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Calculating Exterior Brick quantity

By atuter on September 3, 2018   Masonry, Planning, Control, Schedules, Project Management  

When doing quantity takeoffs for masonry bricks, please make sure that you not only look at the plan and the exterior elevations, but also the flashing details as well, in the case of a building exterior brick. Those details will most probably show you the detail of where the brick is extending below the slab […]

Costs savings when ordering materials yourself? Not really

By atuter on September 3, 2018   Initiation, Contracts, Masonry, Project Management  

When a general contractor orders the materials himself, and hire an installer separately, with the hope of saving a little from the cost of materials, it is usually not worth it. From this post’s author’s experience, here are the reasons why: 1-First of all you loose your single source accountability during the execution of the […]

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