Spon's civil engineering and highway works price book 2010

Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Get more from your Spon Price Libraries......Page 22
PART 1: General......Page 27
Part 1: General......Page 28
Part 10: Daywork......Page 29
OUTLINE OF THE TENDERING AND ESTIMATING PROCESS......Page 30
1. INITIAL APPRAISAL......Page 31
4. METHOD STATEMENT AND PROGRAMME......Page 33
5. DESIGN OF TEMPORARY WORKS, ETC......Page 34
7. COST ESTIMATE......Page 35
9. MANAGEMENT APPRAISAL......Page 36
11. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT VARIATIONS......Page 37
Plant and Machinery......Page 39
Long Life Assets......Page 41
Refurbishment Schemes......Page 42
The Enhanced Capital Allowances Scheme......Page 43
Industrial Building Allowances......Page 44
Flats Over Shops......Page 45
Other Capital Allowances......Page 46
Recovery of VAT......Page 47
In course or furtherance of business......Page 48
The construction of new dwellings......Page 49
The construction of an annex used for a ‘relevant charitable’ purpose......Page 50
Approved alterations to protected buildings......Page 51
Renovation of derelict dwellings......Page 52
Liquidated and Ascertained Damages......Page 53
Incidence......Page 55
Exemption from tax......Page 56
Avoidance......Page 57
PART 2: Preliminaries and General Items......Page 59
CHECKLIST OF ITEMS......Page 60
Telecommunications......Page 61
Progress photographs for Contractor\'s records......Page 62
Electrical connection and installation......Page 63
Site transport......Page 64
Preparation of bending schedules......Page 65
GENERAL PURPOSE PLANT OTHER THAN THAT INCLUDED IN UNIT COSTS......Page 66
INSURANCES AND BOND......Page 67
CONTRACTOR\'S SITE ONCOSTS TIME RELATED......Page 69
CONTRACTOR’S SITE ONCOSTS - NON TIME RELATED......Page 71
EMPLOYER’S AND CONSULTANTS’ SITE REQUIREMENTS - NON TIME RELATED......Page 72
GENERAL PURPOSE PLANT – OTHER THAN THAT INCLUDED IN UNIT COSTS......Page 73
SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARIES AND GENERAL ITEMS......Page 74
PART 3: Resources......Page 75
Additional Payment (Rule WR.1.4)......Page 77
Tide Work (Rule WR.9)......Page 78
CALCULATION OF LABOUR COSTS......Page 79
BASIC MATERIAL PRICES......Page 84
BRICKWORK AND BLOCKWORK......Page 85
CAST IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 88
CLAYWARE PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 91
CONCRETE AND CEMENT......Page 96
CONCRETE MANHOLES......Page 98
CONCRETE PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 99
CONSUMABLE STORES......Page 100
CONTRACTORS\' SITE EQUIPMENT (PURCHASED)......Page 102
CULVERTS......Page 104
EARTH RETENTION INCLUDING GABIONS, CRIB WALLING, ETC.......Page 105
FENCING (SITE BOUNDARY FENCING)......Page 107
GEOTEXTILES......Page 109
GULLEY GRATINGS AND FRAMES TO BS EN 124......Page 111
INTERLOCKING STEEL SHEET PILING AND UNIVERSAL BEARING PILES......Page 112
JOINT FILLERS AND WATERSTOPS......Page 114
PRECAST CONCRETE KERBS, EDGINGS AND PAVING SLABS......Page 116
LANDSCAPING/SOILING......Page 120
MANHOLE COVERS AND FRAMES TO BS EN 124......Page 122
MISCELLANEOUS AND MINOR ITEMS......Page 123
PAINT/STAINS/PROTECTIVE COATINGS......Page 127
POLYMER CHANNELS AND FITTINGS......Page 130
QUARRY PRODUCTS, AGGREGATES, ETC.......Page 133
SCAFFOLDING AND PROPS......Page 136
SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS AND INTERCEPTORS......Page 138
SHUTTERING, TIMBER AND NAILS......Page 139
STEEL PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 144
STRUCTURAL STEELWORK......Page 145
GUIDE TRANSPORT CHARGES BASED ON RADIAL DISTANCES AND QUANTITIES......Page 155
PVC-U DRAIN PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 156
PVC-U SUBSOIL DRAIN PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 161
CONTRACTOR OWNED PLANT......Page 163
Notes – example plant ownership hourly costs......Page 165
PLANT COSTS......Page 167
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 185
Outputs......Page 186
CLASS A: GENERAL ITEMS......Page 187
CLASS B: GROUND INVESTIGATION......Page 190
CLASS C: GEOTECHNICAL AND OTHER SPECIALIST PROCESSES......Page 194
CLASS D: DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE......Page 201
CLASS E: EXCAVATION......Page 203
CLASS F: IN SITU CONCRETE......Page 224
CLASS G: CONCRETE ANCILLARIES......Page 229
CLASS H: PRECAST CONCRETE......Page 240
CLASS I: PIPEWORK - PIPES......Page 242
CLASS J: PIPEWORK - FITTINGS AND VALVES......Page 260
CLASS K: PIPEWORK - MANHOLES AND PIPEWORK ANCILLARIES......Page 261
CLASS L: PIPEWORK SUPPORTS AND PROTECTION, ANCILLARIES TO LAYING AND EXCAVATION......Page 273
CLASS M: STRUCTURAL METALWORK......Page 277
CLASS N: MISCELLANEOUS METALWORK......Page 279
CLASS O: TIMBER......Page 284
CLASS P: PILING......Page 290
CLASS Q: PILING ANCILLARIES......Page 302
CLASS R: ROADS AND PAVINGS......Page 308
CLASS S: RAIL TRACK......Page 323
CLASS T: TUNNELS......Page 329
CLASS U: BRICKWORK, BLOCKWORK AND MASONRY......Page 332
CLASS V: PAINTING......Page 344
