Short-Term Costs

Short-term costs cover physical deficiencies that do not meet the immediate tests but should be undertaken on a priority basis. Older editions of the guide suggested a one-to-two-year window; the current text gives no number, and templates that still print "within 1 to 2 years" are quoting a superseded definition. Typical short-term items: a rooftop unit the contractor has declared uneconomic to repair, failed sealant at expansion joints, a corroded steel door, pavement base failure over a limited area.

Short-term costs appear in Table 1 below the immediate costs, with their own subtotal, and are subject to the reporting threshold. A component replaced as a short-term item is not also carried in the reserve table unless it recurs within the evaluation period.

Related: immediate costs, long-term costs, physical deficiency.