Labor Rates for the Construction Industry provides a quick, convenient way to obtain current union wage rates for every major metropolitan area in the United States and Canada. Wage rates listed are the actual negotiated union rates or a reliable estimate for each of the 46 construction trades.
This versatile manual is ideally suited for making comparisons between cities and combinations of cities, and for rapidly determining wage scales above or below national averages. Through the use of a special index, factors are provided to convert the national average labor figures in Building Construction Cost Data 2012 to local labor costs by individual trades.
Your 2012 edition also includes:
FREE quarterly updates via email — a comprehensive quarterly report on market indicators and construction price trends.
Want to improve project planning and budgeting? This easy-to-use guide gives you the building components required to develop accurate assemblies-level cost estimates, evaluate trade-off costs, and verify unit price estimates. Be prepared to estimate any job with this indispensable cost reference.
- Make better-informed decisions
- Weigh the options - price and evaluate assemblies alternatives
- Check the validity of unit price estimates or subcontractor proposals
- Perform quick square foot cost estimates
- Create a conceptual estimate without construction plans
What you’ll find inside:
- Thousands of building assembly and component costs--completely updated for 2012
- Square foot costs for nearly 60 standard building types
- City Cost Indexes and Location Factors for over 930 U.S. and Canadian locations
- Updated reference information and cost-planning guidelines
- Estimating forms arranged using UNIFORMAT II project breakdown