Project Budget Versus Construction Budget and Escalation
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In the Certified Construction Manager (CCM) body of knowledge, Cost Management begins with a clear distinction between the Project Budget and the Construction Budget. The Project Budget is the owner's total authorized funding for the entire program. It encompasses every cost required to deliver a usable facility: land acquisition, site investigations, design and engineering fees, construction management fees, permits and utility connection charges, legal and financing costs, furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E), owner-furnished items, testing and inspection, insurance, commissioning, move-in, and owner contingency. The Construction Budget, by contrast, is a subset of the Project Budget. It represents the funds allocated to the contractor's work—labor, materials, equipment, subcontracts, general conditions, overhead, profit, and typically a construction contingency. In many projects the Construction Budget represents roughly 70 to 80 percent of the Project Budget, with the remaining portion covering the 'soft costs' described above. The CM's responsibility is to help the owner understand this relationship early, so that a construction estimate is never mistaken for the full financial commitment, and to track both budgets independently throughout the project life cycle. Escalation is the anticipated increase in costs between the time an estimate is prepared and the time the work is actually bid or performed. It reflects inflation in labor wages, material prices, equipment rates, and market conditions such as regional demand or supply shortages. Because estimates are developed at a point in time, the CM must apply an escalation factor—often expressed as an annual percentage compounded to the midpoint of construction—to bring estimated costs to the expected expenditure date. Escalation is treated separately from contingency: contingency addresses unknowns in scope and risk, while escalation addresses the predictable time value of cost growth. Properly forecasting escalation protects the owner from budget shortfalls, supports realistic funding requests, and informs decisions about phasing, procurement timing, and early material purchases.
Project Budget Versus Construction Budget and Escalation (CMAA CCM – Cost Management)
1. Why This Topic Matters
Cost Management is one of the core practice areas tested on the CMAA Certified Construction Manager (CCM) exam, and the distinction between the Project Budget and the Construction Budget is one of the most frequently tested ideas within it. Owners hire a Construction Manager largely to protect their money. If a CM confuses the total funds an owner must commit with the amount that will be paid to the contractor, the owner can end up with a project that cannot be finished, financed, or occupied. Escalation sits right alongside this because a budget set today is spent over months or years, and prices do not stand still. A CM who fails to carry escalation (or carries it incorrectly) will present an estimate that appears to fit the budget but will be overrun before the first bid is opened.
The CMAA Standards of Practice and the Cost Management Procedures Guidelines emphasize that the CM is responsible for helping the owner establish a realistic budget early (in pre-design), for structuring that budget so every category of cost has a home, and for monitoring, reconciling, and reporting against it throughout the project. Exam questions therefore test whether you can (a) classify a given cost correctly, (b) understand the relationship between the two budgets, and (c) apply escalation properly in time and in math.
2. What It Is: Key Definitions
Project Budget (Total Project Cost / Total Program Budget)
The project budget is the owner's total financial commitment to deliver the completed, usable facility. It is the sum of everything the owner must pay, from the earliest planning dollar to move-in. It typically includes:
• Land acquisition, site surveys, geotechnical investigations, environmental studies
• Design fees (architect, engineers, specialty consultants)
• Construction Manager fees and CM staff costs
• Legal, accounting, and insurance costs carried by the owner
• Permits, impact fees, utility connection charges
• Testing and inspection services
• Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E)
• Information technology, security, and audio-visual systems if procured by the owner
• Commissioning, move management, and relocation
• Financing costs and interest during construction
• Owner's contingency (reserve for owner-directed changes, unknowns, program growth)
• Escalation allowance for the time between budgeting and construction
• The Construction Budget itself (the largest single line item)
Everything above other than the construction cost is commonly called soft cost. On a typical building project, construction (hard) cost is roughly 70 to 80 percent of the total project budget, and soft costs make up the remaining 20 to 30 percent, although the ratio varies widely by project type.
Construction Budget (Construction Cost / Hard Cost)
The construction budget is the portion of the project budget allocated to the physical work of construction, that is, what will be paid to the contractor(s) under the construction contract(s). It includes:
• Labor, materials, and equipment incorporated into the work
• Subcontractor costs
• General conditions / general requirements (temporary facilities, supervision, site logistics)
• Contractor overhead and profit
• Bonds and builder's insurance required by the contract
• Frequently a construction contingency (for unforeseen conditions and design clarifications) and, in some budget structures, a design contingency during the design phases
The construction budget is a subset of the project budget. It is the target the design team must design to and the figure the CM's estimates are reconciled against at each design milestone (conceptual, schematic, design development, construction documents).
