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Find Your Ideal Cost Data Subscription

Find the right cost data for your projects - clearly and confidently.

Rawlinsons Cost Data is now delivered through a modern, fully web‑based subscription platform.
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This page makes it easy to determine which subscription is right for you - whether you’re pricing residential homes,
major commercial projects, or managing estimates across diverse project types with your team.

Domestic Estimator

This subscription replaces the old Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide (eBook)
Best for houses, renovations & light commercial projects with values up to approx. $1.5M
Designed for everyday residential estimating, the Domestic Estimator Cost Data provides fast access to structured cost data for smaller‑scale projects.

Typical users

Small builders and residential contractors
Domestic sub-contractors
Renovators
Architects and designers
Residential estimators

What you get

1 x user seat included
$/m2 building rates
Elemental building rates
Elemental comparative rates
Powerful search and location filtering
Bookmarks and notes for faster estimating
Live, web‑based access (no downloads)
Seamless rate updates

Depth of Cost Data

6,500 domestic costs data line entries
6,500 domestic costs data line entries
112 building types
31 detailed trade sections
Renovation costs
Domestic labour rates
Building price indices
Regional indices
Subscribe Domestic

Commercial Estimator

This subscription replaces the old Rawlinsons Australian Construction Handbook (eBook)
Best for large commercial, industrial & public sector projects up to $120M
Built for complex, high‑value projects, Commercial Estimator delivers broader cost coverage and deeper trade breakdowns for professional estimating.

Typical users

Quantity surveyors
Commercial builders
Commercial sub-contractors
Developers
Government agencies
Academic libraries
Valuers
Asset managers

What you get

1 x user seat included
$/m2 building rates
Elemental building rates
Elemental comparative rates
Detailed elemental trade rates
Powerful search and location filtering
Bookmarks and notes for faster estimating
Live, web‑based access (no downloads)
Seamless rate updates

Depth of Cost Data

6,500 domestic costs data line entries
8 regional locations
216 building types
36 detailed trade sections
International rates
Civil construction rates
Reichling and refurbishment rates
Commercial labour rates
Building price indices
Regional indices
Subscribe Commercial

Estimator Suite+

This subscription combines both the Domestic and Commercial Estimator subscriptions and includes 4 x user seats.
Best value for teams and mixed project types
The Estimator Suite+ combines Domestic + Commercial cost data, plus long‑term historical cost archives, making it ideal for organisations and teams.

Typical users

Cost planning consultancies
Large builders
Organisations with multiple estimators
Teams working across residential and commercial projects
Expert witnesses
Tax depreciation consultants

What you get

4 x user seats included
Everything in Domestic and Commercial
40‑year historical cost data archive

Depth of Cost Data

Domestic and Commercial cost data combined
E-books for Rawlinsons Australian Construction Handbook Editions 1 to 44
E-books for Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide Editions 1 to 34
Subscribe Suite +

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Replacing Rawlinsons ePublications

If you’ve previously used Rawlinsons ePublications, the new subscription platform is their direct replacement - and a major upgrade.
How old products map to new subscriptions:

Australian Construction Handbook (eBook) → Domestic Estimator

Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide (eBook) → Commercial Estimator

Historical Cost Data publications → Included in Estimator Suite+

The structure, methodology and trusted research remains the same - access is simply faster, smarter and always current.

What’s changed?

If you’ve previously used Rawlinsons ePublications, the new subscription platform is their direct replacement - and a major upgrade.
How old products map to new subscriptions:

Old ePublications

Required software installation or downloads
Static files that aged over time
Manual updates and new editions
Limited tools and single‑user workflows

New Rawlinsons Cost Data Platform

Fully web‑based — log in via your browser
No installation or downloads required
Live data updates delivered automatically
Powerful search, location filters, bookmarks and notes
Built for teams with flexible seat licensing
One shared, always‑current version of the data

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All cost data is compiled by Rawlinsons (W.A.) Quantity Surveyors and Construction Cost Consultants, a company founded in Australia in 1953. Whilst Rawlinsons researches and provides the data for inclusion in each edition, it relies extensively on the professional expertise of many firms throughout Australia to ensure the accuracy and currency of all the published information.

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