Spon's civil engineering and highway works price book. / 2012

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
PART 1: General......Page 26
PURPOSE AND CONTENT OF THE BOOK......Page 28
Part 5: Resources......Page 29
OUTLINE OF THE TENDERING AND ESTIMATING PROCESS......Page 30
1. INITIAL APPRAISAL......Page 31
Specification......Page 32
4. METHOD STATEMENT AND PROGRAMME......Page 33
C. Alternative designs for sections of the permanent works where the contractor's experience leads him to consider that a more economical design could be used......Page 34
7. COST ESTIMATE......Page 35
9. MANAGEMENT APPRAISAL......Page 36
11. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT VARIATIONS......Page 37
Incidence......Page 38
Exemption from tax......Page 39
Avoidance......Page 40
Plant and Machinery......Page 42
Case Law......Page 44
Annual Investment Allowance......Page 45
Hotel Allowances......Page 47
Business Premises Renovation Allowance......Page 48
Other Capital Allowances......Page 49
Recovery of VAT......Page 50
In course or furtherance of business......Page 51
The construction of new dwellings......Page 52
The construction of an annex used for a ‘relevant charitable’ purpose......Page 53
Approved alterations to protected buildings......Page 54
A special residential conversion......Page 55
Construction Management and Project Management......Page 56
Liquidated and Ascertained Damages......Page 57
DEFINITION......Page 58
BACKGROUND......Page 61
INITIAL STUDY......Page 63
LAND REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES......Page 66
COST CONSIDERATIONS......Page 67
THE LANDFILL TAX......Page 72
PART 2: On Costs and Profit......Page 78
FINANCE COSTS – ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACT INVESTMENT......Page 80
TENDER SUMMARY......Page 82
PART 3: Costs and Tender Prices Indices......Page 84
PRICE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA INDICES......Page 86
A CONSTRUCTED COST INDEX BASED ON THE PRICE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA INDICES......Page 88
THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION TENDER PRICE INDEX......Page 89
PART 4: Approximate Estimating......Page 90
Building Prices per Square Metre......Page 92
WATER AND TREATMENT FACILITIES......Page 93
FOUNDATIONS FOR STRUCTURES......Page 94
BRIDGEWORKS......Page 95
HIGHWAY WORKS......Page 96
MOTORWAYS......Page 97
FOOTPATHS AND PAVINGS......Page 99
SERVICES......Page 100
LANDSCAPING......Page 101
TEMPORARY WORKS......Page 102
Unit Costs – Ancillary Building Works......Page 106
1 SUBSTRUCTURE......Page 108
2A FRAME AND 2B UPPER FLOORS......Page 112
2C ROOF......Page 114
2D STAIRS......Page 120
2E EXTERNAL WALLS......Page 121
2F WINDOWS AND EXTERNAL DOORS......Page 124
2G INTERNAL WALLS, PARTITIONS AND DOORS......Page 125
3A WALL FINISHES......Page 128
3B FLOOR FINISHES......Page 129
3C CEILING FINISHES......Page 132
5A SANITARY AND DISPOSAL INSTALLATIONS......Page 133
5H ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS......Page 134
5J LIFT AND CONVEYOR INSTALLATIONS......Page 135
6A SITE WORK......Page 136
6C EXTERNAL SERVICES......Page 138
CHECKLIST OF ITEMS......Page 140
CONTRACTOR'S SITE ONCOSTS – TIME RELATED......Page 141
CONTRACTOR'S SITE ONCOSTS – NON TIME RELATED......Page 143
EMPLOYER’S AND CONSULTANTS’ SITE REQUIREMENTS – TIME RELATED......Page 145
OTHER SERVICES, CHARGES AND FEES......Page 146
GENERAL PURPOSE PLANT – OTHER THAN THAT INCLUDED IN UNIT COSTS......Page 147
INSURANCES AND BOND......Page 148
CONTRACTOR'S SITE ONCOSTS – TIME RELATED......Page 151
CONTRACTOR’S SITE ONCOSTS – NON TIME RELATED......Page 153
TEMPORARY WORKS – OTHER THAN THOSE INCLUDED IN UNIT COSTS......Page 154
SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARIES AND GENERAL ITEMS......Page 155
PART 5: Resources......Page 156
BASIS OF THIS SECTION......Page 158
LABOUR COSTS: CALCULATION OF LABOUR COSTS......Page 160
LABOUR CATEGORIES......Page 162
BASIC MATERIAL PRICES......Page 164
CONCRETE AND CEMENT......Page 168
INTERLOCKING STEEL SHEET PILING AND UNIVERSAL BEARING PILES......Page 177
LANDSCAPING / SOILING......Page 181
QUARRY PRODUCTS, AGGREGATES, ETC.......Page 189
STRUCTURAL STEELWORK......Page 196
PVC-U SUBSOIL DRAIN PIPES AND FITTINGS......Page 205
WATERPROOFING......Page 206
CONTRACTOR OWNED PLANT......Page 208
ACCESS PLATFORMS......Page 212
COMPACTION......Page 213
COMPRESSOR TOOLS......Page 214
MIXERS......Page 215
DIESEL GENERATORS......Page 216
EXCAVATORS......Page 217
PILING PLANT......Page 218
ACCESS STAGING AND TOWERS......Page 219
TRACTORS......Page 220
TRANSPORT (TIPPERS AND DUMPERS)......Page 221
PUMPING AND DEWATERING......Page 223
