ABSTRACT
The last chapter priced up all of the concrete work. Our coverage for this chapter is the balance of the direct work a typical commercial general contractor (GC) may perform, which includes Construction Specification Institute (CSI) division 05, structural steel, and all of the carpentry work in CSI divisions 06, 08, and 10. Much of this work was quantified in Chapters 8 and 9. General contractors will choose to perform different aspects of work with their own direct forces or to subcontract work out for a variety of reasons, including:
Union affiliations,
Specialization,
Equipment and tools,
Economy,
Client or contract requirement, or
Magnitude (quantity) of that type of work.
