REES Atlanta Office – Construction Cost vs. Budget Cost: A LEED Project Review

Our Atlanta REES office serves as a model for our clients and a tool to communicate the benefits of sustainable design at not substantial increase in construction cost. In fact, careful documentation of the actual construction cost versus budgeted costs is as follows:

Original Construction Budget (excluding furniture, fixtures and equipment):
Actual Construction Budget (excluding furniture, fixtures and equipment):
The difference is directly attributable to the conscience decision to specify a reclaimed teak wood flooring product in specific areas of emphasis within the office. If a high-grade carpet tile were substituted for the teak flooring, a difference in the construction cost would have amounted to $3.90 per square foot.

$52.38 / s.f.
$59.62 / s.f.
Variance $7.25 / s.f.

Original Construction Budget (including furniture, fixtures and equipment):
Actual Construction Budget (including furniture, fixtures and equipment):
Although still above budget, the variance imposed on the construction cost by the teak flooring product was reduced by careful selections elsewhere to mitigate the increase in construction cost.

If a high-grade carpet tile were substituted for the teak flooring, a difference in the construction cost would have amounted to $1.48 per square foot.

$65.47 / s.f.
$70.29 / s.f.
Variance $4.82 / s.f.

The entire staff in REES-Atlanta participated in the FACILITY BUSINESS PLAN® efforts to program and plan the new office space. A LEED Charrette was included as part of the interactive programming process to determine the feasibility of achieving at least a Certified level.

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