CLASS W: WATERPROOFING......Page 351
CLASS X: MISCELLANEOUS WORK......Page 356
CLASS Y: SEWER AND WATER MAIN RENOVATION AND ANCILLARY WORKS......Page 361
CLASS Z: SIMPLE BUILDING WORKS INCIDENTAL TO CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS......Page 363
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 377
Method of Measurement......Page 378
SERIES 100: PRELIMINARIES......Page 381
SERIES 200: SITE CLEARANCE......Page 383
SERIES 300: FENCING......Page 386
SERIES 400: ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN)......Page 390
SERIES 500: DRAINAGE AND SERVICE DUCTS......Page 396
SERIES 500: DETAILED RATES MANHOLES......Page 414
SERIES 600: EARTHWORKS......Page 418
SERIES 700: PAVEMENTS......Page 435
SERIES 1100: KERBS, FOOTWAYS AND PAVED AREAS......Page 442
SERIES 1200: TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS......Page 450
SERIES 1300: ROAD LIGHTING COLUMNS AND BRACKETS, CCTV MASTS AND CANTILEVER MASTS......Page 456
SERIES 1400: ELECTRICAL WORK FOR ROAD LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SIGNS......Page 459
SERIES 1500: MOTORWAY COMMUNICATIONS......Page 462
SERIES 1600: PILING AND EMBEDDED RETAINING WALLS......Page 464
SERIES 1700: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE......Page 479
SERIES 1800: STEELWORK FOR STRUCTURES......Page 486
SERIES 1900: PROTECTION OF STEELWORK AGAINST CORROSION......Page 487
SERIES 2000: WATERPROOFING FOR STRUCTURES......Page 489
SERIES 2100: BRIDGE BEARINGS......Page 491
SERIES 2300: BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AND SEALING OF GAPS......Page 493
SERIES 2400: BRICKWORK, BLOCKWORK AND STONEWORK......Page 494
SERIES 2500: SPECIAL STRUCTURES......Page 500
SERIES 2700: ACCOMMODATION WORKS, WORKS FOR STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS, PROVISIONAL SUMS AND PRIME COST ITEMS......Page 501
SERIES 3000: LANDSCAPING AND ECOLOGY......Page 502
SERIES 5000: MAINTENANCE PAINTING OF STEELWORK......Page 506
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 507
Method of Measurement......Page 508
Generally......Page 509
The EU Landfill Directive......Page 512
Types of hazardous waste......Page 513
Identify the problem......Page 514
Consider the costs......Page 515
Implementation and remediation......Page 516
In situ techniques......Page 517
Off-site techniques......Page 518
Cost drivers......Page 519
Cost Studies......Page 521
Class B Ground Investigation......Page 522
The Tax......Page 523
Exemptions......Page 525
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 527
ANCILLARY BUILDING WORKS......Page 529
PROFIT......Page 557
FINANCE COSTS ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACT INVESTMENT......Page 558
Notes......Page 560
TENDER SUMMARY......Page 561
PART 9: Costs and Tender Prices Indices......Page 563
PRICE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA INDICES......Page 564
A CONSTRUCTED COST INDEX BASED ON THE PRICE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA INDICES......Page 566
THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION TENDER PRICE INDEX......Page 568
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 571
1 Labour......Page 572
4 Plant......Page 573
Materials......Page 574
Supplementary charges......Page 575
Plant......Page 576
PART 11: Professional Fees......Page 579
Comparisons......Page 580
Obligations of the Consulting Engineer......Page 582
Ownership of Documents and Copyright......Page 583
Disputes and Differences......Page 584
Summary of Scale of Professional Charges......Page 585
Scale of charges......Page 586
PART 12: Approximate Estimates......Page 587
Building Prices per Square Metre......Page 589
WATER AND TREATMENT FACILITIES......Page 590
Approximate Estimates......Page 591
EARTH RETENTION AND STABILISATION......Page 594
BRIDGEWORKS......Page 595
MOTORWAYS......Page 596
ALL-PURPOSE ROADS......Page 597
STREET FURNITURE......Page 599
SURFACE CAR PARKS......Page 600
LANDSCAPING......Page 601
TEMPORARY WORKS......Page 603
PART 13: Outputs......Page 607
DISPOSAL OF EXCAVATED MATERIALS......Page 608
BREAKING OUT OBSTRUCTIONS BY HAND......Page 609
CONCRETE WORK......Page 611
DRAINAGE......Page 614
USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION......Page 617
PART 14: Tables and Memoranda......Page 625
QUICK REFERENCE CONVERSION TABLES......Page 626
CONVERSION FACTORS - METRIC TO IMPERIAL......Page 627
CONVERSION FACTORS - IMPERIAL TO METRIC......Page 629
CONVERSION TABLES......Page 631
SPEED CONVERSION......Page 635
FORMULAE......Page 637
EARTHWORK......Page 642
CONCRETE WORK......Page 648
MASONRY......Page 656
TIMBER......Page 662
STRUCTURAL METALWORK......Page 666
SPACING OF HOLES IN ANGLES......Page 684
PAVING AND SURFACING......Page 685
SEEDING/TURFING AND PLANTING......Page 692
FENCING AND GATES......Page 694
DRAINAGE......Page 699
PIPED SUPPLY SYSTEMS......Page 705
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY/POWER/LIGHTING SYSTEMS......Page 706
RAIL TRACKS......Page 707
Index......Page 711