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Church, Movie Theater and Department Store Construction Costs

Year-over-year Construction Cost Increases Range from 5.1% to 6.3%
According to the accompanying table and charts, a “typical” church had the largest year-over-year increase in construction costs in October 2008 (+6.3% on average for 25 major centers) among four type-of-structure categories recently monitored by RSMeans. Next in line came a three-story department store (+5.5%), followed by a movie theater and a one-story department store (both +5.1%).

As for the actual dollar-per-square-foot cost of construction, a church is the most expensive to build. A movie theater is second-most expensive, with a three-story department store in third spot. A one-story department store is the cheapest to build. The range between the lowest and highest cost structures is significant − a markup …

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New Specs & BIM Objects in SmartBuilding Index

US Construction Projects

Commercial Projects (total value)
Pre-Bid Phase:	$1,831,071,933,250
Bid Phase:	$25,183,955,671
Post-Bid Phase:	$3,728,198,279,025
Civil Projects (total value)
Pre-Bid Phase:	$47,040,095,756
Bid Phase:	$12,755,730,115
Post-Bid Phase:	$1,013,492,091,116

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Canadian Construction Projects

Commercial Projects (total value)
Pre-Bid Phase:	$578,116,523,355
Tender Phase:	$17,715,961,684
Post-Bid Phase:	$33,705,820,755
Civil Projects (total value)
Pre-Bid Phase:	$191,426,320,443
Tender Phase:	$1,938,503,404
Post-Bid Phase:	$48,652,995,401

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