From the course: Construction Estimating: RSMeans and Cost Data

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Add items to estimate

Add items to estimate

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Add items to estimate

- [Instructor] Now, let's add some items into our estimate. I'm going to pick some random things off of the list to show you how to get them into your estimate. We'll go to Finishes. And maybe we'll go down to Acoustical Ceilings. We'll go further down to Acoustical Tile Ceilings, a Suspended Acoustical Tile Ceiling, or a Drop Ceiling as we call it. Look up above, and I'll scroll through to find what I want. Here's Mineral fiber tile, lay-in, 2' x 2' or 2' x 4', 5/8" thick, fine texture. Pretty common thing. Rough textured, 3/4" fine textured, yeah let's use that one. I'll click it. Before I add it, look over to the right. It's important to know what the unit of measure is. In this case, it's square foot. And I press the plus button to add it to my estimate, and now, going down, you'll see it is added to my estimate. Before I walk away from this, I'm gonna add the quantity to it. Maybe I'm gonna have 1000 square foot. I type in 1000 under Quantity, and hit Enter. Now as you see, it's…

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