Construction Guide
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Welcome to Construction Industry!
OVERVIEW
Construction industry added thirteen (13) resources and five (5) buildings to Sim Companies. In this guide will go over the resources and buildings. What is needed to construct a new building. What is needed to upgrade your existing building. We’ll also cover scrapping and quality.
RESOURCES
The resources are:
Wood, reinforced concrete, bricks, cement, clay, limestone, steel beams, planks, windows, tools, construction units, bulldozer, and materials research.
BUILDINGS
The buildings are:
Quarry, concrete plant, construction factory, hardware store, and general contractor
The Quarry can produce clay, limestone, and/or sand.
The Concrete plant produces reinforced concrete, bricks, and cement.
The Construction factory produces steel beams, planks, windows, and tools.
The Hardware store sells bricks, cement, planks, windows, and tools. (retail)
The General contractor produces construction units.
Construction units are unique. They are only needed for doing new building construction and upgrades. Note, that producing Construction units needs to be done in multiples of eight (8). This is due to the bulldozers. One construction unit needs 0.125 bulldozers. If you try to make less than eight (8) construction units the cost of a bulldozer will cause your construction prices to be higher than normal. {needs work}
The bulldozer is produced in a car factory.
Materials research is produced in a chemistry lab.
NEW BUILDINGS AND BUILDING UPGRADES
Construction of buildings and building upgrades require resources instead of cash ($). The following resources are needed for new construction and building upgrades:
Reinforced concrete, bricks, planks, and construction units.
When building a new building or upgrading an existing building there will be a menu that shows the resources needed. The monetary costs are an approximation of the value of needed resources. Market value may differ greatly from this reference value. It is suggested to find the materials through contracts to save on building and/or upgrade costs.
{need pic of the upgrade menu -- preferably a low level building}
SCRAPPING
If a building is level 1 or 2, you will get the full investment back. Any building above level 2 that is scrapped will not receive the full investment back. Destroying a level 5 building will return 5 times the value of a level 1 building.
Case one:
Construction resources for level 5 plantation:
Level 1 | $6,900 |
Level 2 | $6.900 |
Level 3 | $13,800 |
Level 4 | $20,700 |
Level 5 | $27,600 |
Total | $75,900 |
If we scrap this level 5 building then we would receive construction resources back worth:
Level 1 | $6,900 |
Level 2 | $6.900 |
Level 3 | $6,900 |
Level 4 | $6.900 |
Level 5 | $6,900 |
Total | $34,500 |
Case two:
Construction resources for level 2 oil rig:
Level 1 | $69,000 |
Level 2 | $69,000 |
Total | $138,000 |
If we scrap this level 2 building then we would receive construction resources back worth:
Level 1 | $69,000 |
Level 2 | $69,000 |
Total | $138,000 |
Recovered materials from scrapping will be returned at quality zero (q0).
QUALITY
There is no benefit to having higher quality for new construction and upgrades.
Higher quality on bricks, cement, planks, windows, and tools can be used to sell items faster in a Hardware store.
While Bulldozers and Reinforced concrete quality may be needed in niche markets for Government Orders.
Construction units are like transport with no ability to get higher quality.
SUMMARY
The construction industry is full of avenues to explore. If you are new to the game or want to change industries, construction may have what you are looking for.
Remember, to seek out contracts for cheaper materials than the exchange prices when planning out new buildings or upgrading buildings.