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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
Yeah, concrete is real cheap these days and not a major input cost.  |
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
A 20% savings on a 6 story condo building is massive!
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up to %20 in material cost.
It's often reported that building a concrete home can increase costs over wood construction from 5% to 15%. But some builders report that they are able to build more affordably than with wood. Here is how some are doing it.
http://www.concreteconstruction.net/...rete-home.aspx
%80 of the cost of a new home in Calgary is land and labor NOT materials. So if you're just increasing your material cost by %15 it's really not that much for a superior product. We're talking what, $800k vs $830k? big deal. I'll pay the extra concrete. It's not %20 of total price, that would be ridiculous. Just more propaganda by developers to sell you a cheaper product at almost no cost savings to you. They win, you lose.