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CBRE CostLab

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What it is

CBRE CostLab is a web-based application for estimating and comparing facility operating costs across more than 400 locations and 75+ asset types worldwide. It provides equipment-level estimates for maintenance and repair, custodial work, energy, grounds management, and pest control. Its Cost Library includes labor, utility, and inflation rates, maintenance tasks, operating details, recapitalization assumptions, and national indexes. The Building Wizard uses seven questions to create a component-level estimate; Project Builder groups maintenance and repair work into projects and estimates material, labor, and equipment needs. For capital planning, CostLab estimates equipment failure probability and helps prioritize replacements by portfolio risk and budget. Users can customize building models and adjust rates and task assumptions. It also identifies deferred maintenance by equipment and provides deferred-cost reports and Facility Condition Index estimates. Mass Data Export sends annual and average asset costs, yearly task costs, deferred costs, and inventory to Excel. Access is through a browser on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Paid plans include a 7-day trial; there is no free plan.

Spec sheet

Purpose
CostLab is a proprietary web-based application for comparing operating costs across more than 400 locations and 75+ asset types worldwide.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Support
Plan descriptions say customer support can answer questions about CostLab methodology, data, features and application navigation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com
Access and security
Teams can access CostLab through a web browser on a laptop, tablet or smartphone, and the page says its security protects information and manages user access.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Building Wizard
The Building Wizard asks seven questions to produce a tailored cost estimate down to the component level.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Capital planning
Capital Planning estimates equipment failure probability and prioritizes replacements according to portfolio risk and budget.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Cost estimates
It generates equipment-level estimates for facility costs including maintenance and repair, custodial, energy, grounds management and pest control.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Cost library
The Cost Library covers labor, utility and inflation rates, maintenance tasks, operations details, recapitalization assumptions and national indexes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Deferred maintenance
CostLab itemizes deferred maintenance by equipment and provides deferred cost reports and Facility Condition Index estimates for portfolios or individual assets.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Exports
Mass Data Export can export asset-level annual and average costs, yearly task costs, deferred costs and inventory to Excel.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Free trial
The CostLab page offers a free 7-day trial with access to every CostLab feature.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Market updates
CBRE says it updates utility rates, labor rates and benefits, equipment material costs and building replacement values to current market rates.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Model calibration
Users can customize building models and calibrate labor rates, utility rates, maintenance and operations tasks, and inflation rates.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Project Builder
Project Builder groups maintenance and repair tasks into projects and estimates material, labor and equipment requirements.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com
Security practices
CBRE says it uses controls intended to reduce unauthorized access, monitors for threats, and regularly evaluates its security practices.Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre.com

Plans and prices

Cost Library Priced on request Full searchable cost database · 400+ markets Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com
CostLab Basic Priced on request 2 users · 50 buildings · 400+ global cost locations Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com
CostLab Pro Priced on request 5 users · 100 buildings · 400+ global cost locations Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com
CostLab Expert Priced on request 10 users · 200 buildings · 400+ global cost locations · capital planning Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com
CostLab Executive Priced on request 25 users · 1000 buildings · 400+ global cost locations · capital planning Read 7 Oct 2026 · cbre-whitestone.myshopify.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Estimates costs across 400+ locations and 75+ asset types.
  • Building Wizard estimates costs down to component level.
  • Capital Planning prioritizes replacements by risk and budget.
  • Exports asset, task, deferred-cost, and inventory data to Excel.
  • Users can calibrate building models and cost assumptions.

Limits

  • No free plan; a 7-day trial is listed.
  • Plans are priced per contact, from a price agreed with the maker.
  • The Cost Library plan covers the searchable database only.

Who it suits

CostLab suits facilities and finance teams comparing operating costs, planning capital replacements, or tracking deferred maintenance across buildings. Its project and asset estimates may also help teams preparing budgets and multi-year plans.

Verdict

CostLab combines detailed facility cost estimates with deferred-maintenance reporting and capital planning. Its listed plans vary by user and building limits, and prices begin at a price agreed with the maker.

Where Specifiction places it

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