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Design costs for a project will vary depending on its size and complexity but typically range from 8% to 12% of the overall project cost. However, if design costs are compared to the entire cost of a project over its design life (e.g. new sanitary sewers have a design life of 80 years), they are about 1% to 2% of this total lifecycle cost.