Budget vs. Estimate
A budget is the amount of money the owner has allocated or is willing to spend. An estimate is the CM's or designer's prediction of what the work will actually cost based on the current level of design definition. The CM's job is to keep the estimate within the budget through design-to-cost, value engineering, scope control, and timely reporting. When they diverge, the CM must advise the owner so corrective action (scope reduction, VE, added funding, or schedule change) can be taken while options still exist.
Escalation
Escalation is the anticipated increase in the cost of labor, materials, and equipment over time due to inflation and market conditions. An estimate is always prepared in the dollars of a specific date (the base date or estimate date). Because the money will actually be spent later, the estimate must be escalated forward to the time the dollars will be spent.
3. How It Works
Building the Project Budget
During pre-design, the CM works with the owner to convert the program (size, function, quality level, schedule) into a budget. The CM typically starts with a conceptual construction cost using cost-per-square-foot or cost-per-unit data adjusted for location and time, then adds soft costs as percentages or line items, adds contingency and escalation, and arrives at the total project budget. The CM should produce a budget breakdown structure (often aligned to a work breakdown structure or a standard format such as UniFormat for early estimates and MasterFormat for later estimates) so that every anticipated cost has an identifiable line.
If the owner starts with a fixed funding amount instead, the CM works backward: subtract soft costs, contingency, and escalation to determine how much is actually available for construction. This is a classic exam scenario, and the trap is to forget to deduct escalation and contingency before announcing the construction budget.
Contingency vs. Escalation
These are different and should be carried separately:
• Contingency covers risk and unknowns: incomplete design, unforeseen site conditions, owner changes. Design contingency is highest at the conceptual stage (often 10 to 20 percent) and decreases as design is completed. Construction contingency and owner's contingency remain through construction.
• Escalation covers the predictable effect of time on prices. It is not a risk reserve; it is an expected cost. Rolling escalation into contingency hides it and makes the contingency appear larger than it really is.
Calculating Escalation
Escalation is applied from the estimate date to the midpoint of construction (the point at which roughly half of the construction dollars will have been spent), because construction spending is distributed over the construction period. Some owners escalate to the bid date only if the contract will be lump-sum and the contractor is assumed to carry escalation after award; know which convention a question is using.
Steps:
1. Identify the estimate base date.
2. Determine the construction start date and duration.
3. Compute the midpoint of construction = start + (duration / 2).
4. Determine the number of years from base date to midpoint.
5. Select an annual escalation rate from published indices (ENR Building Cost Index, RSMeans historical cost indexes, Turner Building Cost Index, producer price indices) and local market knowledge.
6. Apply the rate.
Formulas:
• Compound: Escalated Cost = Base Cost × (1 + r)^n
• Simple (sometimes used for short durations or in exam questions that say so): Escalated Cost = Base Cost × (1 + r × n)
Worked example: A conceptual estimate prepared today totals $10,000,000 in current dollars. Construction will begin in 18 months and last 24 months. Escalation is 4 percent per year compounded.
Midpoint = 18 months + 12 months = 30 months = 2.5 years.
Escalated Cost = $10,000,000 × (1.04)^2.5 ≈ $10,000,000 × 1.103 ≈ $11,030,000.
Escalation allowance ≈ $1,030,000.
Using simple escalation: $10,000,000 × (1 + 0.04 × 2.5) = $11,000,000.
Note that escalation can also apply to soft costs (professional fees often rise with salaries), but the exam most often focuses on construction cost escalation.
Location Adjustment
Closely related: historical cost data is tied to both a time and a place. The CM adjusts for location with a city cost index and for time with escalation. Adjusted Cost = Historical Cost × (Target Location Index / Source Location Index) × (Target Time Index / Source Time Index).
Managing the Budget Over the Project Life
• Establish the baseline budget and obtain owner approval; document assumptions, including the escalation rate and the dates used.
