reconstruction costs

Price of restoration

Reconstruction costs are the expenses required to rebuild or restore something to its previous condition, most often used in insurance contexts to describe what it would cost to rebuild a damaged or destroyed property from scratch.

This figure typically differs from market value since it accounts for materials, labor, and compliance with current building codes rather than what a property might sell for.

Insurance policies often specify whether they cover actual cash value or full reconstruction costs.

The reconstruction costs exceeded our coverage by nearly $100,000.

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reconstruction costsmarket value

Current trading price

fair market value · book value · salvage value · residual value · assessed value

temporal direction

reconstruction costssunk costs

Irrecoverable past expenditures

financial direction

reconstruction costsdepreciation

Asset value reduction over time

amortization · impairment · write-down · devaluation

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