The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . deral authorities build a newpost office—by the preparation of plans and specifica-tions describing the operation in detail, which are madea part of a contract between you and the most accept-able bidder. Furthermore
The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . deral authorities build a newpost office—by the preparation of plans and specifica-tions describing the operation in detail, which are madea part of a contract between you and the most accept-able bidder. Furthermore, you can place the bidderunder bond, to guarantee the satisfactory performanceof his work. For the erection of fine residences, office buildings,and other large edifices it is, of course, customary toengage the services of a competent architect to draw upa set of plans and working details, to write the specifica-tions, take bids, award the contract, and later to super-intend the execution of the work. It is easy to under-stand how a big undertaking like a million-dollar officebuilding necessitates the services of an expert. In thefirst place, instead of a single contractor on a job ofsuch magnitude, there will probably be twenty con-tractors, or one general contractor and twenty sub-contractors. There is seldom any need for the farmer to con- PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 15. 16 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER suit an architect, any more, perhaps, than to pur-chase a set of plans for a dwelling or barn, for whichthere is charged a very nominal price. The architectsservices are not required to take bids, award the con-tract, and then see to it that the successful bidder per-forms his work properly providing the farmer is suffi-ciently well versed on such affairs. The charge forthese services, which is quite considerable, can besaved. SPECIFY LABOR AND MATERIALS Let us review a few of the essential features of aspecification. To build intelligently and profitablyit is necessary that the
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