“Some more radical and new ideas to include within the construction are actually very expensive and this counteracts the "affordable" part of this project. While we continue on this project we will probably need to avoid these and lean more towards the norms.”
“The costing team interviewed a civil engineer to help them budget the project effectively. Using estimated dimensions, they calculated a rough budget for the civil, architecture and interior teams. Along with this, they researched ways to minimize costs and materials. Some of these included designing the structure to coincide with the size increments of the materials that will be bought. This will minimize the amount of wasted material.”
“This week in costing we researched and accomplished many things. Among these include:
• Found average income in Alberta, and min wage
• Found info about the cost of living in Calgary
• Construction & labor costs
• We came up with ideas to offset costs
• Began to make a budget made for the civil, sustainability, and interior teams”
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