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Mechanical and HVAC cost estimating made easy! Take the guesswork out of cost estimating for air conditioning, heating, ventilating, and piping systems with John Gladstone and Kenneth K. Humphrey's Mechanical Estimating Guidebook. The revised sixth edition of this best-seller is packed with 50,000 practical tips and techniques that will help you arrive at your estimate with greater speed and accuracy than ever. You'll find new sections on indoor air quality... CFCs... life-cycle costing... cold-storage refrigeration... codes, laws and standards... energy management systems... computer-aided estimating... as well as reliable weight, capacity, and conversion tables. This definitive quick-access guide arms you with both standard estimating data and standard for design data for: mechanical cooling and heating equipment fans and blowers; cooling towers; pumps; tanks; piping; ductwork; insulation; foundations and supports testing, adjusting, and balancing; excavating and trenching; rigging; and more.