The Means Light Commercial Cost Data 2008 book is organized into three major estimating sections: Square Foot Costs, Assemblies Costs, and Unit Costs, and covers every aspect of light commercial construction pricing costs including apartment buildings, motels, office buildings, retail stores, warehouses, education, social, and medical institutions.

Reliable square foot costs for 43 common structures that lets you put a preliminary price on a job in one hour or less. You can also add modifications and common extras to enhance accuracy, and easily check the price effect of materials, quality, size and more.

Authoritative assemblies costs that put installed prices for more than 150 standard systems right at your fingertips and lets you simplify cost comparisons and systems estimating. These are easily modified for greater reliability thanks to plug-in costs for thousands of alternate specs and configurations.

Up-to-date unit costs for 12,000 materials and tasks save you time - double check supplier invoices, pricing, new components, compare costs, and back up estimates.