MILITARY CONSTRUCTION COST REVIEW GUIDE

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1970
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
PROPERTIES AND INSTALLATIONS
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FY 1970 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION COST REVIEW GUIDE
The cost guidance presented in this booklet, which has been developed in coordination with the
Military Departments, reflects military bid experience and cost trends of the construction
industry, as well as other appropriate considerations, and is intended for internal use only
within the Department of Defense in reviewing the FY 1970 Military Construction Program. The
unit costs shown are estimates for selected repetitive-type permanent facilities, based on a
cost index of 1.00 (e.g., Washington, D.C.); they are applicable to the structure to the five-
foot line only, and do not include the cost of outside utilities and other site improvements,
which should be computed for each project in accordance with the specific requirements of the
individual sites.
CONTENTS
Section 1 - Unit Costs for Repetitive-Type Facilities_
Section 2 - Equipment Included In, and Excluded From,
Construction Costs
Section 3 - Size/Unit-Cost Adjustment Chart
Section 4 - Construction Cost Indices
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PROPERTIES & INSTALLATIONS
FEBRUARY 1968
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SECTION I - UNIT COSTS FOR REPETITIVE-TYPE FACILITIES
TYPICAL
SIZE C 0 S T LEVELS PER SQ. FT.,L1_L5
Gross Sq. Ft. Contract Cost Total Cost 20e Cost
or as Noted Structure Only Structure Only Less Design
20a L2 20e L3 20p L4
1.
/ACADEMIC FACILITIES
25,000
19.00 23.00
21.75
2.
VADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES:
Up to 3 Stories
15,000
19.95 24.15
22.85
Major Facilities,
Over 3 Stories
150,000
21.80 26.35
24.95
Data Processing Areas (without shielding] 27.15
AIR TERMINAL BUILDINGS:
Passenger
17,500
21.20 25.65
24.25
Freight
45,000
10.25 12.40
11.75
4.
BACHELOR OFFICER QUARTERS,
Without Dining Facilities:
Grades W1 - 06
L5
17.45 21.10
20.00 L6
5.
BANKS
1,900
21.40 25.90
24.50
6.
BARRACKS, DORMITORIES:
Grade El (recruit)
5
15.30 18.50
17.50 6
Grades E2 - E9
75
15.95 19-30
18.25 6
7.
BOWLING FACILITIES:
Building only
7,200 (8 lanes)-16.80 20.30
19.25
Manual Equipment, per lane
9,000
Automatic Equipment, per lane
13,400
8.
CLUBS:
Enlisted Service
16,000
21.05 25.45
24.10
Noncommissioned Officer
12,000
23.45 28-35
26.85
Officer
10,000
26.20 31.70
30.00
9.
COMMISSARIES
15,000
16.75 20.25
19.20
10.
EXCHANGE STORES:
Without Cafeteria
12,000
Y8.4O 22.25
21.05
With Cafeteria
21,000
20.25 24-50
23.20
11.
FIRE & CRASH STATIONS
8,000
19.95 24.15_
22,85
12.
FLIGHT SIMULATOR BUILDINGS
12,000
23.40 28.30
26.80
13.
GUARD HOUSES, BRIGS
6,000
24.00 29.05
27.50
14./GYMNASIUMS
20,000
22.30
18.45
21.10
15. HANGARS, GENERAL-PURPOSE
OR MAINTENANCE 50,000
_
18-15 21.95
20.80
16.VtIBRARIES
4,800
19.65 23.75
22.50
17. /`MEDICAL FACILITIES:
Hospitals: Up to 199 beds
32.25 37.95 36.00
b
d
00
80 35
1
30 36
.
