panels			Mark  Kutchen	2002
68	How to Estimate the Cost of Site Lighting and Services			Mark R.  Langlois	2001
69	How to Estimate the Cost of Spiral Pipe Installations			Nathan  Slauson	1996
70	How to Estimate the Cost of Steel Erection			Deanne  Goodlaxson-Vossekuil	2004
71	How to Estimate the Cost of Storm Water Collection Structures			R. Craig  Provine	2001
72	How to Estimate the Cost of Structural Steel for a Code Upgrade of an Existing Building			Art  Quinion	1996
73	How to Estimate the Cost of Underground Double Containment Piping			James J.  Watko	1996
74	How to Estimate the Cost of Utility Piping in Deep Excavations			Edward R.  Lupinek	1998
75	How to Estimate the Cost of Wood Framing for Residential Construction			Randy L.  Jardine	2000
76	How to Estimate the Costs and Benefits in Value Engineered Projects			Michael J.  Jensen	1996
77	How to Estimate the Costs of Concrete and Masonry Using the Metric System			Donald H.  Beck	1997
78	How to Estimate the Costs of Interior Office Renovations at a Conceptual Level			Dominic J.  Maltese	1997
79	How to Estimate the costs of Poured Concrete Foundations			William S.  Saliba	1996
80	Light Rails Estimating			Oleg V.  Zeetser	1992
81	Lined Ponds- Installation and Estimating			Gregory Curtis  Seigworth	1995
82	Miscellaneous Metals			A  Kovner	0000
83	Planning in Relation to Estimating for Highway and Bridge Construction			Bruce M.  Morris	1998
84	Project Management for the 1980's--The Ultimate Approach			Kenneth M & Paul E Konkel  Guthrie	0000
85	Schematic Cost Estimates			Lillian C.  Watson	1994
86	Selecting an Estimating System			Herman  Holtzman	0000
87	Site Preparation, Earthwork Estimating			John F.  DeLucia	1990
88	Standard Estimating Procedures in the Process Industry			William F.  Chorba	0000
89	Standards Construction Cost Estimates			Kenneth F.  Marr	1977
90	Systems Estimating--Assisting the Design Process			Edward "Chris"  Wilson	1993
91	Take Off Procedures			James A  Wagner	1990
92	The Electrical Estimating Process			Harry W.  Shivery	1993
93	The Mechanical Estimate			David G.  Snavely	1993
94	The Nine Secrets of Estimating			Don  Short	2003
95	Wood Framing Estimating			Terry  Boring	1990