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Construction Costs
Order-of-magnitude construction cost benchmarks for architects and building designers — cost per square foot by building type and city, plus location cost factors.
Early-stage cost benchmarks help architects and building designers sanity-check feasibility, brief clients, and scope schematic design before a quantity surveyor is engaged. The figures below are order-of-magnitude ranges for programming and schematic design only — never a substitute for a detailed estimate. Costs are driven by building type, quality tier, and location; use the location cost factor pages to adjust a national baseline to a specific metro.
Prepared by Harth as generated collection navigation. Evidence and review scope are recorded on each linked page.