I completed my upgrade from the NBC 2007 -> 2008 cost data. The upgrade took a little longer this time due to changes and additions to the cost data. Several interesting revelations were made during the upgrade:
- Dramatic increase in costs, over 100% in some cases. The high end cost increases were much more than the low end costs increases.
- The Quality classes were redefined and 3 new upper end classes were added.
- Larger GLA categories were added to the cost tables.
- Manuf Home cost data was added.
- You MUST have user defined cost modifiers available to make this (and most other) cost data work for many properties.
Total time to update the cost data in my integrated system: 1/2 day
Total expense for cost data in 2008: $25 for book + 1/2 day time
Value of cost data knowledge/usage obtained during the update: Eye opening.
bueno suerto.
- Dramatic increase in costs, over 100% in some cases. The high end cost increases were much more than the low end costs increases.
- The Quality classes were redefined and 3 new upper end classes were added.
- Larger GLA categories were added to the cost tables.
- Manuf Home cost data was added.
- You MUST have user defined cost modifiers available to make this (and most other) cost data work for many properties.
Total time to update the cost data in my integrated system: 1/2 day
Total expense for cost data in 2008: $25 for book + 1/2 day time
Value of cost data knowledge/usage obtained during the update: Eye opening.
bueno suerto.