Spons architects and builders price book 2018

Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2018 Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book Edited by 2018 One hundred and forty-third edition First edition 1873 One hundred and forty-third edition published 2018 by CRC Press Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN and by CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487 CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2018 Taylor & Francis The right of AECOM Ltd to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-138-09163-4 Ebook: 978-1-315-10770-7 ISSN: 0306-3046 Typeset in Arial by Taylor & Francis Books Contents Preface to the One Hundred and Forty-Third Edition Special Acknowledgements Acknowledgements How to use this Book ix xiii xv xxix PART 1: GENERAL Capital Allowances Value Added Tax The Aggregates Levy Land Remediation The Landfill Tax Property Insurance Building Costs Indices, Tender Prices Indices and Location Factors 17 23 33 35 39 PART 2: RATES OF WAGES AND LABOUR CIJC Basic Rates of Pay Building and Allied Trades JIC Rates of Pay Plumbing and Mechanical Engineering Services Rates of Pay Labour Rate Calculations CIJC Labour Categories 45 46 46 49 53 PART 3: APPROXIMATE ESTIMATING Building Prices per Functional Unit Building Prices per Square Metre Building Cost Models Retail Distribution Unit Small Industrial Unit Inner London Offices Business Park Ofice Data Centre Office Fit-Out Out of Town Retail Unit Car Dealership Private Patient Ward Extra Care Home Palliative Care Primary School Extension Secondary School Block Laboratory Affordable Housing Private Rented Sector Community Centre Car Park Multiplex Cinema Preliminaries Build-up Example 59 63 73 74 81 83 90 93 98 103 105 109 113 117 121 124 127 132 135 145 148 152 157 Approximate Estimating Rates Substructure 1.1 Substructure Superstructure 2.1 Frame 2.2 Upper Floors 2.3 Roof 2.4 Stairs and Ramps 2.5 External Walls 2.6 Windows and External Doors 2.7 Internal Walls and Partitions 2.8 Internal Doors Internal Finishes 3.1 Wall Finishes 3.2 Floor Finishes 3.3 Ceiling Finishes Fittings, Furnishings and Equipment 4.1 Fittings, Furnishings and Equipment Services 5.1 Sanitary Installations 5.4 Water Installations 5.6 Space Heating and Air Conditioning 5.7 Ventilating Systems 161 163 163 167 167 170 170 174 176 181 183 186 187 187 188 190 192 192 193 193 194 194 194 vi Contents 5.8 Electrical Installations 5.9 Fuel Installations 5.10 Lift and Conveyor Installations 5.11 Fire and Lightning Protection 5.12 Communication and Security Installations 5.13 Special Installations 5.14 Builder’s Work in Connection with Services External Works 195 195 196 196 197 197 197 198 8.2 Roads, Paths, Pavings and Surfacings 8.3 Soft Landscaping, Planting and Irrigation Systems 8.4 Fencing, Railings and Walls 8.5 External Fixtures 8.6 External Drainage 8.7 External Services 8.8 Ancillary Buildings and Structures 198 211 215 220 229 239 243 248 249 250 271 274 276 316 325 345 372 386 391 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 416 425 434 447 483 490 495 521 536 541 547 561 573 600 612 616 618 619 199 200 201 202 205 206 PART 4: PRICES FOR MEASURED WORKS Introduction 03 Demolitions 04 Alterations, repairs and conservation 05 Excavate and filling 07 Piling 08 Underpinning 09 Diaphragm walls and embedded retaining walls 10 Crib walls, gabions and reinforced earth 11 In situ concrete works 12 Precast/composite concrete 13 Precast concrete 14 Masonry 15 Structural metalwork 16 Carpentry 17 Sheet roof coverings 18 Tile and slate roof and wall coverings 19 Waterproofing 20 Proprietary linings and partitions Cladding and covering General joinery Windows, screens and lights Doors, shutters and hatches Stairs, walkways and balustrades Glazing Floor, wall, ceiling and roof finishes Decoration Suspended ceilings Insulation, fire