These three options for additions allow you to enter costs from the Marshall Valuation Service as follows:
Local Multiplier: Select this check box to apply the local multiplier to the addition’s cost. The costs in the Marshall Valuation Service are National Average costs. You must apply the Local Multiplier to adjust the cost to the local area.
Trend: Select this check box to trend the addition’s cost from its base date to the report date.
Base Date: Enter the date on the Marshall Valuation Service page containing the cost as the Base Date. When you select the Trend option and set the Base Date, Segregated Estimator adjusts the cost from this date to the report date.
Example: If you add the cost for a raised computer floor taken from a page in the Marshall Valuation Service dated March, 2001, select both the Local Multiplier and Trend check boxes, and set the base date to 03/2001.
Note: If you select the Trend option, but do not enter a Base Date, Segregated Estimator uses the Base Date from the Cost Adjustments screen as the Base Date for the addition.
You can also use the Trend option and Base Date to adjust a cost from another source. Select the Trend option and enter the date of the cost as the Base Date. This is useful in the following cases:
If the cost's date is not the report date.
Example: To include an interior fountain installed in October, 2000, enter the Base date as 10/2000 and select the Trend check box.
If you will be recalculating the estimate at a later date and want the Segregated Estimator to automatically update the addition’s cost.
Example: To include an interior fountain installed in October, 2000, in the estimate, enter the Base date as 10/2000 and select the Trend check box.