• Prepare estimates at each design milestone and reconcile them to the budget and to the designer's estimate; explain variances.
• Release design contingency as design matures; do not allow it to be absorbed by scope growth without owner awareness.
• Track committed costs, pending changes, and forecast at completion; report trends early.
• When bids come in, compare to the escalated construction budget, not to the original base-date estimate.
• Return unused escalation and contingency to the owner at closeout rather than treating them as available spending.
4. How to Answer Exam Questions on This Topic
Questions tend to fall into four patterns:
Pattern A – Classification: You are given a list of costs and asked which belong in the construction budget versus the project budget, or which is a soft cost. Approach: ask whether the cost is paid to the construction contractor for the work under the construction contract. If yes, it is construction (hard) cost. If it is paid to anyone else or for anything else (land, fees, FF&E, permits, financing, owner's staff), it is a project soft cost.
Pattern B – Available Construction Dollars: The owner has a fixed total and you must find the construction budget. Approach: start with the total, subtract soft costs, owner's contingency, and escalation (and any other listed items), and the remainder is available for construction. Read carefully whether percentages are of the total project budget or of the construction cost.
Pattern C – Escalation Math: Compute the escalated cost or the escalation allowance. Approach: find the midpoint of construction, convert to years, apply the stated method (compound unless the question specifies simple), and check whether the question wants the total escalated cost or only the escalation amount.
Pattern D – CM Role and Judgment: What should the CM do when an estimate exceeds the budget, or when the owner asks to drop escalation to make the numbers fit? Approach: the CMAA answer is always to advise the owner promptly and honestly, document the basis, present options (scope, VE, phasing, funding), and never remove a legitimately expected cost to create a false appearance of fit.
Exam Tips: Answering Questions on Project Budget Versus Construction Budget and Escalation
1. The construction budget is always smaller than the project budget. If an answer choice implies the construction cost equals or exceeds the total project cost, eliminate it.
2. Remember the 70/30 to 80/20 rule of thumb. If a question says construction is $8 million and asks for a reasonable total project budget, something around $10 to $11.5 million is in range; $8.2 million is not.
3. Escalate to the midpoint of construction, not the start. This is the single most common error. Add half the construction duration to the time until construction starts.
4. Keep contingency and escalation separate. Contingency is for the unknown; escalation is for the expected effect of time. An answer that lumps them together or uses contingency to pay for escalation is wrong in CMAA terms.
5. Watch the base of percentages. A 5 percent owner's contingency on the project budget is a different number than 5 percent on the construction budget. Read the question stem twice.
6. Compound unless told otherwise. Published indices and CMAA guidance treat escalation as compounding year over year. If a question gives a simple method, follow it, but default to compound.
7. Convert months to years before applying an annual rate. Thirty months is 2.5 years, not 30 periods.
8. Design contingency decreases as design progresses. If asked when contingency should be highest, the answer is at the conceptual or programming stage.
9. Budget versus estimate. The budget is the owner's allocation; the estimate is the prediction of cost. The CM reconciles the two and reports variances; the CM does not quietly adjust the budget to match the estimate.
10. Compare bids to the escalated budget. If bids exceed the base-date estimate but fall within the escalated construction budget, the project is on budget.
11. Pre-design is when the budget is established. Questions about when the CM should first develop the project budget point to the pre-design or planning phase, where the CM's influence on cost is greatest.
12. Owner communication is the CM's ethical duty. When numbers do not fit, the correct exam answer involves informing the owner and presenting options, not deferring the problem, cutting escalation, or hoping bids come in low.
13. Use process of elimination on definitions. Terms such as hard cost, construction cost, and construction budget are near-synonyms; soft cost, indirect owner cost, and non-construction cost are near-synonyms. Total project cost, project budget, and program budget are near-synonyms. Grouping the vocabulary this way makes distractors easier to spot.
14. Show the midpoint logic in your head. A quick sanity check: escalation allowance should be roughly the annual rate multiplied by years to midpoint; for 4 percent over 2.5 years, expect about 10 percent. If your computed answer is 4 percent or 25 percent, you misread the timeline.
