Identification of the Most Influential Cost Components in Residential Buildings

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Puguh Novi Prasetyono, H.S. Mas Suryanto

2020 Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1569 Issue 4 Conference paper Cited by 1 Quartile

Abstract

The building price is especially fluctuating every year. The price fluctuations can be caused by several factors, both in terms of material costs and in terms of labor costs. There are several studies discuss the prediction of the budget plan, but not to discuss the most influential cost components in increasing the cost of building a residential house. so that it is not known what costs need to get special attention to be made savings, from this it is necessary to do this research so that the estimator can focus on the largest cost component for alternative swatches so that cost savings can be made. The method used is the method of quantity take-off. As a result, the average salary and material needs for housing are 31% for salaries, while for materials it is 69% of the total cost. The highest order is for the salaries of the first workers, second handyman, third foreman and the last is the chief handyman. Whereas in the most influential cost material is portland cement, both concrete iron, third galvalume frame, and finally aluminum. These prices and salaries need to be considered to make savings in the planned budget for a residential house. © 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Ketintang, Surabaya, East Java, 60231, Indonesia