07/09/2026
$500,000 today. $814,447 by year ten. Same building, same windows.
That's a $314,447 gap and most capital works plans don't have it in them. Here's why: the plan records the cost in the dollars of the day it was quoted. But the work is scheduled for year three, year five, year ten.
A $500,000 window and door replacement, escalated at an illustrative 5% a year:�Year 3 — $578,813�Year 5 — $638,141�Year 10 — $814,447
The percentage isn't the point. What matters is that the projected cost sits in the year the work actually falls, not in today's money. That's the difference between a plan that funds itself and one that ends in a special levy. We'll price your building's real window and door scope at current rates and project it year by year. A number for your building — not a percentage applied to an old quote.
AGM coming up? Worth having that figure in front of the committee before the budget is set.
👉 Request your capital works forecast.
Figures illustrative only. Actual escalation reflects prevailing material and labour costs.
