Subject Guide for Cost Data
Suggested sources for cost data:
Reference Resources
R.S. Means (search Chinook for Author: R.S. Means Company)
Assemblies Cost Data
Engineering Library Reference TH435 .B848
Means Building Construction Cost Data
Engineering Library Reference TH435 .B84
Concrete & Masonry Cost Data
Engineering Library Reference TA682.26 .C66
Electrical Cost Data, 2007
Engineering Library Reference TK435 .M42 2007
Square Foot Costs
Engineering Library Reference TH435 .S78
Journals and Periodicals
Handbooks and Manuals
Journals and Periodicals
Chemical Engineering (Plant Cost Index (CEPI) see the Economic Indicators section at the back of individual issues)
Consumer Price Index
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
http://www.bls.gov/CPI
Energy Information Agency (U.S. Department of Energy)
http://www.eia.doe.gov
Environmental Remediation. Cost Data-assemblies
Engineering Library Reference TD192.8 .E58
Means Mechanical Cost Data
Engineering Library Reference TH435 .M435
Colorado Department of Transportation Cost Data Book
Available online: http://www.dot.state.co.us/App_eema_cdb
TRIS Online is a public-domain, web-based version of the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) bibliographic database. TRIS Online is published as a collaborative effort by the Transportation Research Board, part of the National Academies, and the National Transportation Library, part of Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) , Research and Innovative Technology Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation). It contains over half a million records of published transportation research including technical reports, books, conference proceedings and journal articles. The time span covers literature from the 1960s to the present, with some coverage of prior years. Highway Research Board publications are covered back to 1923. TRIS coverage includes the disciplines of planning, finance, design and construction, materials, environmental issues, safety and human factors and operations for the modes of highways, transit, railroads, maritime and aviation.
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