Construction industry guide
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Welcome to Construction Industry!
OVERVIEW
The 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 produces Clay, Limestone, and/or Sand in abundance format just like Oil Rigs and Mines.
The abundances decrease 0.032% a day (or 1% a month).
The Concrete plant produces Reinforced concrete, Bricks, and Cement.
The Construction factory produces Steel beams, Planks, Windows, and Tools.
The Hardware store (retail) sells Bricks, Cement, Planks, Windows, and Tools.
The General contractor produces Construction units.
The Bulldozer is produced in a car factory.
Materials research is produced in a chemistry lab.
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). The cost of a bulldozer can cause your unit cost to be higher than normal. Construction units need 0.125x Bulldozer. Meaning 8 construction units can be made from 1 Bulldozer. If, you made 1 construction unit the price of 1 full bulldozer would be used. If, you made 2 construction units the price of 1 full bulldozer will be split between the two. And so on all the way up to the correct amount of 8.
NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 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 from this reference value. It is suggested to find the materials through contracts to save on building and/or upgrade costs.
When building upgrades are needed, obtaining any of the required materials; will pull them from your warehouse stock. While, any missing materials will buy from the Exchange.
The above image shows 2x Construction units were in the warehouse. The rest of the materials are showing the prices of the materials on the exchange. By pressing UPGRADE NOW, the game will process the Reinforced concrete, Bricks, and Planks at the exchange price listed. The total cost coming to $8,971 for this upgrade ($2,071 over the reference cost).
The reference cost is the price for each building in the encyclopedia
The cost inflation (savings) is the difference in reference cost to actual construction cost.
This makes it vital to obtain materials through contracts cheaper than exchange prices. Proper planning and bond scheduling may be needed to make the most out of each upgrade.
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 farm:
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).
When scrapping and/or downgrading buildings the materials are returned at a reference price.
See Scrapping Value of Materials (forum link)
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 and for achievements (Know-it-all and Scientist).
Construction units are like transport. They can not have 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.
Library Guides:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Guide for Beginners, Research Guide, Executives Guide,
Government Orders Guide, Aerospace Guide