Richardson Cost Data

Established industrial construction cost data available through Sterling

The Richardson Process Plant Construction Estimating Database gives Sterling customers access to one of the most established sources of process plant and industrial construction cost data.

Through Sterling’s partnership with Cost Data On Line, Inc., customers can subscribe to Richardson cost data and use it alongside their own corporate libraries, internal rates, resources and project data within Sterling.

Richardson has supported construction cost estimating professionals for more than 66 years. Its Process Plant Construction Estimating Database includes approximately 193,000 line items, covering material and equipment costs, labour productivity, man hours and other estimating information.

66+ years of Richardson cost intelligence. One connected Sterling estimating environment.

Richardson data provides the established cost intelligence. Sterling provides the modern cloud based environment where estimating teams can manage, structure and apply that data across their project workflows.

Rather than using cost data as a separate reference source, organisations can bring Richardson data into their wider estimating process and use it alongside the estimating knowledge already held within their business.

Benefits

• Start estimating with established data - Reduce the time required to build a detailed estimating database from scratch. Richardson provides an established foundation that can help estimating teams start building estimates more quickly.

• Approximately 193,000 line items - Access extensive estimating content covering general construction, civil works, concrete, structural steel, mechanical systems, electrical systems, process piping, instrumentation and specialist process equipment.

• Built for process plant and industrial estimating - Richardson provides deep coverage for process plant and complex industrial environments, including piping systems, pumps, compressors, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, instrumentation, electrical systems and process equipment.

• Use Richardson data alongside your own Sterling libraries - Combine Richardson cost intelligence with your organisation’s own corporate libraries, historical information, internal rates, resources and estimating methodologies within Sterling.

• Improve estimating consistency - Give estimating teams a more consistent data foundation, helping to reduce reliance on disconnected spreadsheets, legacy files and manually maintained reference sources.

• Access supporting Richardson manuals - A 365 day subscription to the Richardson Process Plant Construction Estimating Database also includes access to the online Process Plant Estimating Manuals.

• Keep cost intelligence maintained - Richardson material prices and man hours are updated as required, helping subscribers maintain access to current estimating information during their subscription period.

Data Coverage

The Richardson database provides extensive coverage across construction and process plant disciplines.

• General estimating - Includes square foot and parametric estimating, cranes and hoisting equipment, rental equipment, scaffolding and shoring, testing and quality assurance.

• Sitework and civil - Includes clearing, grading, excavation, structural backfill, piling, drilled foundations, drainage, pressure pipe, paving, concrete works, fencing, landscaping, demolition and associated site infrastructure.

• Concrete and structural - Includes foundations, slabs, structural mats, columns, walls, structural concrete, prestressed concrete, process equipment foundations, structural steel, platforms, pipe racks, supports, gratings and other metalwork.

• Mechanical and process piping - Includes HVAC, plumbing, piping systems, valves, gauges, instruments, pipe supports, steam tracing, insulation, fire protection and installed mechanical system costs. Piping coverage includes carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, plastic, HDPE, PVDF, RTRP and other specialist systems.

• Electrical and instrumentation - Includes conduit systems, cable tray, wire and cable, switchgear, transformers, panelboards, motor control centres, control stations, grounding systems, lighting, hazardous area systems and electrical installed costs. Richardson also includes process instrumentation such as flow, level, pressure and temperature instruments, instrument control panels, instrument piping and Distributed Control Systems.

• Process equipment - Includes conveyors, crushers, feeders, mixers, separators, filters, boilers, heat exchangers, cooling towers, compressors, pumps, pressure vessels, storage tanks, wastewater treatment equipment, analysers, hoists, scales, generator sets, motors, gear systems and turbines. Specialist content includes API 610 pumps, ASME Section VIII pressure vessel fabrication and API storage tanks.

Richardson Data and Sterling

Sterling helps estimating teams manage cost and carbon information in a connected digital environment.

By making Richardson cost data available through Sterling, organisations can combine trusted external cost intelligence with their own data, resources, rates and estimating processes.

This supports a more structured approach to estimating, where project teams can use professional cost data, internal knowledge and project specific assumptions in one connected environment.

For organisations delivering process plant, energy, industrial, manufacturing, water, wastewater, EPC or complex infrastructure projects, Richardson data can provide a valuable foundation for detailed resource based estimating.

How to Get Started

Richardson Cost Data is available through Sterling as an add-on subscription.

Our team can discuss your estimating requirements, Richardson library subscription options and how the data can support your Sterling estimating workflows.