Unit In Place Method

2. Suppose that the floor and foundations of the buildings costs Birr 2,500 per square

meter; the roof costs Birr 750 per square meter; and the walls cost 1,500 per linear

meter; electrical and sanitary installation costs Birr 1,500 per square meters. Notice

that both the square building and the rectangular building have 400 square meters,

but the square building has only 80 linear meters of walls (20m times 4) while the

rectangular building has 100 linear meters of walls (10m+400m+10m+40m).

Required: Estimate the replacement cost of the two buildings