Yardsticks 2012 features updated cost data for the Canadian construction industry, with costs for 8 major regions coast-to-coast. It's the only book of its kind!
This unique annual publication provides:
- 2012 market unit costs: metric and imperial for more than 2,600 construction components.
- 2012 composite unit rates: for more than 300 installed systems - metric and imperial.
- 2012 gross building costs: for 35 typical structures at three quality levels: low, average and high (metric and imperial).
- Updates to the new 2010 MasterFormat classification system for easy reference.
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