Why Buy
| The 2012 RS Means Building Construction Cost Data is the most used, quoted, and respected unit price guide available to the construction industry. It is the professional estimator's first choice of reliable price data for accurate budgeting and estimating.
To be competitive and maintain decent margins, you have to know your costs. The RS Means Building Construction Cost Data gives you those costs.
- Prepare estimates with confidence using the nation's most comprehensive source of plumbing costs.
- Make the process of costing and calculating faster and easier.
- Develop better work schedules using labor data - labor hours by unit, crew output, and productivity.
- Reduce the risk associated with under- or over-inflated estimates and cost overruns.
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Completely updated and expanded unit price cost data for estimating, planning and budgeting in 2012. 2012 RS Means Building Construction Cost Data is the most used, quoted, and respected unit price guide available to the construction industry. It is the professional estimator's first choice of reliable price data for accurate budgeting and estimating.
The 2012 RS Means Building Construction Cost Data contains unit costs for over 23,000 building components, arranged in the CSI MasterFormat 2004 system. These costs are carefully prepared from the experience of thousands of contractors and suppliers in the twelve months just before the book is published.
The 2012 Reference Section provides the depth of technical detail needed to estimate projects with confidence and accuracy.
- Updated! Thousands of unit and assemblies costs for nearly every type of plumbing need.
- New! Expanded materials including mineral wool insulation, plastic sprinkler pipe and fittings, instantaneous gas water heaters, and more.
- New! A complete sample estimate to guide customization and improve accuracy.
- City Cost Indexes and Location Factors for over 930 U.S. and Canadian locations.
- Equipment rental costs, crew size projections, labor house, and labor rates.
And:
- FREE RS Means Hotline: Personalized help in using RS Means cost data effectively in your estimating.
- FREE email subscription to the RS Means quarterly update service online newsletter - a comprehensive report on market indicators and construction price trends.
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Publ Info
Author: RS Means
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 739
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Contents
Unit Prices:
- 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: Water and Wastewater Equipment.
Reference Information:
- Equipment Rental Costs.
- Crews.
- Cost Indexes.
- Reference Tables.
- Square Foot Costs.
- Abbreviations.
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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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