Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2012

Contents......Page 6
Preliminaries......Page 10
Special Acknowledgements......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Prime cost......Page 28
Overheads and profit......Page 29
Order of cost estimate......Page 30
New secondary school......Page 31
Formal cost planning stages......Page 32
Adjustment according to contract sum cost......Page 33
PART 1: General......Page 38
Plant and machinery......Page 40
Sections 21 and 22 do not affect the question whether expenditure on any item in List C is expenditure on the provision of Plant or Machinery......Page 41
Case law......Page 42
Annual investment allowance......Page 43
The enhanced capital allowances scheme......Page 44
Hotel allowances......Page 45
Business premises renovation allowance......Page 46
Other capital allowances......Page 47
Recovery of VAT......Page 48
VAT exempt supplies......Page 49
Construction services......Page 50
DIY builders and converters......Page 53
Construction management and project management......Page 54
Liquidated and ascertained damages......Page 55
Incidence......Page 56
Exemption from tax......Page 57
Avoidance......Page 58
Statutory framework......Page 62
The EU Landfill Directive......Page 63
Effect on disposal costs......Page 64
Tax relief for remediation of contaminated land......Page 68
Definitions......Page 69
Conditions......Page 70
Exemptions......Page 72
Allowance for inflation......Page 74
Value Added Tax (VAT)......Page 75
Building costs......Page 78
Tender prices......Page 79
Regional variations......Page 80
Preliminaries......Page 84
Preliminary particulars......Page 85
Insurance of the works*......Page 86
Joint fire code: compliance......Page 87
A30–A37 EMPLOYERS\' REQUIREMENTS......Page 88
A40–A55 CONTRACTORS GENERAL COST ITEMS......Page 89
PART 2: Rates of Wages......Page 100
BUILDING INDUSTRY – ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND......Page 102
BUILDING AND ALLIED TRADES JOINT INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL......Page 103
PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES INDUSTRY......Page 104
Building craft operatives and labourers......Page 106
Plumbing operatives......Page 109
Plant costs (included in the Material £ column)......Page 111
Total rate column......Page 112
PART 3: Approximate Estimating......Page 114
Building Prices per Functional Unit......Page 116
Building Prices per Square Metre......Page 120
Building Cost Models......Page 130
LAND REMEDIATION......Page 131
DISTRIBUTION CENTRE......Page 133
SMALL INDUSTRIAL UNIT......Page 138
CENTRAL LONDON OFFICES......Page 140
SUSTAINABLE OFFICE REFURBISHMENT......Page 147
SUPERMARKET......Page 151
CAR SHOWROOM......Page 158
HEALTH CENTRE......Page 161
SCHOOL REFURBISHMENT......Page 166
PRIMARY SCHOOL EXTENSION......Page 170
SECONDARY SCHOOL BLOCK EXTENSION......Page 174
APARTMENTS......Page 177
HOTEL......Page 187
COMMUNITY CENTRE......Page 192
Approximate Estimating Rates......Page 196
1 SUBSTRUCTURE......Page 197
2.1 FRAME......Page 200
2.3 ROOF......Page 203
2.4 STAIRS AND RAMPS......Page 207
2.5 EXTERNAL WALLS......Page 208
2.6 WINDOWS AND EXTERNAL DOORS......Page 212
2.7 INTERNAL WALLS AND PARTITIONS......Page 214
2.8 INTERNAL DOORS......Page 215
3.1 WALL FINISHES......Page 216
3.2 FLOOR FINISHES......Page 217
3.3 CEILING FINISHES......Page 219
5.1 SANITARY APPLIANCES......Page 220
5.5 SPACE HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION......Page 222
5.8 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS......Page 223
5.10 LIFT AND CONVEYOR INSTALLATIONS......Page 225
5.12 COMMUNICATION, SECURITY AND CONTROL SYSTEMS......Page 226
8 SITE WORK......Page 227
8.6 EXTERNAL DRAINAGE......Page 231
8.7 EXTERNAL SERVICES......Page 233
PART 4: Prices for Measured Works......Page 236
INTRODUCTION......Page 237
C DEMOLITION/ALTERATION/RENOVATION......Page 238
