Total In-Place Costs for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural and Military Structures.

Square foot costs for residential, commercial, industrial, and farm buildings. Quickly work up a reliable budget estimate based on actual materials and design features, area, shape, wall height, number of floors, and support requirements. Includes all the important variables that can make any building unique from a cost standpoint. Revised annually.

    * Single-Family Residences—With 4, 6, 8 or 10 Corners, Masonry or Wood Frame
    * Multi-Family Residences—Two or Three Units, Four to Nine Units, 10 or More Units
    * Motels—Nine Units or Less, 10 to 24 Units, Over 24 Units, by Quality Class
    * Cabins and 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 Number of Floors
    * Supermarkets—Masonry, Concrete, Wood, or Steel Frame, by Size and Quality Class
    * 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 and 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 Shop, Conventional, and A-Frame Types
    * Farm Buildings—Barns, Shops, Sheds, Dairy Buildings, Poultry Houses, and Camps
    * Government Offices—Masonry, Concrete, or Wood Frame, by Square Foot and Quality Class
    * 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
    * Churches—Places of Worship and Sunday Schools by Square Foot and Quality Class
    * 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 Warehouses and Factory Buildings
    * Schools—Elementary and Secondary by Square Foot and Quality Class
    * Greenhouses—Steel Frame or Wood Frame by Square Foot and Quality Class
    * Modular Buildings—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 on a single page—reducing the chance of an error or omission. You follow simple step-by-step procedures outlined for each building type, accumulate and modify the costs to match the exact requirements of your building.

Includes modification factors for over 700 communities throughout the United States and Canada, and a construction cost index to adjust costs for buildings built in any given location and previous year to current costs.

This manual provides construction or replacement costs for a wide variety of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and military buildings. For your convenience and to avoid possible errors, all the cost and reference information you need for each building type is listed with the primary cost figures for that building. After reading this and the following two pages you should be able to turn directly to any building type and make an error-free estimate or appraisal.

The costs are per square foot of floor area for the basic building and additional costs for optional or extra components that differ from building to building. Building shape, floor area, design elements, materials used, and overall quality influence the basic structure cost. These and other cost variables are isolated for the building types. Components included in the basic square foot cost are listed with each building type. Instructions for using the basic building costs are included above the cost tables. These instructions include a list of components that may have to be added to the basic cost to find the total cost for your structure.

The figures in this manual are intended to reflect the amount that would be paid by the end user of a building as of mid 2009.

They show the total construction cost including cost of semi-custom plans, fees, permits, and the builder's supervision, overhead and profit. These figures do not include land value, site development costs, government-mandated fees (other than the building permit), or the cost of modifying unusual soil conditions or grades.