construction-cost-estimator

To calculate total development cost, integrate CSI division hard costs, regional multipliers, site adjustments, soft costs, contingencies, and financing into a comprehensive TDC budget. This estimator applies bottom-up per-SF buildup across all CSI divisions to generate the final summary.

CSI division cost buildup is a bottom-up hard cost estimation method dividing expenses across divisions 01-33. Regional adjustment applies city multipliers and labor premiums to the base CSI costs, ensuring the budget reflects localized construction economics accurately.

Yes, you can estimate soft costs and contingencies for adaptive reuse projects. The estimator applies benchmark percentages for soft costs, uses a contingency framework based on design stage and risk category, and integrates specific site adjustments like shoring and remediation.

Run a sensitivity analysis on a construction cost budget to explore Low, Base, and High scenarios by adjusting key cost drivers. This process identifies how regional factors, site-specific conditions, and contingency allocations impact the final total development cost.

This estimator works for ground-up, gut renovation, adaptive reuse, and capital improvement projects. It applies CSI division costs, regional cost multipliers, and site-specific adjustments across varied locations to produce a complete TDC budget for each project type.

Site-specific adjustments in a total development cost budget include demolition, remediation, shoring, and utility costs. These adjustments layer onto the CSI division hard costs and regional multipliers to capture unique site conditions impacting the overall project budget.