COMMERCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATORS WORKSHEET REFERENCE June 2011 Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................... i Overview ........................................................................................................................1 General Information .......................................................................................................4 Entering Canadian Postal Codes ................................................................................6 Additional Information ................................................................................................17 Cost Adjustments .........................................................................................................19 General Cost Adjustments .......................................................................................19 Assessment Cost Adjustments .................................................................................22 Insurance Cost Adjustments ....................................................................................23 Sections ........................................................................................................................27 Occupancies .................................................................................................................29 Occupancy Number, Name and Percentage .............................................................30 Class of Construction ...............................................................................................32 Class A: Fireproof Structural Steel Frame ...........................................................33 Class B: Reinforced Concrete Frame ...................................................................34 Class C: Masonry Bearing Walls .........................................................................35 Class D: Wood- or Steel-Framed Exterior Walls.................................................36 Class H: Hoop Frame ...........................................................................................37 Class M: Mill Type Construction .........................................................................38 Class P: Wood Frame and Metal Walls (Pole Frame) .........................................39 Class S: Metal Frame and Walls ..........................................................................40 June 2011 Commercial/Agricultural Estimator i Getting Started Class W: Metal Slant Frame and Walls ...............................................................41 ISO Construction Classes .....................................................................................42 Story Height .............................................................................................................44 Rank .........................................................................................................................46 Building Data ...............................................................................................................48 Total Floor Area .......................................................................................................49 Number of Stories ....................................................................................................50 Perimeter or Shape ...................................................................................................53 Effective Age ...........................................................................................................55 Typical Life ..............................................................................................................57 Base Date and Effective Age Adjustment Value .....................................................58 Depreciation .............................................................................................................59 Physical & Functional Depreciation ....................................................................59 Additional Functional Depreciation .....................................................................60 External Depreciation ..........................................................................................60 Components .................................................................................................................62 Exterior Walls ..........................................................................................................67 Heating, Cooling and Ventilation (HVAC) .............................................................70 Sprinklers .................................................................................................................73 Elevators ..................................................................................................................75 Mezzanines ..............................................................................................................78 Malls ........................................................................................................................80 Balconies ..................................................................................................................82 Fire Alarm Systems ..................................................................................................83 ii Commercial/Agricultural Estimator June 2011 Table of Contents Land Value and Site Improvements .........................................................................84 Agricultural Components .........................................................................................86 Additions, Remarks and Notes ....................................................................................88 Remarks and Notes ..................................................................................................90 Basements ....................................................................................................................91 Basement Grid .........................................................................................................92 Additional Basement Fields .....................................................................................96 Basement Components ............................................................................................98 Wall Definitions ...........................................................................................................99 Numerical Listing of Walls ......................................................................................99 Listing of Walls by Category .................................................................................101 Wall Definitions .....................................................................................................104 HVAC Descriptions ...................................................................................................118 Agricultural Component Definitions .........................................................................125 Numerical Listing of Agricultural Components ....................................................125 Shed and Farm Building Equipment ..................................................................125 Feeders, Waterers and Waste Equipment...........................................................125 Stock and Equestrian Equipment .......................................................................127 Barn and Dairy Equipment .................................................................................128 Poultry Equipment .............................................................................................128 Sheep and Swine Equipment..............................................................................129 Grain Handling and Storage ...............................................................................130 Greenhouse Equipment ......................................................................................132 Miscellaneous Agricultural Equipment .............................................................133 June 2011 Commercial/Agricultural Estimator iii Getting Started Manufactured Housing .......................................................................................133 Agricultural Component Descriptions ...................................................................135 Document Revision History .......................................................................................230 iv Commercial/Agricultural Estimator June 2011 Overview Overview This Worksheet Reference contains detailed instructions for the entry of information on the Commercial and Agricultural Estimator worksheets. Use the worksheet to collect information about buildings for Marshall & Swift's Commercial and Agricultural Estimator Programs. The worksheet has several major divisions, each for a different type of information. These divisions correspond to the data entry tabs in the Commercial/Agricultural Estimator, and screens accessed from buttons on two of the . The main data entry tabs are: This Worksheet Reference includes line by line instructions for entering information in each of the worksheet divisions. This includes guidelines for completing the following divisions of the worksheet: • General Information (page 4) • Additional Information (page 17) • Cost Adjustments (page 19) • Occupancies (page 29) • Building Data (page 48) • Components (page 62) • Additions,