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e
s 3
Over 199
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26.50
28.00
16,0
Light-Care Units (separate]-
23-80
Dispensaries 8,000 29.90 35.15 33.50
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MEDICAL FACILITIES (Cont'd):
Dental Clinics: Up to 9 DOR's 34.60 40.70 38.50
10 to 17 DOB's 34.10 40.10-_. 38.00
Over 17 DOR's 33.65 39.55 3750
18. MESSHALLS, DINING FACILITIES, ENLISTED:
w/2 to 4-day storage_ 15,000 26.35 31.85__ 30.15
w/7 to 14-day storage 16,000 29.05 35.15 33.25
19.x/ MESSHALLS, DINING FACILITIES,
OFFICERS 6,000 30.10 36.40 34.45
20. OPERATIONS BUILDINGS, AIRCRAFT:
With Tower 13,000
Without Tower 10,000
30.40 36.75
25.00 30.25
22. POST OFFICES
34.30
28.6o
36.70
22.90
25.30
23. READINESS CREW BUILDINGS 23,000 22.10 26.75
24.
RECREATIONAL WORKSHOPS:
Arts and Crafts
Automotive
25. RELIGIOUS FACILITIES:
Chapel.
26.V4ESERVE TRAINING FACILITIES 20,000 18.35
5,000 19.20 23.22 22.00
12,000 18.35 22.20 21.00
15,000 16.45 19.90 18.85
8,000 24.3 29.45 27.90
5,000 25.55 30.901 29.25
Auto Garages with heat 20,000 13.05 15.80 14.95
Auto Garages without heat 20,000 12.1014.6513.85
Cold Storage Facilities 6,000 31.45 -38.05 36.00 6
Gent.-purpose Warehouses 50,000 7.85 9.509.00 f6
SHOPS:
Automotive Maintenance
Armament & Electronics,
aircraft
Installations Maintenance
Parachute & Dinghy
Rocket Assembly & Checkout
_.
28. 6TORAGE FACILITIES:
SWIMMING POOLS, OUTDOOR:
82'_2? x 63'-0" 5,176 18.15 21.95 20.75
164'-4" x 54'-0"-_ 8,874 16.6o20.0519.00
164'-4" x 75'-0" 12,325 15.00 18.1517.15
30. TELEPHONE EXCHANGES - 6,000 25.95 31.40 29.70
THEATERS, with stage
and seats 10,000 25.90 31.35 29.65
EXPLANATORY NOTES:
1. The unit costs shown do not include the cost of piles or other special foundations which,
when required, will be considered as an additional supporting item, but do Include the cost
of air conditioning to the extent authorized by Construction Criteria Manual DOD 4270.1-M.
All unit costs are based on aaconstruction cost index of 1.00, and are rounded to the nearest
five cents, except the 20p cost for medical facilities, which is rounded to the nearest 50
cents.
18.25 22. 20.90
20.6o 24.90 23.60
28.45 34.40 32.55
22.35 27.05 25.60
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2. The 20a cost level represents the estimateedcontract
as indicated tlhe3facility,complete
to the five-foot line, including appropriate
3. The 20e cost level represents the estimated total unit cost to. the Government for the
complete facility to the five-foot line, computed in accordance with the insxceptiontructionofs
on DD Form 813 (see Construction Criteria Manual DOD 4270.1-M).
for medical facilities, which were established in collaboration with the Bureau of the
Budget, the 20e costs have been computed by successively marking up the 20a cost by 8% for
contingencies and 64 for engineering, supervision, inspection, and administration; and add-
ing 6% of the sum of the 20a cost plus contingencies, for design: (20a cost x 1.08 x 1.06)
+ (20a cost x 1.08 x .o6).
4. The 20p cost level, which is not employed by DD Form 813, represents the unit cost used in
pricing the Military Construction Program. It is the 20e cost less design: 20a cost x 1.08
x 1.06. The 20p cost will be used in determining conformance with the Congressional cost
limitations listed in Note 6 below.
5. Unit costs may be adjusted for various facility sizes and geographical locations through
application, respectively, of the chart in Section 3 and the indices in Section 4; except
that unit costs for bachelor officer quarters and barracks will be adjusted for geographical
location only (see also,Note 6 below).