D GROUNDWORK......Page 261
E IN SITU CONCRETE/LARGE PRECAST CONCRETE......Page 279
F MASONRY......Page 306
G STRUCTURAL/CARCASSING METAL/TIMBER......Page 341
H CLADDING/COVERING......Page 362
J WATERPROOFING......Page 403
K LININGS/SHEATHING/DRY PARTITIONING......Page 415
L WINDOWS/DOORS/STAIRS......Page 442
M SURFACE FINISHES......Page 477
N FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT......Page 515
P BUILDING FABRIC SUNDRIES......Page 530
Q PAVING/PLANTING/FENCING/SITE FURNITURE......Page 566
Q PAVING/PLANTING/FENCING/SITE FURNITURE......Page 569
R DISPOSAL SYSTEMS......Page 581
S PIPED SUPPLY SYSTEMS......Page 617
T MECHANICAL HEATING/COOLING/REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS......Page 625
V ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS......Page 627
W SECURITY SYSTEMS......Page 629
PART 5: Fees for Professional Services......Page 630
THE BUILDING (LOCAL AUTHORITY CHARGES) REGULATIONS 1998......Page 632
Guides......Page 634
2.0. INCLUSIVE SCALE......Page 635
5.0. INSTALMENT PAYMENTS......Page 638
2.0. BILLS OF QUANTITIES......Page 639
5.0. ALTERNATIVE I: OVERALL SCALE OF CHARGES FOR POST-CONTRACT SERVICES......Page 643
6.0. ALTERNATIVE II: SCALE OF CHARGES FOR SEPARATE STAGES OF POST-CONTRACT SERVICES......Page 646
7.0. BILLS OF APPROXIMATE QUANTITIES, INTERIM CERTIFICATES AND FINAL ACCOUNTS......Page 647
12.0. COST PLANNING AND APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES......Page 651
15.0. ESTIMATES OF COST......Page 652
19.0. TIME CHARGES......Page 653
1.0. GENERALLY......Page 654
3.0. COST PLANNING......Page 655
5.0. INSTALMENT PAYMENTS......Page 656
7.0. TIME CHARGES......Page 657
Scale 44 PROFESSIONAL CHARGES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS......Page 658
Scale 45 PROFESSIONAL CHARGES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH HOUSING SCHEMES FINANCED BY THE HOUSING CORPORATION......Page 660
Scale 46 PROFESSIONAL CHARGES FOR QUANTITY SURVEYING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH LOSS ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS FROM FIRE, ETC. ISSUED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS.......Page 664
(2.0) ASSESSMENT OF REPLACEMENT COSTS OF BUILDINGS FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES......Page 665
Forms of agreement......Page 667
Appointments outside the United Kingdom......Page 668
Ownership of documents and copyright......Page 669
Disputes and differences......Page 670
Scale of Fees......Page 671
Charge schedules......Page 672
INTRODUCTION......Page 674
Option A – Percentage Addition......Page 675
SECTION 4 – MATERIALS AND GOODS......Page 676
SECTION 6 – INCIDENTAL COSTS, OVERHEADS AND PROFIT......Page 677
Where using Option A for Labour: Dayworks......Page 678
Where using Option B for Labour: Dayworks......Page 680
APPENDIX B......Page 683
SECTION 3 – LABOUR......Page 686
SECTION 5 – PLANT, CONSUMABLE STORES AND SERVICES......Page 687
SECTION 7 – INCIDENTAL COSTS, OVERHEADS AND PROFIT......Page 688
Part 7: Useful Addresses for Further Information......Page 708
PART 8: Tables and Memoranda......Page 724
CONVERSION TABLES......Page 726
GEOMETRY......Page 730
FORMULAE......Page 734
EARTHWORK......Page 735
CONCRETE WORK......Page 741
REINFORCEMENT......Page 746
FORMWORK......Page 748
MASONRY......Page 749
TIMBER......Page 752
ROOFING......Page 757
GLAZING......Page 761
METAL......Page 762
KERBS, PAVING, ETC.......Page 780
SEEDING/TURFING AND PLANTING......Page 787
FENCING AND GATES......Page 790
DRAINAGE......Page 795
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY/POWER/LIGHTING SYSTEMS......Page 802
RAIL TRACKS......Page 803
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND MILLIMETRE EQUIVALENTS......Page 806
IMPERIAL STANDARD WIRE GAUGE (SWG)......Page 807
PIPES, WATER, STORAGE, INSULATION......Page 808
Index......Page 818