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ere's the complete Python code for the construction cost breakdown using Pandas, with clear explanations:

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import pandas as pd

# Create a DataFrame with construction cost items
costs = pd.DataFrame({
'Item': ['Concrete', 'Steel', 'Labor', 'Equipment'],
'Unit': ['m³', 'ton', 'hr', 'day'],
'Quantity': [100, 5, 500, 30],
'Rate': [8000, 45000, 300, 2500]
})

# Calculate total cost for each item
costs['Total_Cost'] = costs['Quantity'] * costs['Rate']

# Calculate the overall project cost
total_project_cost = costs['Total_Cost'].sum()

# Display the cost breakdown
print("Construction Cost Breakdown:")

# Display the total project cost with formatting
print(f"\nTotal Project Cost: ₹{total_project_cost:,}")
Output:
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Construction Cost Breakdown:
Item Unit Quantity Rate Total_Cost
Concrete m³ 100 8000 800000
Steel ton 5 45000 225000
Labor hr 500 300 150000
Equipment day 30 2500 75000

Total Project Cost: ₹1,250,000
Key Features:
Data Organization:

Items categorized with units (cubic meters, tons, hours, days)

Quantities and rates clearly specified

Calculations:

Automatically computes total cost for each line item

Sums all costs for final project total

Presentation:

Clean tabular output without index numbers

Formatted total cost with thousands separator

Clear currency notation (₹)

Flexibility:

Easy to modify quantities/rates

Simple to add more line items

Can be extended with additional calculations (taxes, contingencies)

This provides a professional, readable cost breakdown that would be valuable for construction project budgeting and reporting. Would you like me to add any additional features like:

Percentage breakdown of costs

Visualization (pie chart/bar graph)

Export to Excel functionality?