RS Means Interior Assemblies

Level of Cost Detail: Assembly Costs

• Assemblies cost guide logically groups individual work items, with appropriate quantities, to provide a cost for a major construction component in a convenient unit of measure

• The focus of this data set is on new, commercial, interior construction. It is aimed primarily at estimating commercial and industrial projects or large multi-family housing projects costing $3,500,000 or more. Although it captures data from each MasterFormat division, the divisions typically associated with exterior construction have been abbreviated. Those divisions with an interior focus (9, 10, 11, and 12) have been expanded. The wage rate is union and the assumption is that the installing contractor has annual billings of $4,000,000 or more. Since the data set includes both unit price and assembly formats, this data set can be used to develop budget as well as detailed estimates.

• Includes both assembly and unit cost formats

• Expanded focus on commercial, interior, new construction

• Can be used to develop both budget and detailed estimates

All materials, wages and equipment costs have been reviewed and updated for 2022.