An appraiser then values the structure, usually at a 15% markup to building costs.
With taxes and transport costs, local building costs are 15-30% higher than in America.
Protesters say the crossing should have been free to use after 2003, when building costs were met.
Associated building costs have also increased owing to a shortage in raw materials.
In one home, stripped to its blue tile, hand-scrawled ledgers bear large sums recording building costs and other unspecified transactions.
Building costs were supposed to be shared by central and local authorities, but the latter often failed to chip in.
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That reflects falling building costs, said Towers Watson risk consultant Jeremy Pecora.
Average rent for a two-bed flat in an older building costs around 5, 000 Danish kroner per month, while those in new construction can cost double that.
Building costs are around 500, 000 Chilean peso per square metre.
But that building costs point does explain why what would have been a bubble height in 1930 was, by 1980 say, possibly too short a height to be economic.
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British Labour MEP Derek Vaughan, the author of the report, said there needed to be more co-operation between the EU institutions, such as sharing human resources, building costs and interpretation costs.
Building costs (like rents) are high in Manhattan, but Blair is trying to keep expenses in check by using in-house construction crews and paying subcontractors bonuses to deliver work at the lowest possible cost.
Furthermore, the Marlins stadium agreement only required the team to pay nearly a third of the building costs, while it awarded Marlins ownership 100% of stadium-related revenues not exactly what sounds like an equal partnership.
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For a new data centre (or an extensive retrofit), they figure that going with their immersive solution will result in building costs that are 30 to 40 per cent less than traditional data centres of comparable capacity.
We can, well we probably can, say that when a number of developers are vying with each other to announce ever taller buildings then we probably are in a bubble: but that still depends a little on whether those building costs have changed much or not.
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Still, gross profit declined 2%, principally due to increased building material costs and selling, general and administrative expense rose 14%, primarily due to investments in personnel and other expenses related to plans for growth, including the start-up of its Lexington, Ky.
Building-material costs rose by 30% from 2005 to 2007, says Flag's Mr. Kanavos.
Here we'll use an adjusted FFO measure favored by real estate research firm Green Street Advisors, which subtracts building-upkeep costs from FFO.
Highly leveraged building has rehab costs written off over five years.
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The benefit to a building owner is that a green building can have lower costs and there are many studies that show an improvement in building occupant productivity.
The main idea: Let others shoulder the capital and labor costs of building a car.
The costs of building cars with better gas mileage are a closely held secret.
Many builders are facing higher costs for building materials and having trouble obtaining financing for construction.
The first exhibit details the actual costs of building an iPhone assembled in China.
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Fund-raising is ongoing to cover the costs of building a planned Arctic Convoy museum near Loch Ewe.
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Besides rising costs of building materials, there is a shortage of construction workers.
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These markets allow companies to recover the costs of building power plants that provide electric power during periods of peak demand.
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The two local authorities have agreed to share the costs of building and maintaining the steel-beamed bridge and its reinforced concrete deck.
But we still do not know, we can only hope, that those new things would justify the costs of building such systems.
Energy tycoon Simon Rigby stepped forward after Preston Council voted to demolish the building because of the costs of running and refurbishing it.
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