6. The following cost limitations, subject to Congressional approval, will be applicable
facilities to be constructed in the United States less Alaska (but including Hawaii), regard-
less of size of geographical cost index:
Bachelor Officer Quarters -- $10,500 per officer (male or female)
Barracks, Dormitories -- $ 3,500 per enlisted person (male or female)
Cold Storage Facilities -- $ 36 per sq. ft.
General-Purpose Warehouses $ 9 per sq. ft.
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SECTION 2 - EQUIPMENT INCI1TDED IN, AND EXCLUDED FROM CONSTRUCTION COSTS
INCLUDED: Normally, the costs of all items of equipment which are permanently built in, or attach-
ed, to the structure, including items with fixed utility connections, are included in the construc.
tion costs shown in Section 1. The following items are typical examples:
-Furniture, cabinets, and -Pneumatic tube systems -Hoods and vents
shelving, built-in -Heating, ventilating, and -Refrigerators and
-Venetian blinds & shades air-conditioning installa- reefers, built-in
-Window screens, and screen tions -Laboratory furniture,
doors -Electrical generators and built-in
-Elevators and escalators auxiliary gear -Cranes and hoists,
-Drinking-water coolers -Waste disposers such as built-in
-Telephone, fire alarm incinerators -Chapel pews and pulpits
and intercom systems -Food preparation and -Bowling lanes, including
-Protective construction serving equipment, built-in seating and pin-spotting
features -Dishwashers equipment
-Theater seats
Exceptions: Permanently attached technical, scientific, production,
and processing equipment; see below.
EXCLUDED: Normally, the costs of all items of equipment, including furniture and furnishings,
which are loose, portable, or can be detached from the structure without tools, are excluded from
the construction costs shown in Section 1. In addition, the costs of permanently attached equip-
ment related directly to the operating function.for which the structure is being provided, such as
technical, scientific, production, and processing equipment, are normally excluded from these
costs. The following items are typical examples:
-Furniture, loose -Photographic equipment, portable
-Furnishings, including rugs; loose -Communications equipment
-Filing cabinets and portable safes -Dental chairs and pedestal units
-Office machines, portable -Shop equipment
-Wall clocks, plug-in -Any operational. equipment for which
-Food preparation and serving equipment, installation mountings and connec-
including appliances; portable tions are provided in the building
-Training aids and equipment, including design, and which are detachable
simulators without damage to the building or
-Automatic data-processing equipment equipment
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION CATEGORIES: Medical and Dental Facilities: See "Construction and Materiel
Schedule for Military Medical and Dental Facilities Army: 'TB 700-1; Navy: NAVFAC P-268; Air
Force: AFM 160-15). Family Housing: See Chapter 14, "Construction Criteria Manual DOD 4270.1-M.
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SECTION 4 - CONSTRUCTION COST INDICES
The cost indices shown below represent approximate geographical adjustment factors which are ap-
plicable to costs of the FY 1970 Military Construction Program.
These cost indices are applicable to the construction of repetitive-type facilities, such as admin-
istration buildings, dining facilities, clubs, fire stations, and gymnasiums, which make maximum
use of local skills, materials, methods and equipment. For more complex construction, such as
communications facilities, power plants, laboratories and similar more technical facilities, these
indices should be increased appropriately.
ALABAMA .90
Gulf Cost Area .95
ARIZONA 1.00
Fort Huachuca 1.20
Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma 1.10
ARKANSAS 1.00
Little Rock 1.05
CALIFORNIA 1.10
Desert Areas, San Francisco Bay Area,
Two Rock Ranch Station 1.20
San Clemente, San Nicolas, and Santa Cruz Islands 1.70
COLORADO 1.05
CONNECTICUT 1.10
New London 1.15
DELAWARE 1.05
Dover 1.10 /
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1.001,
FLORIDA .95_
Orlando 1.00
Cape Kennedy, Key West 1.15
GEORGIA .90
IDAHO 1.10
Mt. Home AFB 1.20
ILLINOIS 1.10?
