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Product Description This massive 7th edition contains the data for owners, architects, engineers and facilities managers to help them develop budgets on commercial and industrial buildings. The 20,000 costs included cover new construction, maintenance of commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental buildings and facilities. From the Back Cover BNI Building News Facilities Manager's 2001 Costbook Seventh Edition An Affordable Costbook for Facilities Estimating New Construction and Remodeling Costs Commercial- Industrial - Institutional FREE Estimating Software and Data This new Building News Costbook addresses the unique estimating requirements of the facilities manager. The individual is responsible for the construction, repair, remodeling, and maintenance of commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities, such as government and commercial buildings, schools, and hospitals or other medical facilities. The book's cost data are used for developing budgets, checking contractor's prices, calculating change orders-any instance where accuracy is key. Plus, man-hour tables to help determine labor units, reference tables and a 50-state, 200-city geographical index.