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Excerpt from Wright on Quantities: A Plea for a Better System of Estimating, Cost of Buildings in the United States Before touching on my subject this evening, may I say a word or two to those gentlemen present whom I have not the pleasure of knowing person-ally? Although an architect by profession, it may perhaps be stated that I have had opportunity of closely studying the practice of estimating upon bills of quantities, or, as it is more popularly termed, the Quantity System. Indeed, it is a subject in which I have always taken an active interest. I mention this, however, simply by way of explanation, which seems to be necessary, for I believe this is the first occasion in the history of San Francisco, and probably in the United States, when a practising architect has been honored with an invitation to address a body of contractors upon such a practical theme as Estimating - a subject which, perhaps, in some quarters, architects are not supposed to know much about, and I regard it as a good sign when a contractors organization is broad enough, and progressive enough, to invite an architect to address them upon such a practical and important topic. I regard the invitation as a great compliment. It gives me the greatest pleasure to be with you this evening, and I trust that we may have a full discussion of the subject at the close of my remarks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.