With this indispensible resource, contractors, government agencies and facilities professionals will be able to easily calculate costs related to all aspects of maintenance, construction and renovation of commercial, industrial, municipal, and institutional properties. With immediate access to every imaginable cost associated with facilities construction and renovation, plus many common maintenance items-with more than 40,000 unit price line items, users will be able to localize costs to a specific geographic area for better accuracy, easily search and organize detailed cost data, and determine best-cost solutions for each project.

The CD-ROM also lets users highlight individual lines with a virtual notes feature and change and calculate results automatically.

This comprehensive guide includes:

• Thousands of unit prices not found in any other Means book: site work; fire protection systems; access flooring; magnetic card readers; plumbing fixtures; architectural equipment; conduit and cables; selective demo.
• Plumbing assembly pages for baths, kitchen sinks, lavatories; service sinks, showers, urinals, water coolers; and water closets.
• A Building assemblies cost section for a faster approach to pricing out facilities construction, and a Square foot Cost section to give you a quick order of magnitude costs.
• A Reference section which includes 90 reference tables, charts, estimating aids, and technical data to provide you with the depth of technical detail to estimate projects with precision and expertise.
• City Cost Indexes for all e digit zip code sectional centers in the U.S. and selected locations in Canada.

• Localize costs to your geographic area for better accuracy.
• Easily search and organize detailed cost data.
• Highlight individual lines with our virtual notes capability.
• Determine best-cost solutions for each project.
• Change and calculate results automatically.