FHLB Affordable Housing CompetitionMarch 4, 2020 Workshop Night
Cost, Design, and Impacts to the Total Project Budget
Jonathan Lavash
Jonathan Lavash Project Management, LLC
The Project Delivery Team: Owner, Architect, Contractor
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Triple Project Constraints: Scope, Budget, and Schedule
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Project Delivery: Planning, Design, Construction
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Project timeline
Planning- Site Selection- Highest and Best Use- Financial Planning- Regulatory Approvals
Design- Conceptual Design- Detailed Design- Construction Documents- Construction Administration
Construction- Subcontractor Procurement- Submittals and Purchasing- Production and Quality- Change Management
Changes to the Project: Influence and project cost
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Value Management:Continuous Value Engineering Process
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Typical Project Budget History Curve
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Construction Costs and Total Project Budget
• Construction costs usually account for 70% to 80% of the total budget.
• Construction costs are part of the Hard Cost budget.
Total Project Budget
o Acquisition
o Hard Costs
o Soft Costs
o Owner’s Contingency
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Development of the Total Project Budget
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Hard Costs:
o Construction Estimate (From contractors, estimators, benchmarks, in-house resources)
o Owner furnished Items (Security and access systems, FFE)
Soft Costs:
o Architect’s proposal including consultants (or % of construction costs)
o Legal Feeso Accounting Feeso Owner’s Project
Managemento Clerk of the Works
o Financing Feeso Insuranceo Surveyingo Taxeso City Feeso Appraisalso Testing and Inspection
Owner’s contingency
• Contingency covers unknowns in the project:o Design development
o Economic development
o Scope development
o Unforeseen subsurface conditions
• Owners run contingency down during all stages:o Planning
o Design (Concept, Schematic, Development, Documents)
o Construction
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Construction Costs:Masterformat of Construction Specification Institute
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MASTERFORMAT 1995 EDITIONBefore November 2004, MasterFormat was composed of 16 Divisions:
Division 1 — General RequirementsDivision 2 — Site ConstructionDivision 3 — ConcreteDivision 4 — Masonry (Ex. Concrete block)Division 5 — Metals (Ex. Beams)Division 6 — Wood and PlasticsDivision 7 — Thermal and Moisture ProtectionDivision 8 — Doors and Windows
Division 9 — FinishesDivision 10 — SpecialtiesDivision 11 — EquipmentDivision 12 — FurnishingsDivision 13 — Special ConstructionDivision 14 — Conveying SystemsDivision 15 — Mechanical (Ex. Plumbing and HVAC)Division 16 — Electrical
Hard Cost Estimates: Actual Affordable Housing Example
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Uses of Funds Analysis
Name
. Basis for estimates?
14,000 SF
DV Trade Item Amount % By Division $/SF
. 3 Concrete $129,816 5% 5% 3 $9.27
. 4 Masonry $8,002 0% 0% 4 $0.57
. 5 Metals $6,381 0% 0% 5 $0.46
. 6 Rough Carpentry $197,068 7% 9% 6 $14.08
. 6 Finish Carpentry $47,879 2% $3.42
. 7 Waterproofing $13,216 0% 7% 7 $0.94
. 7 Insulation $18,869 1% $1.35
. 7 Roofing $32,322 1% $2.31
. 7 Sheet Metal and Flashing $9,347 0% $0.67
. 7 Exterior Siding $116,237 4% $8.30
. 8 Doors $116,525 4% 6% 8 $8.32
. 8 Windows $55,836 2% $3.99
. 8 Glass $0 0% $0.00
. 9 Veneer Plaster $0 0% 11% 9 $0.00
. 9 Drywall $131,793 5% $9.41
. 9 Tile Work $73,297 3% $5.24
. 9 Acoustical $0 0% $0.00
. 9 Wood Flooring $0 0% $0.00
. 9 Resilient Flooring $44,601 2% $3.19
9 Carpet $0 0% $0.00
. 9 Paint & Decorating $51,844 2% $3.70
AM Fogarty Scheme A
Hard Cost Benchmarks:New York City Example
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