1.15
1.10
IOWA 1.00
KANSAS 1.05
KENTUCKY 1.00
Fort Knox 1.05
LOUISIANA .95-
Lake Charles 1.05
MAINE 1.10
MARYLAND 1.00
Andrews AFB, Bainbridge, Cheltenham
Ft. Ritchie, Indian Head
Patuxent River ATC
1.05
1.10
1.05
Ft. Devens
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
1.15
1.25
1.60
MICHIGAN 1.10
Northern Area 1.20
MINNESOTA 1.10
Northern Area 1.15
MISSISSIPPI .90
Gulf Coast Area, Meridian .95
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1.10
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NORTH CAROLINA,
NORTH DAKOTA_
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
Glasgow AFB (Nashua)
Malmstrom AFB (Great Falls
New York City & Western Long Island
West Point
annon AFB
Grand Forks, Minot
Cincinnati, Columbus
Lockbourne AFB, Newark AFS
Clinton County AFB, Wright-Patterson AFB
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Ellswr orth AFB
Dugway Proving Grounds
1.00
1.05
1.05
1.10
1.10
.95
1.00
1.10
1.15
.95
.95
1.00
1.20
05
1
.
.95
Area_ad,~acent to,.D-C.) E. Eustis, Ft. Lee, Yorktown 1.000
Dahlgren, Vint Hill Farms, and Dismal Swamp Area 1.05
LOCATIONS OUTSIDE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
In balance of payments areas, these indices are applicable to normal con-
struction procedures only.
ALASKA:
Aleutian Islands
~_
Adak
Attu
Cold Bay
Dutch Harbor_
Shemya
States, Territories and Possessions of the United States
3.0
3.0
----- 3.0
3.0
2.5
3.1
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Anchorage 1.7
Barter Island, North Coastal Area 3.6
Clear AFS 1.9
Coastal Area, North of Aleutians 3.5
Eielson AFB 1.9
Elmendorf AFB 1.7
Fairbanks 1.9
Fort Greely (Big Delta 2.2
Inland Area, North of Aleutians 4.0
Juneau 1.8
Kenai Peninsula 2.1
Kodiak 2.5
Kotzebue 2.4
Naknek 2.1
Nome 2.3
Northway, Highway Area 2.3
Point Barrow . 3.5
Remote Interior Areas: Fort Yukon 2.6
Ft. Wainwright (Ladd) 1.9
Whittier 1.9
CANAL ZONE 1.3
HAWAII:
Oahu: Honolulu Area 1.3.,
Other Areas 1.4
Kauai: Coastal Areas 1.6-
Mountainous Areas, Barking Sands 1.8-
Other Islands 1.6-
JOHNSTON ISLANDS 2.0
LINE ISLANDS: Palmyra 2.0
MARIANA ISLANDS: Guam 1.8-
Saipan and Tinian 2.0-
MARSHALL ISLANDS: Bikini, Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Majuro 2.4-
Meck 2.8,
MIDWAY ISLAND 2.2
PUERTO RICO: San Juan Area 1.4
Roosevelt Roads Area 1.5
SAMOA 2.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 1.3
WAKE ISLAND 2.2
ADMIRALTY ISLANDS 2.2
AFGHANISTAN 1.5
ALGERIA 1.3
ARGENTINA 1.9
ASCENSION ISLAND 2.5
AUSTRALIA: South Coastal Areas 1.1
North Coastal Areas 2.3
AZORES 1.1
BAHAMA ISLANDS 1.5
BELGIUM 1.0
BERMUDA 1.6
BOLIVIA 1.7
BRAZIL 1.5
BRITISH GUIANA 1.2
BRITISH HONDURAS 1.0
BRITISH WEST INDIES: Antigua 1.4
Barbados and Trinidad 1.2
BURMA 1.4
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CANADA:
1.8
Newfoundland: Argentia
