Originally Posted by
Victor DaGraca
So.... Aaron;
After you posted the question, and I had no clue, I went and searched for an answer. The closest I got to it was the fact that a standard slab will last through 10 years of assigned maintenance costs while a PT slab will last 26 years with those same assigned maintenance costs.
Since the actual "turn key" cost was not imperative to me, I ended my search.
BTW.... all my "cost" books are older since I gave up my job as a "Cost Estimator" back in '82.
Would you be willing to share what you found out?
Inquiring minds would like to know.......
Victor:
Yeah, I wish I never had to see another GD estimator book or software program for the duration . . . had enough of that during a 20-year stint in the industry building stuff for people like us to critique. Time sure changes things.
So, I don't ever quote prices for repairs on inspections. But, in some of these expert things I have to dig up a price now and then. This case is particularly difficult in that they require both a national average and a local price on several items.
PT slab prices are all over the map nationally because they don't build too many of them in some parts of the country. The average I arrived at was about $5.25 to $6.50 psf., depending upon the thickness of the slab and the dimensions of the footings. Exotic stuff like elevated slabs or adjustable slabs are off the chart and not applicable to this case.
Plans are another ball of spaghetti to unravel. It seems that "construction documents" means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Seman-tic bites all over me by the time I got through with this one. Depends on the price of the house, it seems. Something like from a run-of-the-mill, off-the-rack P-O-S from one of the production "builders" would run about $1.50-$2.00 psf for a set of docs to include enough detail to fly it by an examiner (like Peck) and for the trades to have an inkling what it is you want built. Make it $3.00 psf if you want more flash like colored velum presentations to make your wallet open a bit further. Add more if it is exotic construction. If you really are well-heeled and can afford a true custom home the architectural firm is going to gouge you for 5-7% of the total cost of the project.
Why then, after high school, did I not continue with my drafting classes?
Aaron