5. Summary
The project budget is the owner's total cost to deliver a usable facility; the construction budget is the portion of it paid for the physical work and is typically 70 to 80 percent of the total. Escalation is the time-driven increase in prices from the estimate date to the midpoint of construction and must be carried as its own line item, separate from contingency, using a compounding rate drawn from published indices. On the CCM exam, success comes from classifying costs correctly, subtracting soft costs, contingency, and escalation to find what is really available for construction, escalating to the midpoint with the right math, and always choosing the answer that keeps the owner fully and honestly informed.
Cost Management is one of the core practice areas tested on the CMAA Certified Construction Manager (CCM) exam, and the distinction between the Project Budget and the Construction Budget is one of the most frequently tested ideas within it. Owners hire a Construction Manager largely to protect their money. If a CM confuses the total funds an owner must commit with the amount that will be paid to the contractor, the owner can end up with a project that cannot be finished, financed, or occupied. Escalation sits right alongside this because a budget set today is spent over months or years, and prices do not stand still. A CM who fails to carry escalation (or carries it incorrectly) will present an estimate that appears to fit the budget but will be overrun before the first bid is opened.
The CMAA Standards of Practice and the Cost Management Procedures Guidelines emphasize that the CM is responsible for helping the owner establish a realistic budget early (in pre-design), for structuring that budget so every category of cost has a home, and for monitoring, reconciling, and reporting against it throughout the project. Exam questions therefore test whether you can (a) classify a given cost correctly, (b) understand the relationship between the two budgets, and (c) apply escalation properly in time and in math.
2. What It Is: Key Definitions
Project Budget (Total Project Cost / Total Program Budget)
The project budget is the owner's total financial commitment to deliver the completed, usable facility. It is the sum of everything the owner must pay, from the earliest planning dollar to move-in. It typically includes:
• Land acquisition, site surveys, geotechnical investigations, environmental studies
• Design fees (architect, engineers, specialty consultants)
• Construction Manager fees and CM staff costs
• Legal, accounting, and insurance costs carried by the owner
• Permits, impact fees, utility connection charges
• Testing and inspection services
• Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E)
• Information technology, security, and audio-visual systems if procured by the owner
• Commissioning, move management, and relocation
• Financing costs and interest during construction
• Owner's contingency (reserve for owner-directed changes, unknowns, program growth)
• Escalation allowance for the time between budgeting and construction
• The Construction Budget itself (the largest single line item)
Everything above other than the construction cost is commonly called soft cost. On a typical building project, construction (hard) cost is roughly 70 to 80 percent of the total project budget, and soft costs make up the remaining 20 to 30 percent, although the ratio varies widely by project type.
Construction Budget (Construction Cost / Hard Cost)
The construction budget is the portion of the project budget allocated to the physical work of construction, that is, what will be paid to the contractor(s) under the construction contract(s). It includes:
• Labor, materials, and equipment incorporated into the work
• Subcontractor costs
• General conditions / general requirements (temporary facilities, supervision, site logistics)
• Contractor overhead and profit
• Bonds and builder's insurance required by the contract
• Frequently a construction contingency (for unforeseen conditions and design clarifications) and, in some budget structures, a design contingency during the design phases
The construction budget is a subset of the project budget. It is the target the design team must design to and the figure the CM's estimates are reconciled against at each design milestone (conceptual, schematic, design development, construction documents).
Budget vs. Estimate
A budget is the amount of money the owner has allocated or is willing to spend. An estimate is the CM's or designer's prediction of what the work will actually cost based on the current level of design definition. The CM's job is to keep the estimate within the budget through design-to-cost, value engineering, scope control, and timely reporting. When they diverge, the CM must advise the owner so corrective action (scope reduction, VE, added funding, or schedule change) can be taken while options still exist.
Escalation
Escalation is the anticipated increase in the cost of labor, materials, and equipment over time due to inflation and market conditions. An estimate is always prepared in the dollars of a specific date (the base date or estimate date). Because the money will actually be spent later, the estimate must be escalated forward to the time the dollars will be spent.
3. How It Works
Building the Project Budget
During pre-design, the CM works with the owner to convert the program (size, function, quality level, schedule) into a budget. The CM typically starts with a conceptual construction cost using cost-per-square-foot or cost-per-unit data adjusted for location and time, then adds soft costs as percentages or line items, adds contingency and escalation, and arrives at the total project budget. The CM should produce a budget breakdown structure (often aligned to a work breakdown structure or a standard format such as UniFormat for early estimates and MasterFormat for later estimates) so that every anticipated cost has an identifiable line.
