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May-June 2012 Issue

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Design Cost Data magazine is the leading industry resource for preliminary cost estimating. Each issue includes square foot building costs from real buildings across the nation, material cost trends, sq. ft. cost guides, and informative industry articles. Architects, general contractors, appraisers, and others use the information provided in DCD for preliminary and conceptual estimating.

The buildings profiled in Design Cost Data are available for industry use in the DCD Archives. Over 1,400 buildings and their cost to build are housed in the DCD Archives with cost and region factors for cost modeling. Users can go further and examine line item detail and have the ability to change or add what they need. Access to the DCD Archives is included with a subscription to DCD.

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