2026 Heavy Construction Costs Book

In the 2026 Heavy Construction Costs Book With RSMeans Data, you get costs for all types of heavy construction from highways, bridges, utilities, rails and marine projects to transportation, environmental and large horizontal infrastructure builds. Unit costs for over 17,000 work items across 22 CSI MasterFormat Divisions, as well as hundreds of pre-built assemblies covering earthwork, grading, prep work for foundations and more.

• Operation and maintenance of exterior improvements.
• Concrete: Structural, precast, cast-in-place and specialty. Construction and paving of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveways.
• Facility septic and sanitary sewerage systems.
• Utilities, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, metals and much more.
• Specific costs for marine-type projects including levees, floodwalls, breakwaters, jetties, docks and marine piles.  
• Unit costs are organized in CSI MasterFormat 2018.  
• Assemblies are organized in UniFormat II.

Supplemental Information Included: Equipment rental costs, crew listings, Historical Cost Indexes, City Cost Indexes, location factors, reference tables, change order best practices, project size modifiers, labore trade rates including overhead and profit and common abbreviations.

Level of Cost Detail: Unit Costs, Assemblies

Labor Type: Standard Union