If the owner starts with a fixed funding amount instead, the CM works backward: subtract soft costs, contingency, and escalation to determine how much is actually available for construction. This is a classic exam scenario, and the trap is to forget to deduct escalation and contingency before announcing the construction budget.
Contingency vs. Escalation
These are different and should be carried separately:
• Contingency covers risk and unknowns: incomplete design, unforeseen site conditions, owner changes. Design contingency is highest at the conceptual stage (often 10 to 20 percent) and decreases as design is completed. Construction contingency and owner's contingency remain through construction.
• Escalation covers the predictable effect of time on prices. It is not a risk reserve; it is an expected cost. Rolling escalation into contingency hides it and makes the contingency appear larger than it really is.
Calculating Escalation
Escalation is applied from the estimate date to the midpoint of construction (the point at which roughly half of the construction dollars will have been spent), because construction spending is distributed over the construction period. Some owners escalate to the bid date only if the contract will be lump-sum and the contractor is assumed to carry escalation after award; know which convention a question is using.
Steps:
1. Identify the estimate base date.
2. Determine the construction start date and duration.
3. Compute the midpoint of construction = start + (duration / 2).
4. Determine the number of years from base date to midpoint.
5. Select an annual escalation rate from published indices (ENR Building Cost Index, RSMeans historical cost indexes, Turner Building Cost Index, producer price indices) and local market knowledge.
6. Apply the rate.
Formulas:
• Compound: Escalated Cost = Base Cost × (1 + r)^n
• Simple (sometimes used for short durations or in exam questions that say so): Escalated Cost = Base Cost × (1 + r × n)
Worked example: A conceptual estimate prepared today totals $10,000,000 in current dollars. Construction will begin in 18 months and last 24 months. Escalation is 4 percent per year compounded.
Midpoint = 18 months + 12 months = 30 months = 2.5 years.
Escalated Cost = $10,000,000 × (1.04)^2.5 ≈ $10,000,000 × 1.103 ≈ $11,030,000.
Escalation allowance ≈ $1,030,000.
Using simple escalation: $10,000,000 × (1 + 0.04 × 2.5) = $11,000,000.
Note that escalation can also apply to soft costs (professional fees often rise with salaries), but the exam most often focuses on construction cost escalation.
Location Adjustment
Closely related: historical cost data is tied to both a time and a place. The CM adjusts for location with a city cost index and for time with escalation. Adjusted Cost = Historical Cost × (Target Location Index / Source Location Index) × (Target Time Index / Source Time Index).
Managing the Budget Over the Project Life
• Establish the baseline budget and obtain owner approval; document assumptions, including the escalation rate and the dates used.
• Prepare estimates at each design milestone and reconcile them to the budget and to the designer's estimate; explain variances.
• Release design contingency as design matures; do not allow it to be absorbed by scope growth without owner awareness.
• Track committed costs, pending changes, and forecast at completion; report trends early.
• When bids come in, compare to the escalated construction budget, not to the original base-date estimate.
• Return unused escalation and contingency to the owner at closeout rather than treating them as available spending.
4. How to Answer Exam Questions on This Topic
Questions tend to fall into four patterns:
Pattern A – Classification: You are given a list of costs and asked which belong in the construction budget versus the project budget, or which is a soft cost. Approach: ask whether the cost is paid to the construction contractor for the work under the construction contract. If yes, it is construction (hard) cost. If it is paid to anyone else or for anything else (land, fees, FF&E, permits, financing, owner's staff), it is a project soft cost.
Pattern B – Available Construction Dollars: The owner has a fixed total and you must find the construction budget. Approach: start with the total, subtract soft costs, owner's contingency, and escalation (and any other listed items), and the remainder is available for construction. Read carefully whether percentages are of the total project budget or of the construction cost.
Pattern C – Escalation Math: Compute the escalated cost or the escalation allowance. Approach: find the midpoint of construction, convert to years, apply the stated method (compound unless the question specifies simple), and check whether the question wants the total escalated cost or only the escalation amount.
