VISN STRATEGIC COSTING GUIDE
FY 2001 - VBA COSTING GUIDE
CURRENT BUILDING ONLY CONSTRUCTION UNIT COST
USE FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY - NOT FOR BUDGETING
PREPARED BY: Office of Facilities Management (18)
Date Prepared: October 16, 1998
Inedx Basis: Boeckh Index = July-August 1998
Square Foot Unit Costs as of July-August 1998
Assigned
New
Light
Medium
Gut-Total
Station
Area
Construction Renovations
Renovations
Renovations
Albuquerque
28,864
Anchorage
6,700
7
2
Atlanta (new)
151,973
Baltimore
32,208
0
Boise
20,575
7
Boston
50,875
0
2
Buffalo
52,243
1
Cheyenne
N/A
Chicago
99,092
2
3
Cleveland
90,058
9
Columbia
51,129
Denver
96,396
Des Moines
34,142
3
Detroit
89,996
5
Fargo
19,200
Ft. Harrison
6,660
4
Hartford
30,019
2
Honolulu (new)
25,000
3
8
Houston
114,403
Huntington
35,865
1
Indianapolis
48,431
0
Jackson
50,907
Lincoln
30,612
Little Rock
60,667
Los Angeles
107,805
0
Louisville
48,673
Manchester
28,589
4
Manila
N/A
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Milwaukee
59,645
6
For Assistance, call R.T. Smoot (202)565-6400
The unit costs shown are predicated on the lessons learned during the
NOTE:
preparation of the Administration Study.
The costs shown are general in nature and will differ once a specific
scope is identified.
Unit Costs are at each VBA location and indexed to July-August 1998
The unit costs shown are "current bid costs" and do not include a pre-design allowance, escalation
to the construction contract award, construction contingencies,
The above costs represent low bid as of today, they DO NOT include:
Pre-Design Allowance, Construction Contingencies, Technical Services,
Impact Costs, Franchise Fund Allowance, Construction Management,
Market Condition Allowance, outside utility agreements, or land
acquisition
Additional moneys should be included for known adverse sub-surface conditions, seismic and hurricane loading
Additional moneys are required to account for projects being "in the air" - i.e., new construction
to be located on the 4th and 5th floors - but require structural support from the ground
level through the 3rd floor to support the new construction
When constructing an addition to an existing building, moneys should be added to account for the
"tying-in" functionally and psychically
Sitework cost for small projects can be quite high as a percentage of the cost of construction and
the cost of sitework as a percentage of construction could decrease as the size increases
A 20,000 SF building could require the same size of utilities as a 30,000 SF building. A safe percentage
for sitework for up to million is 15% and decreases to perhaps 10% at million.
February 1999
Department of Veterans Affairs
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