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The Bluebook of Reconstruction, Cleaning and Repair Cost Guide Desk & Pocket Edition

The Bluebook provides over 100,000 residential & light commercial structure and contents costs for construction, reconstruction, remodeling, repairs and home improvement of all types throughout the United States and Canada.

Over 84 construction trades are presented in 680 categories across 417 fact filled pages. Pricing is demonstrated using simple, in-place, square foot costs so there's No Calculating or Factoring Tables.

Easily figure costs for improvements or repairs in most any type of residential structure.

Whether you’re a novice or an expert, this nationally recognized, easy to use cost guide will help you quickly validate and create fair and accurate estimates.


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Since 1964

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2010 Desk Edition Bluebook ( 8.5"x11")   $119.95
2010 Desk & Pocket Edition Set (1 Desk & 1 Pocket)   $174.95
2010 Pocket Edition (4"x 5" Pocket Sized Guide)  $69.95

Bluebook Cost Guides

Over 45 years of experience and countless man-hours have been dedicated to the research of thousands of reconstruction and repair costs and the review of literally millions of line items throughout North America. It still remains the industry’s only cleaning, repair and reconstruction cost guide to include component based pricing, trade by trade depreciation and in place unit cost tables for residential and light commercial structures.

The Bluebook has been setting industry standards and reporting fair and accurate residential and light commercial reconstruction, repair and cleaning costs since 1964 - Years of experience now at your fingertips. No other cost guide offers the same!

A standard in "fair and accurate pricing". Know your prices. Estimate with confidence. Get the job done right!

Bluebook Cost Guide Features

Our credibility comes from over 45 years of interacting with the industries we serve. We report pricing from in-depth research of current market costs and area specific pricing components that effect and make up each price.

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Contractors Homeowners
Fires - Floods - Wind
Restorers Appraisers
Water - Hail - Smoke
Cleaners Inspectors
Earthquakes
Mold Remediators Bankers/Lenders
Mobile Homes
Builders Realtors
Foreclosures
Repair Services Disaster Restoration
Hurricanes
Insurance Companies Remodelers
Hazardous Cleanup
Lenders Gov. Agencies
Structure Cleaning
Haz. Waste Services & Others
& Many Others

 

From the basement to the rooftop, from the front yard to the back, you're almost sure to find it in the book!

Bluebook Cost Guide Product Overview

Easily Estimate Costs for Most Any Project or Repair!

In-place, square foot costs means we've done all the calculations for you. There are no calculating indexes or factoring tables.

Reconstruction, Repair & Cleaning Costs that are on the same page as you are!

Structure Trades Covered

Acoustical Ceilings Demolition Molding & Trim
Appliances Deodorization Mold Remediation
Asbestos Removal Doors & Screens Painting Interior
Asphalt Paving Drywall Painting Exterior
Awnings & Enclosures Electrical Plastering
Bathrooms Emergency Services Paneling
Cabinets Fences & Walls Plumbing
Carpet Dyeing Flooring Roofing
Carpet & Structure Framing & Carpentry Security Systems
Restorative Drying Garage Doors Siding & Stucco
Hazardous Waste Glass & Mirror Storage Sheds
Sewage HVAC Wallpaper
Cleaning Insulation Windows & Patio Doors
Concrete & Deco Stone Masonry Lighting Fixtures
Counter Tops Mobile Homes Lumber & Material
Charts, Graphs and How to's Depreciation Schedules Landscaping

And Much More...

No other cost guide offers the same!

Bluebook Cost Guide Product Specifications

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Desk Edition:

Full size 8.5” x 11” format with over 417 pages of Pricing, 84 Trades, 680 Categories, Depreciation Tables, Illustrations, Work/Time Tables, Articles of Interest, How To’s and MUCH more!

Pocket Edition:

The 4” x 5” format is an abridged version of the full size Desk Edition. Its size makes it convenient and easy to carry anywhere you go. Great for use on site or while in the field! (no charts or graphs included)