New construction cost / area metric

Determines cost efficiency by comparing the new construction cost to the overall area for new construction.

Name
New Construction Cost / Area (Capital Projects Only)
Category
Financial
Analysis objective for exception conditions
Identifies business units or programs that have higher than average building costs and drill in to the project costs to identify the cause.
Description
Provides visibility into the average cost of new construction per square foot. This information helps provide more accurate new construction estimates. It also allows management to focus on projects or teams with overly high average costs. This metric provides a gauge for seeing price increases and decreases over time to help predict future cost changes.
Source
Customer Focus Group
Measurement
Actual Costs Incurred (new construction projects only) / Project Gross Construction Area (or Project Usable Area)
Dependent data that is calculated
Project Gross Construction Area and Project Usable Area
Roles
  • PR Executive
  • PR Manager
Display chart types
Value-based: Horizontal Grouped Bar Chart
Thresholds
  • Low Threshold: $225/SF
  • High Threshold: $300/SF
  • Range 1: Low/Positive/Green
  • Range 2: Medium/Caution/Yellow
  • Range 3: High/Negative/Red
Fact details
Module: triMetricFactBusiness Object: triCapitalProjectFact

Metric Queries: triCapitalProjectFact - Metric - New Construction Cost (USD / GSF), triCapitalProjectFact - Metric - New Construction Cost (USD / USF)

Drill paths
  • Program
  • Geography
  • Project
  • Project Manager
  • Client
  • Capture Period
Interactive filters
  • Organization
  • Geography
  • Location
Static filters
  • Status: Completed projects
  • Project Classification: New Construction
Time
Months
Data point refresh rate
Monthly