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Excerpt from Estimating the Cost of Work: With Special Reference to Unstandardized Operations, as in Jobbing Shops or Repair Work This incomplete discussion upon the systematic collection and use of unit costs for ordinary estimating purposes has been compiled partly from memoranda issued from time to time within the past four years by the author to the members of the hull Estimating and Planning Staff at certain Navy Yards, as a part of their instruction and training. On account of the satisfactory results obtained by the use of these notes, incomplete as they are, I have been persuaded rather than to wait several years longer for more complete data from which to prepare a scientific discussion of the problems of the average estimator, to venture at this time to contribute my mite to the cause of standardization of labor. I do this in the belief that my efforts will be supported and far surpassed by many others of kindred faith, and that at some distant day the art of Estimating the Cost of all classes of work will approach becoming a science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.