MISCELLANEOUS......Page 224
SITE ACCOMODATION......Page 227
PART 6: Unit Costs – Civil Engineering Works......Page 228
Outputs......Page 230
CLASS A: GENERAL ITEMS......Page 231
CLASS B: GROUND INVESTIGATION......Page 234
CLASS C: GEOTECHNICAL AND OTHER SPECIALIST PROCESSES......Page 238
CLASS D: DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE......Page 246
CLASS E: EXCAVATION......Page 248
CLASS F: IN SITU CONCRETE......Page 271
CLASS G: CONCRETE ANCILLARIES......Page 277
CLASS H: PRECAST CONCRETE......Page 289
CLASS I: PIPEWORK - PIPES......Page 291
CLASS J: PIPEWORK - FITTINGS AND VALVES......Page 311
CLASS K: PIPEWORK - MANHOLES AND PIPEWORK ACCESSORIES......Page 312
CLASS L: PIPEWORK SUPPORTS AND PIPEWORK ANCILLARIES......Page 326
CLASS M: STRUCTURAL METALWORK......Page 331
CLASS N: MISCELLANEOUS METALWORK......Page 333
CLASS O: TIMBER......Page 338
CLASS P: PILING......Page 345
CLASS Q: PILING ANCILLARIES......Page 358
CLASS R: ROADS AND PAVINGS......Page 365
CLASS S: RAIL TRACK......Page 382
CLASS T: TUNNELS......Page 389
CLASS U: BRICKWORK, BLOCKWORK AND MASONRY......Page 393
CLASS V: PAINTING......Page 407
CLASS W: WATERPROOFING......Page 415
CLASS X: MISCELLANEOUS WORK......Page 420
CLASS Y: SEWER AND WATER MAIN RENOVATION AND ANCILLARY WORKS......Page 425
CLASS Z: SIMPLE BUILDING WORKS INCIDENTAL TO CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS......Page 427
INTRODUCTORY NOTES......Page 444
Method of Measurement......Page 446
SERIES 100: PRELIMINARIES......Page 450
SERIES 200: SITE CLEARANCE......Page 451
SERIES 300: FENCING......Page 454
SERIES 400: ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN)......Page 459
SERIES 500: DRAINAGE AND SERVICE DUCTS......Page 466
SERIES 600: EARTHWORKS......Page 490
SERIES 700: PAVEMENTS......Page 509
SERIES 1100: KERBS,FOOTWAYS AND PAVED AREAS......Page 516
SERIES 1200: TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS......Page 525
SERIES 1300: ROAD LIGHTING COLUMNS AND BRACKETS, CCTV MASTS AND CANTILEVER MASTS......Page 532
SERIES 1400: ELECTRICAL WORK FOR ROAD LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SIGNS......Page 535
SERIES 1500: MOTORWAY COMMUNICATIONS......Page 539
SERIES 1600: PILING AND EMBEDDED RETAINING WALLS......Page 542
SERIES 1700: STRUCTURAL CONCRETE......Page 560
SERIES 1800: STEELWORK FOR STRUCTURES......Page 568
SERIES 1900: PROTECTION OF STEELWORK AGAINST CORROSION......Page 569
SERIES 2000: WATERPROOFING FOR STRUCTURES......Page 571
SERIES 2100: BRIDGE BEARINGS......Page 573
SERIES 2300: BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS AND SELAING OF GAPS......Page 575
SERIES 2400: BRICKWORK, BLOCKWORK AND STONEWORK......Page 577
SERIES 2500: SPECIAL STRUCTURES......Page 584
SERIES 2700: ACCOMMODATION WORKS, WORKS FOR STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS......Page 585
SERIES 3000: LANDSCAPING AND ECOLOGY......Page 586
SERIES 5000 MAINTENANCE PAINTING OF STEELWORK......Page 591
PART 8: Daywork......Page 594
INTRODUCTION......Page 595
1 Labour......Page 596
4 Plant......Page 597
Materials......Page 598
Supplementary charges......Page 599
Plant......Page 600
PART 9: Professional Fees......Page 604
Comparisons......Page 605
Obligations of the Consulting Engineer......Page 607
Ownership of Documents and Copyright......Page 608
Disputes and Differences......Page 609
Summary of Scale of Professional Charges......Page 610
Scale of charges......Page 611
PART 10: Outputs......Page 612
DISPOSAL OF EXCAVATED MATERIALS......Page 613
BREAKING OUT OBSTRUCTIONS BY HAND......Page 614
Loading loose materials and items by hand......Page 615
Placing ready mixed concrete in the works......Page 616
Fixing bar reinforcement......Page 617
Multipliers for formwork......Page 618
Precast concrete manholes in sections......Page 619
PART 11: Useful addresses for further information......Page 620
PART 12: Tables and Memoranda......Page 630
CONVERSION TABLES......Page 632
GEOMETRY......Page 636
FORMULAE......Page 640
EARTHWORK......Page 641
CONCRETE WORK......Page 647
REINFORCEMENT......Page 652
KEY......Page 654
MASONRY......Page 655
TIMBER......Page 658
ROOFING......Page 663
GLAZING......Page 667
METAL......Page 668
KERBS, PAVING, ETC.......Page 686
SEEDING/TURFING AND PLANTING......Page 693
FENCING AND GATES......Page 696
DRAINAGE......Page 701
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY/POWER/LIGHTING SYSTEMS......Page 708
RAIL TRACKS......Page 709
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND MILLIMETRE EQUIVALENTS......Page 712
IMPERIAL STANDARD WIRE GAUGE (SWG)......Page 713
PIPES, WATER, STORAGE, INSULATION......Page 714
Index......Page 724