Spon's Price Books

We've kept the cost of our books and eBooks the same as last year.

  • Be ahead of the game in a volatile market.
  • Over 135 years of trusted pricing data developed from real tenders, not just suppliers' price lists!
  • Available as a printed hard copy and ebook or just as an ebook.
  • Free downloads with all printed books and ebooks

Davis Langdon, voted ‘Top International Cost Consultant’ in Building Design World Architecture magazine for 17 successive years.

Online Data Viewing Package

We now deliver the books with SPON’S Online, a versatile and powerful online data viewing package, which will run until the end of 2013. This replaces the estimating software (and, for the print book) the free ebook of recent years. Use the access code inside the back cover of the book and download it now


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Recently Published Books

  1. Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2013

    27th Edition

    By Davis Langdon

    Ensure value for money in future infrastructure projects, while surviving the current deep recession SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2013 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual for the UK’s civil engineering, surveying and construction...

    Published October 15th 2012 by CRC Press

  2. Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2013

    44th Edition

    By Davis Langdon

    ‘An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs of mechanical and electrical works.’ – Cost Engineer Material and labour rates have increased very slightly this year, but how much and where’s the detail? SPON'S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES PRICE BOOK 2013...

    Published October 1st 2012 by CRC Press

  3. Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2013

    32nd Edition

    By Davis Langdon

    This year’s special focus is on water related issues. Now in its 32nd edition, SPON'S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK 2013 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape...

    Published September 25th 2012 by CRC Press

  4. Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2013

    138th Edition

    Edited by Davis Langdon

    Conflicting signals! Public sector cutbacks, soaring input costs, and a mixed picture all round. You need SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK 2013 to get the detail right. SPON’S A&B PRICE BOOK, compiled by Davis Langdon, provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant...

    Published September 5th 2012 by CRC Press

  5. Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2012

    26th Edition

    By Davis Langdon

    Spon's Civil Engineering And Highway Works Price Book 2012 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual for the UK’s civil engineering, surveying and construction business. It gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a full...

    Published October 5th 2011 by Spon Press

Forthcoming Books

  1. Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2014

    Edited by Davis Langdon

    The beginnings of recovery? Some materials costs are rising, and so are direct labour costs. Spon's Architect's and Builders's Price Book 2014 gives you the total picture. Spon's Architect's and Builders's Price Book 2014, compiled by Davis Langdon, still provides the most...

    To Be Published September 5th 2013 by CRC Press

  2. Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2014

    Edited by Davis Langdon

    ‘An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs of mechanical and electrical works.’ – Cost Engineer It's been a turbulent year for Mechanical and Electrical Contractors. But what’s been the effect on prices? Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2014...

    To Be Published September 15th 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2014

    Edited by Davis Langdon

    This year’s book has a heavily enhanced approximate estimates section, with most measured works items being also presented as composite items. Now in its 33rd edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2014 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external...

    To Be Published September 22nd 2013 by CRC Press

  4. Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2014

    Edited by Davis Langdon

    Output in infrastructure is forecast to rise by 6.6% in 2013 & 7.6% in 2014, driven by Highways Agency’s capital budget funding, by rail and by electricity… Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2014 gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and...

    To Be Published September 29th 2013 by CRC Press