What costbooks do I get when I purchase the Bid4Build program and what options are available in this area?
When you purchase the Bid4Build system, you will automatically get the Bid4Build standard costbook. This contains 3000 items and 60 categories. This is a residential oriented costbook and many of the prices are based on subcontractor costs. These prices are not updated on a periodic basis. You can upgrade the standard costbook to our Craftsman Costbook databases. These databases cover General Construction, Insurance Repair and Remodeling, and Home Improvement. The National General Construction Costbook database as an example contains over 30,000 items and 600 categories which are broken down between residential and commercial (CSI) items. This is updated every year and contains the latest prices for items across the cost categories of material, labor, subcontract and equipment. This costbook also has average productivity hours defined for many items based upon various crew compositions. You can obtain more information about the costbooks directly from the Bid4Build website. Question: W
