Why Buy
| If you're doing any facilities construction projects, you need to know your costs or things could get ugly. To ensure a positive outcome, use the RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data when putting together the initial cost proposal and defining the project scope. This way, you know the costs going in and won't have the unpleasant task of trying to obtain additional funding midstream in the project.
Such a situation for a contractor often means eating the costs. Such a situation for an inhouse facilities manager puts you on the layoff short list. But on the other hand, if you present an accurate project cost picture from the outset you can close the project with your reputation enhanced. Seems like a no brainer which way to go. And you can go that second way if you have the RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data.
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The 2012 RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data, 27th Edition, is an indispensable resource for contractors, government agencies, and facilities managers with projects up to $1 million. This resource is the prime source of cost data for most DOC, JOC, and SABER contracts.
Colonel Gene W. Blade, United States Procurement and Finance Office for Illinois Air National Guard has called the Means database, "The DOC database of choice," and says, "It is a quality assurance check for Government Contracting Officers and Base Civil Engineers as it assures a fair and equitable price to all parties."
The 2012 RS Means Facilities Construction Cost Data is devoted specifically to the needs of people who are responsible for the maintenance, construction, and renovation of commercial, industrial, municipal, and institutional properties.
This reference provides immediate access to every imaginable cost associated with facilities construction and renovation, plus many common maintenance items--with more than 40,000 unit price line items.
This comprehensive guide includes:
- New data for aluminum and stainless steel insulation protection, grease duct, and much more. Also includes more labor adjustment factors.
- Thousands of unit prices not found in any other RS Means book: site work, fire protection systems, access flooring, magnetic card readers, plumbing fixtures, architectural equipment, conduit and cables, selective demo.
- Plumbing assembly pages for baths, kitchen sinks, lavatories, service sinks, showers, urinals, water coolers, and water closets.
- A building assemblies cost section for a faster approach to pricing out facilities construction.
- A reference section which includes reference tables, charts, estimating aids, and technical data to provide you with the depth of technical detail needed to estimate projects with precision and expertise.
- City Cost Indexes for all zip code sectional centers in the U.S. and selected locations in Canada.
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Publ Info
Author: RS Means
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 1524 |
Contents
Unit Prices: (Organized in MasterFormat 2010)
- 1: General Requirements.
- 2: Existing Conditions.
- 3: Concrete.
- 4: Masonry.
- 5: Metals.
- 6: Wood, Plastics, and Composites.
- 7: Thermal and Moisture Protection.
- 8: Openings. 9: Finishes.
- 10: Specialties.
- 11: Equipment.
- 12: Furnishings.
- 13: Special Construction.
- 14: Conveying Equipment.
- 21: Fire Suppression.
- 22: Plumbing.
- 23: Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning.
- 26: Electrical.
- 27: Communications.
- 28: Electronic Safety and Security.
- 31: Earthwork.
- 32: Exterior Improvements.
- 33: Utilities.
- 34: Transportation.
- 35: Waterway and Marine.
- 41: Material Processing and Handling Equipment.
- 44: Pollution Control Equipment.
- 46. Waste and Waste Treatment Equipment.
Assemblies:
- A: Substructure.
- B: Shell.
- C: Interiors.
- D: Services.
- E: Equipment and Furnishings.
- F: Special Construction.
- G: Building Sitework.
Reference Information:
- Equipment Rental Costs.
- Crews.
- Cost Indexes.
- Reference Tables.
- Square Foot Costs.
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Estimating Tips
Before you start estimating, you need to understand some core principles. The business landscape is littered with the “bodies” of people who didn’t understand these principles. They did many things right, but the final result of their labor did not promote the business goals of their organization. Here are six tips to help you produce a more accurate estimate.
- Define the scope. Your estimate needs to be for a specific scope of work. Be sure your estimate articulates and defines this clearly so everyone understands exactly what's being estimated.
- Use a good cost data source. Well, here you are looking at the RS Means. You've got this one nailed.
- Don't include general "fudge factors." Include specific ones. For example, calculate the exact cost of a bad weather day. Then estimate how many such days are likely to occur. That's your bad weather cost estimate, not some arbitrary number like 10%.
- List constraints. These include time constraints, access issues, and anything else that might cause delays, produce extra work, or require additional resources. In a separate section of your estimate, include a cost breakdown of these. You won't need this information for the purposes of submitting a bid, but you will need it for purposes of risk assessment, project management, and T&C negotiations.
- Include testing and adjustment in your estimate. Cost over-runs are often due to failure to properly test as the work progresses.
- Don't forget daily mobilization and start-up costs.
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About RS Means
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A trusted name in construction costs for more than 70 years, RS Means offers cost data you can depend on. It's widely considered the gold standard in estimating, and with good reason. RS Means is passionate about providing accurate cost data, and that means your estimates and bids can also be accurate.
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