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
Montgomery
48,393
Muskogee
69,842
Nashville
53,265
New Orleans
53,816
New York
115,842
0
1
Newark
58,503
1
3
Oakland
118,116
6
6
Philadelphia
303,932
2
69,660
0
Pittsburgh
52,513
1
Portland
48,497
6
Providence
24,884
7
Reno
15,192
0
Roanoke
66,319
Salt Lake
23,610
San Diego (new)
76,000
6
San Juan
34,619
3
Seattle
57,310
6
Sioux Falls
12,374
St Louis
114,150
7
St Paul
135,095
1
St Petersburg (new)
176,000
Togus
15,114
Waco
85,666
Washington
98,026
3
White River Jct
8,433
3
Wichita
30,806
Wilmington
10,937
3
Winston-Salem
74,407
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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