1.3
Harmon AFB
2.2
Inland Areas
1.4
Labrador
0.9
Montreal
3.5
North Inland Areas Dew Line
1.6
Soutn Inland Areas
2.0
CAROLINE ISLANDS: Truk
1.1
CEYLON
1.5
CHILE
2.2
CHRISTMAS ISLANDS
1.3
COLOMBIA
1.0
COSTA RICA
1.3
CUBA: Guantanamo Bay
1.3
DENMARK
1.5
ECUADOR
1.0
EL SALVADOR
0.9
ETHIOPIA: Eritrea
0.6,
FORMOSA (Taiwan)
1.1
FRANCE
1.2
FRENCH GUIANA
1.2
WEST
GERMANY
1.1
,
GREECE
GREENLAND:
4.0
Ice Cap
3.5
Narsarssuak
3.1
Sondrestrom AFB
3.5
Thule
1.0
GUATEMALA
3.0
ICELAND
0.9
INDIA: Bombay
0.9
IRAN: Tehran
1.3
IRAQ,
1.0
ITALY
1.2
JAMAICA
JAPAN:
1.0,
Northern Area
1.10
Wakkanai
o.
Southern Area
0.8
8
KOREA
0.8
LAOS
o.8
LIBERIA
1.1
LIBYA: Tripoli
0.9
LUXEMBOURG 1.0
MEXICO: Mexico City 1.0
MOROCCO 0.8
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam 0.8
NEW ZEALAND 1.0
NICARAGUA 1.4
NORWAY 1.2
PAKISTAN: West Karachi 1.6
PARAGUAY 1.5
PERU 1.1
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1.0
RYUKYU ISLANDS: Okinawa 1.5
SAUDI ARABIA: Dhanran 1.2
SOMALILAND 1.0
SPAIN 1.2
SURINAM Netherlands Guiana 1.2
SWEDEN
THAILAND: 1.5
Bangkok, Sattahip 1.8
Other Areas
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TURKEY
UNITED KINGDOM:
England and Wales
Ireland
Scotland
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM:
Saigon Area
Other Areas
VOLCANIC ISLANDS: Iwo Jima
2.2
2.5
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ESTIMATED COOLING COSTS
1. AIR CONDITIONING - COST PER TON
New Construction
Existing
ing
Type Facility
Package Unit
10 Tons
and Under
11 Tons
and Over
Package Unit
10 Tons
and Under
31 Tons
and Over
Clean Rooms
$1#300
$1,11.00
Ccugunicaticnxs, Data Processing
$ 850
900
$ 9p0
1,000
Laboratories, Medical Facilities
850
1,000*
900
1,050
Officers' Quarters, Dormitories,
Administrative, Morale,
Recreation, Others
850
900
900
950
2. EVAPORATIVE COOLING - 30 Air Changes/Hr-
3. M CHAmICAL VENTILA!1ION - 30 Air Changes/Hr-
$0.55 per CFM
Buildings with minimum ductwork. $0.15 per CFM*
Buildings with extensive ductwork $0.30 per CFM
**Gymnasiums, warehouses, etc.
*Costs of air conditioning for laboratories should be adjusted appropriately for
highly sophisticated systems.
1. Use the above costs for the conterminous U.S. without adjustment by geographical
cost factor*
in overseas areas where international balance of payments is not a factor, the
above costs adjusted by the geographical cost factor will be used.
3. Costs are for complete air conditioning systems including refrigeration, cycle
air handling equipment, water saving devices, ductwork, piping, controls, cutting
and patching, electrical work, supervision, inspection and overhead. Electrical
work does not include transformers but assumes a power supply with sufficient
capacity and/or proper voltage within 5 feet of buildings.
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