stopping and fire protection Furniture, fittings and equipment Drainage above ground Drainage below ground Site work Fencing Soft landscaping Electrical services Builder’s Work in Connection with Services PART 5: FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Quantity Surveyors' Fees Architects' Fees Consulting Engineers' Fees The Town and Country Planning Fees and Building Regulations 627 628 631 633 PART 6: DAYWORK AND PRIME COST Standard industry daywork allowances 637 PART 7: USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Useful Addresses for Further Information 661 PART 8: TABLES AND MEMORANDA Conversion Tables Geometry Formulae Typical Thermal Conductivity of Building Materials Earthwork Concrete Work Reinforcement 681 685 689 690 691 697 702 Formwork Masonry Timber Roofing Glazing Metal Kerbs, Paving, etc 704 705 708 713 717 718 736 Contents Seeding/Turfing and Planting Fencing and Gates Drainage Electrical Supply/Power/Lighting Systems Rail Tracks INDEX 743 746 751 758 759 Fractions, Decimals and Millimetre Equivalents Imperial Standard Wire Gauge (SWG) Pipes, Water, Storage, Insulation vii 762 763 764 773 6321¶635,&(%22.6IURP$(&20 Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 201 Editor: AECOM Spon’s Civil Engineering and +LJKZD\:RUNV3ULFH%RRN  Editor:AECOM 1RZZLWKQHZ&RVW0RGHOVIRUDUHWDLOGLVWULEXWLRQXQLWD SDOOLDWLYHFDUHXQLWDQGDFLQHPDDQH[SDQGHGUDQJHRI EHDP EORFNIORRULQJUDLQZDWHUKDUYHVWLQJZLWKDSUHFDVW FRQFUHWHWDQNDSUHFDVWFRQFUHWHIORZDWWHQXDWLRQV\VWHP DQGSUHFDVWFRQFUHWHFRPPXQLFDWLRQER[HV +EN 9LWDO6RXUFHŠHERRNSSDSSUR[ … 9LWDO6RXUFHŠHERRN … LQFVDOHVWD[ZKHUHDSSURSULDWH 6SRQ¶V([WHUQDO:RUNVDQG /andscape Price Book 201 Editor:$(&20LQDVVRFLDWLRQZLWK/DQG3UR/WG /DQGVFDSH6XUYH\RUV 1RZLQFOXGLQJ%(*$H[WHUQDOOLJKWLQJEXLOGXSVIRU :LHQHUEHUJHU'XWFKSDYLQJEULFNV68'6SDYLQJ DOWHUQDWLYHIUHQFKGUDLQDJHV\VWHPVSRSXSSRZHU SRUFHODLQSDYLQJ3RUWODQGVWRQHSDYLQJ3RUWODQGVWRQH ZDOOVDQGFODGGLQJ$QGQHZ&RVW0RGHOVIRUFRPPHUFLDO KRXVLQJDQGFLYLFHQYLURQPHQWV +EN 9LWDO6RXUFHŠHERRNSSDSSUR[ … 9LWDO6RXUFHŠHERRN … LQFVDOHVWD[ZKHUHDSSURSULDWH Index Access Floors, see Floors Acoustic board 404 floors 338, 506 steel panels 411 Acoustic ceilings, see Ceilings Acoustic Partitions, see Partitions Aggregates levy 17 Air bricks 309 Alterations repairs and conservation 220 Aluminium ceilings 190 coping 359 rainscreen 421 rainwater installations 561 roofs 173 windows 181, 442 composite timber 439 American cherry veneer 411 Angle bearers steel 433 Anti-climb paint, see Decoration Anti-vandal doors, see Doors Approximate estimating rates ancillary buildings and structures 206 builder's work in connection with services 197 ceiling finishes 190 communication and security installations 197 electrical installations 195 external drainage 202 external fixtures 201 external walls 176 fencing rails and walls 200 fire and lightning protection 196 fittings furniture and equipment 192 floor finishes 188 frame 167 internal doors 186 internal walls and partitions 183 roads paths pavings and surfacings 198 roof 170 sanitary installations 193 soft landscaping planting and irrigation systems 199 space heating and air conditioning 194 special installations 197 stairs and ramps 174 substructures 163 upper floors 170 ventilating systems 194 wall finishes 187 water installations 194 windows and external doors 181 Aquacell storm water management 205 Arches, see Brickwork Architectural, blockwork, Lignacite 297 Architrave hardwood 427 mdf 430 softwood 425 Artex, see Decoration Automatic car parking see Multiparking systems 207 Automatic doors, see Doors Baby seats, see Sanitary appliances Balloon gratings 562 Balustrades glass infill 176 stainless steel 176 steel 176 Barrier matting, see Matwells Basements 163 excavation by hand 231 by machine 229 Bathroom Pods 192 Baths, see Sanitary installations BATJIC, see Wage rates Beam and block floors, see Floors Beamclad fire protection 169 