Is there a resource that compiles average project costs based on division: X% General Conditions, X% sitework, X% Concrete, and so on?
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If you're looking to extrapolate the total cost of a project from the cost of just one portion of it, good luck. It's hard enough to estimate the overall cost of a project from past projects (due to so many variables between projects)- it's even harder to do what I think you're looking to do.
Of course, more info on what you're looking for would be helpful.
Bob
I guess I'm looking for a ballpark feel for cost distribution across the whole project (excluding site work), to help with estimating and verifying overall balance in the allocation of budget amount.Sure things vary project to project and location to location, but there must be some commonality somewhere...
The degree of "commonality" is relative to how similar the projects are. For example, I've got data on 10-12 high-rise condo projects in Jersey City, NJ, and I can tell you within a few $$ what the price of another project being planned will cost. I can do the same with elementary schools, office buildings, etc. However, with residential work (especially remodeling), you've got to have tight numbers from past projects (which were properly allocated by trade/division), and a good understanding of what the program for each project consisted of. Without that, your spreads from project to project will be too great to be worthwhile.
Unfortunately, I don't think anything like this is really "published", except by Means, and their numbers are pretty bad in that regard.
Bob