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title: "What Is Long-Term Costs? | Calibre Glossary"
description: "Long-term costs are opinions of cost for the anticipated replacement of building systems and components over an evaluation period set by the user."
url: https://calibre.multisites.ai/glossary/long-term-costs
publisher: Calibre Commercial Inspections
phone: "+1-208-305-6245"
email: Schedule@CalibreCBI.com
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Costs and capital planning

# Long-Term Costs

Long-term costs are opinions of cost for the anticipated replacement of building systems and components over an evaluation period set by the user.

## Why it matters

They feed the reserve schedule that lenders and owners use for planning. ASTM E2018 leaves the evaluation period to the user, so check the period before comparing reports. A longer period shows more replacements and a higher total.

Source: [store.astm.org](https://store.astm.org/e2018-24.html)

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## Where we discuss it

-   [A Bigger PCA Budget Will Not Buy You a Better Report](https://calibre.multisites.ai/cre-inspector-insights/a-bigger-pca-budget-will-not-buy-you-a-better-report)
-   [Roof Safety for Commercial Inspectors: Balancing Risks and Opportunities](https://calibre.multisites.ai/cre-inspector-insights/roof-safety-for-commercial-inspectors-balancing-risks-and-opportunities)

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