Beams concrete 251 ground 165 formwork 259 ground concrete 165 precast concrete 165 774 steel base price 316 lattice 321 Beds and fillings concrete 251, 581 from excavated material 236 imported fill, basic material prices 237 make up levels by hand 237 by machine 237 hardcore 237 imported topsoil 237 sand 237 type and 237 sand 580 shingle 580 surface treatments 236 Bidets, see Sanitary appliances Biodiverse roofs, see Landscaped roofs Bitumen roof 345 Bituminous paint, see Decoration Bituthene sheeting 389 Black basalt setts 610 Blast cleaning steel 169 Blinds roller 192 solar 192 Venetian 192 vertical louver 192 Blockboard lining 408 Blockwork blocks supply only rates 289 coloured 297 diamond cutting 256 glass blocks 299 fire rated 299 glazed 298 lightweight 291 Lignacite 294 paint grade 296 partitions 184 party wall 294 planished 297 polished 297 smooth faced 295 Terracotta 298 Thermalite high strength 291, 296 Trenchblock 296 Trenchblock 296 Index Bollards 201 Bolts steel chemical anchors 336 expanding 335 galvanized 335 Bored piles, see Piling Boundary wall gutters, steel 565 Bradstone masonry, see Stone walling Breaking out concrete 580 beds 215 by hand 231 by machine 230 hard pavings, by hand 231 macadam by hand 231 by machine 230 masonry 580 by hand 231 by machine 230 rock by hand 231 by machine 230 tarmac 580 Breather membrane 368, 380 Brick cladding 305 Brick slips, see Brickwork Brick support, see Brickwork Brick tiles, see Brickwork Brickforce, see Joint reinforcement Brickwork 307 air bricks 309 brick slips 288 brick support Halfen 309 brick tiles 289 bricks supply only 276 cavity trays 312 chimney pots 309 class A casings 280 piers 280 projections 280 class B casings 279 piers 279 projections 279 cleaning 225 common bricks 277 arches 278 casings 277 Index chimneys 277 close cavities 278 piers 277 projections 277 diamond cutting 256 door and window cavity closures, Thermabate 311 engineering bricks class A 279 class B 279 facing bricks 280 arches 280 casings 280 piers 280 projections 280 joint reinforcement 307 lintels concrete 313 steel 313 manholes 203, 596 partitions 184 paviors 607 pointing in 307 repointing 225 underpinning 246 Bridges foot 206 road 206 Brise Soleil 178 aluminium 446 Bubbledeck floor 255 Builder's work in connection with services all-in rates hotels 197 offices 197 shopping malls 197 sports halls 197 warehouse 197 chases holes and the like 619 Building cost indices, see Indices Building papers 541 Building Prices £/m2 63 Bus shelters, see Street furniture Bus stops, see Street furniture Canvas cloth impregnated concrete 593 Capital allowances Car parking 198 Car stacking systems 207 Carpet entrance matting 189 775 tiles 189 Casings chipboard 343 melamine faced 343 plywood 343 Cast iron 563 above ground, foul drainage installations 567 drainage below ground 584 inspection chambers 597 pipes, below ground drainage 203 rainwater installations 563 stairs 175 Cavity closures, see Brickwork Cavity forming, see Brickwork Cavity insulation, see Insulation Cavity trays, see Brickwork Ceilings acoustic, suspended 190 acoustic panels 538 decoration 190 finishes cement sand 518 coving 518 metal mesh lathing 518 paint 190 plaster 517 sprayed mineral fibre 519 in situ finishes 190 integrated 190 egg-crate 191 metal 191 mineral fibre 191 lining, plywood 339 masterboard 340 metal, aluminium 190 plaster 190 plasterboard 190 plywood boarding 339 softwood strip boarding 341 Supalux 340 suspended 190 acoustic 190 demountable 536 egg-crate 190 enamelled aluminium 538 Gyproc M/F 536 hygiene 538 laminate 190 metal 190 mineral fibre 190 776 mineral tiles 538 veneer 190 suspended solid plasterboard 539 tapered edge plasterboard 540 Thermaline 540 Cement, screeds 188 Cement fibre cladding 177 roof sheets 418 roof slates 381 wall board 409 Cemrend, see Walls finishes Ceramic floor tiles 188 wall tiles 187, 515 CFA, see