2012 Sweet's Construction Cost Guides

Work with the most extensive, respected, and timely database in the construction industry - developed by the construction experts at McGraw-Hill Construction and BNi Building News. Keep your estimates, bids, specifications, and cost checks right on target with precise, thoroughly researched unit construction costs. Ensure data accuracy to your region with Sweets 1,000+ location modifiers. Sweets 2012 Residential Cost Guide gives you the data and calculation tools you need to compute all construction costs on your next job, accurately. Including overhead, profit, productivity rates - and come in at or below budget.

You'll find data for:

• Sitework
• Concrete & Masonry
• Metals
• Woods & Plastics
• Thermal & Moisture Protection
• Doors & Windows
• Finishes
• Specialties
• Equipment
• Furnishings
• Special Construction
• Conveying Systems
• Mechanical Systems
• Electrical Systems

The cost data you need every day - in CSI MASTERFORMAT with Geographic Cost Modifiers. Over 8,000 updated component costs - for virtually every area of residential construction.

If your customers are demanding their buildings meet LEED® green building standards, estimating construction costs can represent quite a challenge – especially if, like most of us, you’ve never built a green building before.

This new book contains square foot prices for over 50 different types of green buildings, broken down by CSI division. You’ll also find articles on the cost of LEED® certification, green roof design, and the goals of other LEED® certified builders throughout the U.S. All of the costs in the book have been carefully adjusted for 2012. Included are government projects, commercial buildings, schools and libraries, medical facilities, residential buildings and recreational facilities, reflecting the vast array of ""green"" materials and technologies being used in construction today.

For each building, the book provides a detailed narrative describing its major features and the steps taken to minimize environmental impact – both in its construction and its operation. There are large pictures of the finished buildings, the cost breakdown for each project, broken out on a cost-per-square-foot basis and by CSI MasterFormat section, along with the primary specifications and full details about the construction team.

• Recycled materials
• Local sourcing
• Reclaimed water systems
• Solar and geothermal heating systems
• Engineered glass
• Wetland septic systems
• Natural ventilation
• Low off-gassing VOC carpeting and finishes
• Thermally uncoupled wall systems