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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. Overhead: Overhead is the markup for the general contractor’s home office overhead.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: The Estimating.

Rory Woolsey

Each reference construction cost database handles these components differently. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. Typically the published unit costs do not include all the above. construction consultants.

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List of Common Construction Abbreviations

Job Order Contracting

OH: Overhead. OHD: Overhead Door. REF: Refer, Reference, Refrigerator. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. O’Connell, Interior Graphic and Design Standards, S.C. NTS: Not To Scale. O: Oxygen. O TO O: Out to Out. OA: Outside Air, Overall. OB: Obscure. OBS: Obscure.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

OH: Overhead. OHD: Overhead Door. REF: Refer, Reference, Refrigerator. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. NTS: Not To Scale. O: Oxygen. O TO O: Out to Out. OA: Outside Air, Overall. OB: Obscure. OBS: Obscure. OC: On Center. OD: Outside Diameter. OF: Outside Face.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

OH: Overhead. OHD: Overhead Door. REF: Refer, Reference, Refrigerator. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. NTS: Not To Scale. O: Oxygen. O TO O: Out to Out. OA: Outside Air, Overall. OB: Obscure. OBS: Obscure. OC: On Center. OD: Outside Diameter. OF: Outside Face.