Piling Chain Link Fencing, see Fencing chain link Chainlink, see Fencing Chases blockwork 257 brickwork 257 concrete 257 Chemical anchors 336 Chequer plate 488 Chimney pots 309 Chipboard boarding 338 casings 343 floors 188, 338 acoustic 338 lining 408 fire retardant 408 melamine faced 408 supply only 391 CIJC, see Wage rates CIJC labour categories 53 Cladding rail, galvanised steel 322 Clay drainage below ground 585 floors 502 pipes, drainage 202 roof tiles, plain 372 Clayboard 259 Cleaning, masonry and concrete 228 Climbing frame, see Playgrounds Cloakroom racks, steel 549 Closeboarded, see Fencing Cobbles, pavings 198, 607 Column bases 164 Index Column guards 270 Columns concrete 251 formwork 262 steel, base price 317 Common bricks, see Brickwork or Walls Communication and security installations, all-in rates distribution centres 197 hospitals 197 hotels 197 offices 197 performing arts buildings 197 residential 197 schools 197 shopping malls 197 sports halls 197 supermarkets 197 Communication boxes 611 Compacting, excavations 236–237 Composite concrete floors 170, 271 Composite single ply roof 349 Composite windows 181, 439 Concrete accessories cast in channel ties 270 channels 270 column guards 270 cramps 270 foundation bolt boxes 269 masonry slots 270 basic material prices 250 beams 206, 251 ground 165 beds 251 drainage 581 canvas cloth 593 columns 251 designed joints 267 diamond cutting 256 drainage below ground 589 finishes power floating 255 sand blast 256 shot blast 255 spade finish 256 tamping 255 trowelling 255 wood float 256 floors beam and block 166 Index ground 166 warehouse 166 footbridges 206 formwork, stairs 263 foundations 251 frame 167 joint sealer 268 lift pits 165 manholes 204 bricks 595 rings and slabs 594 partitions 184 pipes, drainage 203 precast 206 ground beams 165 reinforced 206 reinforcement 264 repairing 226 roadbridges 206 roof tiles, plain 374 roofs, interlocking tiles 374 site mixed 250 slabs 251 stairs 174, 251 suspended floors 271 underpinning 245 walls 251 retaining 200 waterstops 268 Connection charges electricity 205 gas 206 telephone 206 water 206 Connectors steel 335 Continuous flight auger piles, see Piling Copings aluminium 359 precast concrete 275 Copper, roofs 173, 359 Cordeck 259 Cork floors 508 walls 516 Cork joint filler 267 Cost indices, see Indices Cost Models 74 affordable housing 132 business park office 90 car park 148 777 car showroom 105 central London office 83 community centre 145 data centre 93 extra care home 113 laboratory 127 multiplex cinema 152 office fit-out 98 out of town retail 103 palliative care unit 117 primary school extension 121 private patient ward 109 private rented sector 135 retail distribution unit 74 secondary school block 124 small industrial unit 81 Cotswold Guiting, see Stone walling Cove, see Ceilings finishes Creosote, see Decoration Crib retaining walls concrete 200 timber 200 Curtain walling 178, 421 stick system 421 unitized 423 Cycle stands, see Street furniture Damp proof course 305 bitumen 306 gas retardant 307 lead 307 pitch polymer 305 polythene 305 slate 307 synthaprufe 307 thermoplastic 306 Decking, see Floors Decontamination insecticide fungicidal 228 masonry 228 timber 228 treatments 228 Decoration ceilings 190 paint, supply only 521 painting external ant-climb 633 anti-graffiti 522 cement paint 522 creosote to timber 525 778 emulsion to masonry 522 gloss to metal 523 gloss to timber 523 Hammerite to metal 525 polyurethane to timber 525 solar reflective 522 woodstain 525 painting internal anti slip floor paint 531 Artex 529 bituminous to concrete 531 bituminous to metal 531 Ecosil 528 emulsion to masonry 527 flame retardant 532 French polish 534 gloss epoxy 531 gloss to metal 530 gloss to timber 526, 529 linseed oil 532 polyurethane 532 polyurethane to timber 526 wax polish 532 woodstain 526, 533 wall lining, PVC 535 wallpaper 187, 535 