House Construction cost

Increase in House construction cost from 2017 to 2022

Increase in House construction cost House construction industry is the major sector that keeps the wheel of economy running all the time. It creates huge amount of jobs and keeps various industry running that is directly or indirectly related to housing. This sector always has a huge potential to absorb skilled and unskilled workforce hence […]

Latest construction rates for house and material prices

APRIL 2023 Market Latest Construction Rates In this sticky blog, our team will regularly update latest construction rates along with main material prices for house construction in and around Lahore and Islamabad region. Lahore construction market Labor contracts Market Construction Rates with Material contracts Market Construction Material Rates Islamabad construction market Labor contracts Market Construction […]

Sudden increase in House construction costs in Pakistan in 2021

Year 2021 has been a good year for construction sector that witnessed sharp upwards trend. This happened after the Imran Khan led government announced real estate/construction amnesty back in 2020. Investors and developers started various real estate and construction related projects and genuine buyers specially from overseas took great interest in this sector that resulted [...]

10 marla house construction cost GREY with FINISHING

  In previous costing videos and detailed articles we told our viewers in detail about house construction costs for grey structure and finishing separately. We had many queries about combined construction cost of house. In this video and article we will tell our viewers briefly without calculating quantities about overall 10 marla house construction cost. This […]

8 marla house construction cost GREY with FINISHING

In previous costing videos and detailed articles we told our viewers in detail about house construction costs for grey structure and finishing separately. We had many queries about combined construction cost of house. In this video and article we will tell our viewers briefly without calculating quantities about overall 8 marla house construction cost. This cost […]

5 marla house construction cost GREY with FINISHING

In previous costing videos and detailed articles we told our viewers in detail about house construction costs for grey structure and finishing separately. We had many queries about combined construction cost of house. In this video and article we will tell our viewers briefly without calculating quantities about overall 5 marla house construction cost. This […]

Commerical plaza grey structure cost 5 marla frame structure

Commercial plaza construction cost Previously, all articles on cost by Team Overc’s were applicable on residential construction projects only, however there was a very popular demand by our followers for commercial plaza construction cost frame structure. Since Team Overc’s already has a first hand experience of various commercial projects successfully completed in Lahore & Islamabd, hence […]

Construction Sector Resumes In Lock down As Per Govt Of Pakistan

In our last article we explained how government of Pakistan will be opening construction sites in coming days during the Covid 19 lock down. Now the government of Pakistan has allowed for the construction sector to open partially along with the following guidelines. The guidelines are detailed and comprehensive but we will discuss the guidelines […]

Relief Package for Construction 2020 – 2022

As we all know that the government of Pakistan has announced a relief package for construction sector on the 3rd of April 2020. This relief package was for both private sector as well as public sector. As public sector is not our scope or our expertise we wouldn’t be discussing that in this article today.  […]

2019 GREY STRUCTURE COST

HOUSE CONSTRUCTION COST OCTOBER 2019 GREY STRUCTURE Its been almost another year since last time Team Overc’s published grey structure house construction cost 2018 article and video, response that we got on that article and video was overwhelming and encouraging that helped and guided hundreds of Pakistanis specially expatriates/overseas Pakistanis. Many other topics and issues were […]

Introduction to Architecture

Architecture is a blend of both Arts and Sciences. In broader aspect architectural scope is designing any kind of building, infrastructure, landscape of anything which is part of built environment. It’s not just like a painting in which we can make anything but in architecture, as it has to be built physically, whatever you think […]

Difference between Covered Area and Land Area

House construction on turnkey contracts is based on per sq ft construction cost which requires covered area according to drawings. All the costing articles & videos of Team Overc’s  are based on covered areas. Clients often get confused in covered area and land area. Today we will explain the difference between covered area and land […]