Unit Pricing Estimating within the CSI MasterFormat™ is the most reliable and efficient means of ascertaining construction costs based on
materials, labor, and equipment content, and it just got better.
Locally researched unit price cost data is now available from Four BT, LLC. This means there his no need for area cost factors (ACFs) or other construction cost indexes (CCIs).
Having a detailed scope of work and the entire project divided into small discrete unit price work items delivers full cost visibility and transparency while also mitigating errors and omissions.
Each unit price is is multiplied by the required quantity to find the cost for each work item. All costs are summed to obtain the total estimated construction cost.
The availability of verifiable locally researched unit price cost data is a powerful tool for owners, architects, engineers, and builders. Significantly improved cost estimates can be developed and also finalized faster.