BNi Home Builders Costbook 2012

2012 BNi Home Builders Costbook is the easy way to estimate the cost of all types of residential construction projects and is the first place contractors should turn, whether they're preparing preliminary estimates, evaluating subcontractor bids or submitting formal budget proposals. It puts accurate and up-to-date material and labor costs for thousands of cost items, based on the latested national averages and standard labor productivity rates, at users' figertips. What's more, the book includes detailed regional cost modifiers for adjusting estimate to local conditions.

2012 BNi Home Builders Costbook features:

• Material costs for thousands of items based on current national averages (including allowances for transport, handling and storage). 
• Labor costs based on the prevailing rates for each trade and type of work, PLUS man-hour tables tied to each unit costs, so you can clearly see exactly how the labor cost was calcuated and make any necessary adjustments. 
• Equipment costs, including rental and operating costs. 
• Square-foot tables based on the cost-per-square-foot of hundreds of actual projects, invaluable data for quick, ballpark estimates.

BNi Home Builders Costbook 2012 will help residential contractors and home builders save time and effort, while protecting themselves from hidden costs, cost overruns, oversights, and hazardous "guesstimates."