2008 National Building Cost Manual
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by Dave Ogershok

2008 National Building Cost Manual - 32nd Edition 2008 Total In-Place Costs for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural and Military Structures Single Family Residences – With 4, 6, 8, or 10 Corners, Masonry or Wood Frame Multi-Family Residences – 2 or 3 Units, 4 or 9 Units, 10 or more Units Motels – 9 Units or Less, 10 to 24 Units, Over 24 Units, by Quality Class Cabins & Recreational Dwellings – With 4, 6, 8, or 10 Corners, by Quality Class A-Frame Cabins – With 4, 6, or 8 Corners, by Square Foot Area and Quality Class Urban Stores – Masonry, Concrete, or Wood Frame, by Size and Number of Floors Suburban Stores – Masonry, Concrete, or Wood Frame, by Shape, Size and Floors Supermarkets – Masonry, Concrete, Wood or Steel Frame, by Size and Quality Small Food Stores – Masonry or Wood Frame, by Size, Height and Quality Class Discount Houses – Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Size, Height and Quality Banks & Savings Offices – Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Number of Floors Department Stores – Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Area on each Floor Offices – Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, with Interior or Exterior Entrances Medical-Dental Buildings - Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Entrance Type Convalescent Hospitals – Wood Frame, by Quality Class and Square Foot Area Funeral Homes – Masonry or Wood Frame, by Quality Class and Square Foot Area Restaurants – Self-Service, Coffee Shops, Conventional, and A-Frame Types Theaters - Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Shape, Size, and Quality Class Mobile Home Parks – By Quality, Type of Facilities, and Square Feet per Space Service Stations – Wood, Masonry, or Steel, Conventional or Rustic Design Service Garages – Masonry, Concrete or Wood Frame, by Shape and Floor Area Industrial Buildings – Tilt-up Concrete Warehouses and Factory Buildings Steel Buildings – Prefabricated Steel Warehouse and Factory Buildings Farm Buildings – Barns, Shops, Sheds, Dairy Buildings, Poultry Houses and Camps Churches – Places of Worship and Sunday Schools by Square Foot and Quality Class Greenhouses – Steel Frame or Wood Frame by Square Foot and Quality Class Modular Building – by Square Footage and Quality Class Each section includes costs or cost modifiers for all the important variables: the materials used, design features, quality, size, shape, type of heating and cooling equipment, number of floors, wall height, and geographic area. Nearly all the figures you need for any estimate or appraisal are brought together in a single page – reducing the chance of error or omission. You follow a simple step-by-step procedure outlined for each building type, accumulating and modifying the costs to match the exact requirements of your building. Includes modification factors for over 700 communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, and a construction cost index to adjust costs for buildings built in any given location and previous year to current costs.

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