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==== Estabrook Construction ==== | ==== Estabrook Construction ==== | ||
The Estabrook school construction has a 56,252 sq ft gross floor area, and the construction cost was $41M. This comes comes to $728 per sq ft. | The Estabrook school construction has a 56,252 sq ft gross floor area<ref>See [[Media:Estabrook Space Summary 11-10-19.pdf|Estabrook Space Summary 11-10-19]] for Estabrook floor area data</ref>, and the construction cost was $41M. This comes comes to $728 per sq ft. | ||
* [[Media:Estabrook Educational Program.pdf|Estabrook Educational Program]] | * [[Media:Estabrook Educational Program.pdf|Estabrook Educational Program]] | ||
* [[Media:Estabrook Project Meetings.pdf|Estabrook Project Meetings]] | * [[Media:Estabrook Project Meetings.pdf|Estabrook Project Meetings]] | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 7 November 2013
The question we are posing here is why government building construction costs, at the town and state level (for schools, police and fire stations, community centers, city halls, state college buildings etc), are much higher than those incurred by private real estate developers (for office buildings, manufacturing facilities, shopping malls, private schools, private college buildings etc).
Local level - Lexington
News
Lexington documents and data
Estabrook Construction
The Estabrook school construction has a 56,252 sq ft gross floor area[1], and the construction cost was $41M. This comes comes to $728 per sq ft.
- Estabrook Educational Program
- Estabrook Project Meetings
- Estabrook Space Summary 11-10-19
- Estabrook Work Plan Schedule 11-09-16
- 11-10-13 SPL-Option 1 - 3 Story School
- 11-10-13 SPL-Option 2 - 3 Story School
- 11-10-13 SPL-Option 3 - 2 Story School
- 11-10-13 SPL-Phased Construction
State level - Massachusetts
- ↑ See Estabrook Space Summary 11-10-19 for Estabrook floor area data