Estimating

REFERENCE TH435 .B848

Assemblies cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1996- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

Costs for building assemblies and components.


REFERENCE TH435 .B84

Building construction cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1996- .
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Unit costs for about 21,000 building components.


REFERENCE TH435 .C87x

Current construction costs. [Walnut Creek, CA]: Lee Saylor inc.
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Cost indexes and data for building cost estimating.


REFERENCE TH437 .S682 2007 

ENR Square foot costbook. 2007 ed. [S.l., s.n.]: Design & Construction Resources, 2006.

Square foot costs for a variety of building types, apartments, churches, retail spaces, schools, restaurants, etc.


REFERENCE TH435 .F33

Facilities manager's ... costbook. Los Angeles: BNI Publications, 1995- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

A cost estimator for facilities managers covering new construction and remodeling costs.


REFERENCE TH435 .M429

Heavy construction cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1996- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

Cost data for all types of heavy construction, including bridges, highways, rail, sanitary, marine and storm sewer.


REFERENCE HD4966.B92 U43

Means labor rates for the construction industry. Kingston, Mass.: R.S. Means Co., 1988- .
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Union wage rates for every major metropolitan area in the United States and Canada.


REFERENCE TJ163; .M43x

Means mechanical cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1983- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

Unit cost data for HVAC and control assemblies.


REFERENCE TH6010 .M434

Mechanical//electrical ... costbook. Los Angeles; New York, NY: BNi Building News; Distributor to the trade Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

Man-hour and materials unit costs for preparing estimates based on local labor and materials costs.


REFERENCE TH435 .N3

National construction estimator. Los Angeles: Craftsman Book Co.
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Labor and material costs with city adjustments for all residential, commercial, and industrial building types.


REFERENCE TK435 .M42

RS Means electrical cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1996- .
Library keeps latest edition only in Reference.

Unit costs for electrical contracting.


REFERENCE TH435 .M4367

Site work & landscape cost data. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 1996- .
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Detailed tables of cost estimates with cost index tables for most major cities.


Estimating Handbooks

These provide background information on the estimating process or formulas for calculating costs, rather than tables of data.

REFERENCE TH435 .A7 2001 
Architects contractors engineers guide to construction costs : 2001. Edited by Don Roth. 32nd ed. [s.d.: s.n.], 2001.
Tables and data for calculating estimates of building costs.

REFERENCE TH435 .W3
The Building estimator's reference book. [Lisle, IL: Frank R. Walker, Co.], 1915- .
Library has: latest edition in Reference ; previous edition in the Architecture section.
Tables and data to allow a building estimator to calculate accurate building costs. Tables indicate the quantity of work which should be completed in a day, together with the number of days required to complete a project. The estimator will need to plug in local costs, such as wage rates and applicable taxes.

REFERENCE HD47 .D43x 
Dictionary of estimating terminology. 1st issue. [Huntsville, Ala.: National Estimating Society], 1982.
Terminology used in estimating.

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