Means Residential Cost Data 2008 organizes every aspect of residential construction pricing into 3 major estimating sections, square foot costs; assemblies costs, and unit costs.

More than 30 reliable square foot cost models for popular types of residential construction in a simple-to-use format. 100 commonly used residential construction systems with a wide variety of alternative specifications and prices. Residential unit costs covering more than 10,000 items for the major CSI divisions. The 2008 Edition includes updated "How to use" pages.

Also includes:

Reference Section: 30 pages of definitive information on construction costs, how costs are developed, and where they come from. Extensive Location Factors to adjust material and labor costs to more than 930 U.S. zip codes and selected locations in Canada. The building types covered by this comprehensive resource are Residential single-family and multi-family economy, average, custom and luxury buildings.

And:

FREE Means Hotline: Personalized help in using Means data effectively in your estimating.

FREE email subscription to the RSMeans quarterly update service online newsletter - a comprehensive report on market indicators and construction price trends.