Publication Date: 01-OCT-06

Pages: 190

Format: PDF

Price: $85.00

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Description

Now Engineering News-Record and Design & Construction Resources have teamed up to bring you a comprehensive guide to "real life" square-foot construction costs based on a wide variety of actual construction projects. Because the costs are presented in the context of actual conditions such as special requirements, historic district settings, work-arounds, and budget constraints, you can easily see them "in context" and adjust them to your own budget estimates.

Why do construction engineers need the ENR Square Foot Costbook 2007 Edition?
• It makes estimating fast - just find a construction project similar to your own for a quick baseline cost projection.
• It helps you fine-tune your estimates - with regional cost modifiers that show the differences in labor and equipment rates in over 200 metropolitan areas throughout the country.
• It provides full case studies for each project type, giving you a full picture of the special requirements and problems for each.
• It gives you cost data that is based on actual projects - not hypothetical models.
• It breaks out all costs into the 16 Divisions of the SCI Masterformat.
• It includes illustrations of each type of building project.
• It shows historic trends in the cost of key materials along with overall construction inflation rates- enabling you to project your estimates out two, three, or even four years.
• It includes unit-in-place costs for thousands of different building materials.
• It features data that is accurate and 100% up to date.

You get detailed square foot costs for actual projects like these:
Apartment Buildings. Full details and cost data on a three-story, cast-in-place concrete building located in Los Angeles. It features and open plan and an "apparent" raised ceiling over the living/dining area, plus other aesthetic features that differentiate if from the typical low-income box (even though it was built under severe budget constraints).

Hospitals. Discover how the costs of a 125,000 square-foot healthcare facility in Florida were impacted by the need for a design that complemented the character of a historic downtown area. You'll also see how the costs were affected by he need to met an aggressive construction schedule.

Parking Garages. See how a four-story parking facility for a medical office in Pennsylvania was constructed using pre-cast concrete. You'll also see how the costs were impacted by special challenges such as the presence of nearby Amtrak power lines, and the need to build the facility on the slope of a steep hill.

Retail Supermarkets. Learn about the nine-acre retail development in Tuscon, Arizona designed to be an integral part of a neighborhood revitalization. Undertaken as a design-build project, this project used "typical" building materials - concrete masonry units - that are easy to maintain on an ongoing basis.

Building Types Covered in the ENR Square Foot Costbook 2007 Edition
Apartments • Assisted living centers • Auto dealerships • Banks • Churches • Community centers • Condo-Town-homes • Correctional facilities • Fire stations • Health clubs • Hospitals • High schools • Parking garages • restaurants • Residential Homes • Retail stores • ...and more!

Section One: Square Foot Costs
Building Type: The buildings are all actual projects, not hypothetical models. For this reason, it is hoped that this book will give a more realistic picture of the wide range of square foot costs that occur due to all circumstances - from design variations to scheduling delays. Graphic Representation: The graphic representations have been chosen as the best overall illustration of the building's architectural features. Case Study Description: Every case study is described in a short summary. These summaries are given to provide insight into the circumstances and the requirements behind the design. A building's function or location often influences the choice of building materials and thus the cost. Site limitations and local building and zoning codes are factors that have to be taken into consideration. Budget constraints, material availability and personal expertise of an individual builder all affect a project's outcome. Wherever appropriate, these types of issues are explained in the descriptions that accompany each case study. Further, when costs within one or more of the CSO divisions for the project are abnormally high or low, an explanation is usually provided.

Section Two: Construction Economics
How the overall cost of construction has changed over the past 35 years and how specific material costs have changed over the past five years. General trends in building labor and material costs that can be applied to construction estimates and budgets.

Section Three: Unit-In-Place Costs
[What is "unit-in-place costs"? Describe this section in one or two sentences.

Section Four: Metro Area Multipliers
In order to more closely approximate the probable costs for specific locations throughout the U.S., this table of Metro Area Multipliers is provided. These adjustment factors are used to modify costs obtained from the ENR Square Foot Costbook 2007 Edition.