part 1
In this discussion board, you will use a lighting plan and fixture schedule to discuss take-off options for a project.
Create your initial post on Discussion Board 6 in response to the following:
- In this weeks module, you will find an electrical lighting plan and a lighting fixture schedule.
- Examine the lighting plan closely and provide a take-off for the most common lighting fixture on the plans and one other lighting fixture of your choice. To do this,
- Google each fixture. Decide on your choice of supplies and cost per unit.
- Create an Excel spreadsheet that lists the fixture ID, cost per unit, tax, and overhead (10%) for each selected fixture, and then provide a total for the chosen items. This spreadsheet should include the formulas for the extended
- In your post, of your Excel spreadsheet and reflect upon the process you used to calculate this takeoff. Specifically, address:
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- How did you arise at this conclusion?
- Where do you feel you did things correctly?
- Where did you experience trouble?
- Why did you experience trouble?
part 2
- In this weeks module, you will find an excerpt from RSMeans Cost Data 2014.
- Take a look at the data for interior lighting. Considering your quantity take-off from the last discussion board, try estimating the labor cost to install the lighting in your take-off.
- Share your labor estimates with your classmates and discuss how various factors might impact these estimates. Consider elements such as learning curves, weather conditions, or any other relevant experiences you have encountered.
