Commercial Estimator has two different methods for entering elevators:
Elevators by Count, for which you enter the number of elevators.
Elevators by Area, for which you enter the percentage of the total floor area served by the elevators.
Use Elevators by Area to include the cost for elevators on a cost per square foot basis by entering 100 for the quantity (to indicate that the elevators serve 100% of the total floor area). The cost includes consideration of the type of controls, speed, capacity, power door operation, number of stops, series of banks, etc. typical for the occupancy, class and quality rank of the building being evaluated.
Note: It is always better to price elevators by the Count Method when you know the type and number of elevators. In addition, elevators by area are only available for selected occupancies.
Use the buttons at the bottom of this screen to do the following:
Cancel: Cancel the creation of the new estimate, returning to the Estimates screen. If you click Cancel, nothing that you entered is saved.
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