Pattern D – CM Role and Judgment: What should the CM do when an estimate exceeds the budget, or when the owner asks to drop escalation to make the numbers fit? Approach: the CMAA answer is always to advise the owner promptly and honestly, document the basis, present options (scope, VE, phasing, funding), and never remove a legitimately expected cost to create a false appearance of fit.
Exam Tips: Answering Questions on Project Budget Versus Construction Budget and Escalation
1. The construction budget is always smaller than the project budget. If an answer choice implies the construction cost equals or exceeds the total project cost, eliminate it.
2. Remember the 70/30 to 80/20 rule of thumb. If a question says construction is $8 million and asks for a reasonable total project budget, something around $10 to $11.5 million is in range; $8.2 million is not.
3. Escalate to the midpoint of construction, not the start. This is the single most common error. Add half the construction duration to the time until construction starts.
4. Keep contingency and escalation separate. Contingency is for the unknown; escalation is for the expected effect of time. An answer that lumps them together or uses contingency to pay for escalation is wrong in CMAA terms.
5. Watch the base of percentages. A 5 percent owner's contingency on the project budget is a different number than 5 percent on the construction budget. Read the question stem twice.
6. Compound unless told otherwise. Published indices and CMAA guidance treat escalation as compounding year over year. If a question gives a simple method, follow it, but default to compound.
7. Convert months to years before applying an annual rate. Thirty months is 2.5 years, not 30 periods.
8. Design contingency decreases as design progresses. If asked when contingency should be highest, the answer is at the conceptual or programming stage.
9. Budget versus estimate. The budget is the owner's allocation; the estimate is the prediction of cost. The CM reconciles the two and reports variances; the CM does not quietly adjust the budget to match the estimate.
10. Compare bids to the escalated budget. If bids exceed the base-date estimate but fall within the escalated construction budget, the project is on budget.
11. Pre-design is when the budget is established. Questions about when the CM should first develop the project budget point to the pre-design or planning phase, where the CM's influence on cost is greatest.
12. Owner communication is the CM's ethical duty. When numbers do not fit, the correct exam answer involves informing the owner and presenting options, not deferring the problem, cutting escalation, or hoping bids come in low.
13. Use process of elimination on definitions. Terms such as hard cost, construction cost, and construction budget are near-synonyms; soft cost, indirect owner cost, and non-construction cost are near-synonyms. Total project cost, project budget, and program budget are near-synonyms. Grouping the vocabulary this way makes distractors easier to spot.
14. Show the midpoint logic in your head. A quick sanity check: escalation allowance should be roughly the annual rate multiplied by years to midpoint; for 4 percent over 2.5 years, expect about 10 percent. If your computed answer is 4 percent or 25 percent, you misread the timeline.
5. Summary
The project budget is the owner's total cost to deliver a usable facility; the construction budget is the portion of it paid for the physical work and is typically 70 to 80 percent of the total. Escalation is the time-driven increase in prices from the estimate date to the midpoint of construction and must be carried as its own line item, separate from contingency, using a compounding rate drawn from published indices. On the CCM exam, success comes from classifying costs correctly, subtracting soft costs, contingency, and escalation to find what is really available for construction, escalating to the midpoint with the right math, and always choosing the answer that keeps the owner fully and honestly informed.
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CMAA CCM - Project Budget Versus Construction Budget and Escalation Example Questions
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Question 1
A construction manager reviews the owner's budget for a wastewater pump station. Construction was estimated at current prices and escalated at 4% per year to the bid date, 18 months away. Design fees are under a fixed-fee contract and the land has already been purchased. Both were added at their contract values. Owner contingency is carried as a separate line. Construction will take 24 months. Which adjustment would most improve the accuracy of the budget?
Question 2
A construction manager is preparing the owner's project budget for a courthouse renovation. The construction estimate in current dollars is $20,000,000. The midpoint of construction falls two years from today, and the agreed escalation rate is 4% per year, compounded annually. Soft costs, including design fees, owner costs, contingency and furnishings, are set at 25% of the escalated construction budget. What total project budget should the construction manager recommend to the owner?
Question 3
A construction manager is presenting the conceptual budget for a new public library to the owner's board. A board member sees two totals, a construction budget and a larger project budget. The member asks why the project budget is higher when both cover the same building. Which group of costs best explains the difference between the two totals?
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