Why use RSMeans Cost Data?

Whether you are a contractor, an owner, architect, engineer, facilities manager, or anyone else who needs a fast and reliable construction cost estimate, you’ll find RSMeans cost data to be a highly useful and necessary tool. Today, with the constant flow of new construction methods and materials, it’s difficult to find the time to look at and evaluate all the different construction cost possibilities. In addition, because labor and material costs keep changing, last year’s cost information is not a reliable basis for today’s estimate or budget.

That’s why so many construction professionals turn to RSMeans. We keep track of the costs for you, along with a wide range of other key information, including:

  • City cost indexes
  • Productivity rates
  • Crew composition
  • Contractor’s overhead and profit rates

RSMeans performs these functions by collecting data from all facets of the industry, and organizing it in a format that is instantly accessible to you. From the preliminary budget to the detailed unit price estimate, you’ll find the data useful for all phases of construction cost determination.

RSMeans Cost Data is available in your choice of formats: Book, CD-Rom and Online 24/7. Click here for more information on the new Meanscostworks.com online subscription service.

The Staff, the Organization, and Our Services

Our thoroughly experienced and highly qualified staff works daily at collecting, analyzing, and disseminating comprehensive cost information for your needs. These staff members have years of practical construction experience and engineering training prior to joining the firm. As a result, you can count on them not only for the cost figures, but also for additional background reference information that will help you create a realistic estimate.

RSMeans is always prepared to help you solve construction problems through its five major product categories:

  • Construction and Cost Data Publishing
  • Electronic Products and Services
  • Research Services
  • Insurance Services
  • Educational Services

Besides a full array of construction cost estimating books, RSMeans also publishes a number of other reference works for the construction industry. Subjects include:

  • Construction estimating and project and business management
  • Special topics such as HVAC, roofing, green building, security, plumbing, and hazardous waste remediation
  • A library of facility management references.

In addition, you can access all of our construction cost data through your computer with Means CostWorks CD-ROM, an electronic tool that offers over 50,000 lines of RSMeans detailed construction cost data, along with assembly and whole building cost data. You can also access RSMeans cost information from our Web site. Click here for more information on the new Meanscostworks.com online subscription service.

What’s more, you can increase your knowledge and improve your construction estimating and management performance with an RSMeans Construction Seminar or In-House Training Program. These two-day seminar programs offer unparalleled opportunities for everyone in your organization to get updated on a wide variety of construction-related issues. RSMeans also is a worldwide provider of construction cost management and analysis services for commercial and government owners and of claims and valuation services for insurers.

In short, RSMeans can provide you with the tools and expertise for constructing accurate and dependable construction estimates and budgets in a variety of ways.

Three Convenient Formats

The RSMeans Cost Data may be purchased in book, convenient CD-ROM format, or accessed over the internet 24/7. Click below for more information.

Bookstore - Cost Data Books

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Bookstore - Means CostWorks Data CD-ROMs

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