Demolitions building frames concrete 215 steel 215 concrete beams 215 slabs 215 partitions 217 parts of structures 215 screens 217 structures 215 walls brick 216 external 216 stone 216 Demountable ceilings 536 partitions 411 Designed joints 267 Diamond cutting/drilling blockwork 256 brickwork 256 concrete 256 existing building 222 Index holes and mortices 619 timber wall 257 Diaphragm walls 248 Disposal 245 off site 236 on site 236 Dock levellers 46, 193 Dock shelters 193, 461 Door entrance mats, see Matwells Doors automatic 183 external fire doors 447 frames 449 matchboard 447 external 182 fire 186, 447, 455 frames fire 455 hardwood 452 mdf 455 oak 456 softwood 452 grilles nylon 462 GRP stacking 462 hardwood, frames 452 hygienic 457 internal frames 450 glazed 453 mdf 451 internal 186 ironmongery 186, 463 doorsets 473 moulded panel 453 panelled hardwood 186 softwood 186 pi-parting 182 purpose made Sapele 454 softwood 453 rapid lift 182 repairing 227 revolving 182 sectional overhead 459 security 182 anti-vandal 448 bullet resistant 448 external 448 Index sliding 182, 462 patio 449 softwood internal 450 linings 452 steel 182 external 448 timber 181 up and over garage 462 uPVC 182, 449 coloured 449 Dowels 433 Drainage above ground foul drainage installations 567 cast iron 567 polypropylene 571 uPVC 569 rainwater installations 561 aluminium 561 cast iron 563 steel 564 uPVC 565 Drainage below ground cast iron 584 Clay 585 Concrete 589 external 202 inspection chambers, polypropylene 204, 592 land drainage 205, 592 manholes 593 oil separators 204 pipes cast iron 202 clay 202 concrete 203 uPVC 202 pipes and fittings cast iron 584 clay 585 perforated 593 ribbed pipes 591 septic tank, Klargester 598 septic tanks 204 slot and grate 573 soakaway 205 uPVC 590 Drinking fountains 556 Dry wall lining Gypliner 391 Gyproc 779 Dri-Wall 400 Dri-Wall M/F 400 Soundbloc 398 Kooltherm 397 M/F 400 plasterboard 400 plastic faced plasterboard 398 tapered edge plank 391 tapered edge wallboard 391 Thermaline 395 Earthworks support close boarded 234 manholes 593 open boarded 233 underpinning 243 underpinning 243 support 243 Edgings, precast concrete 601 Egg-crate ceilings 190 Electrical installations all-in rates distribution centres 195 hospitals 195 hotels 195 offices 195 performing arts buildings 195 residential 195 schools 195 shopping malls 195 sports halls 195 supermarkets 195 fittings per point 195 Electricity, lay mains cable 205 Embedded retaining walls 248 Emulsion paint, see Decoration Enabling works, see Piling Engineering bricks, see Brickwork Entrance mats, see Matwells Entrance screens 183 Epoxy floors, see Floors Erosion mats, see Geotextile fabric Escalators, see Lifts and conveyors ETFE roofs 173 Excavation by hand 231 basements 231 breaking out 232 kerbs etc 600 780 manholes 593 pits 231 reduce levels 231 service trench 611 trenches 231 by machine 229 basements 229 kerbs etc 600 manholes 593 pits 229 reduce levels 229 service trench 611 trenches 230 disposal off site 236 on site 236 Expamet lathing mesh, ceilings 518 Expamet render beads 514 Expandite Farmflex 390 External doors, see Doors External service runs electric main 205 gas mains 205 telephone 206 trenches 611 water main 205 External walls, see Walls External works fencing railings and walls 200 planting 200 roads paths paving and surfacing 198 soft landscaping 200 Fabric reinforcement 265 Fabricated steel, see Steel Facing bricks, see Brickwork Fees architect 627 engineer 631 local authority planning 633 quantity surveyor 627 Fencing chain link 201 chainlink 612 tennis court 614 concrete 615 gates 615 chainlink 614 security 614 guard rails 201 Index steel, security 615 strained wire 612 timber 201 chestnut pale 614 closeboarded 614 post and rail 614 Fibreboard, supply only 391 Fibreboard joint filler 267 Fill existing openings 224 Fillets 307 Finishes ceilings 190 concrete power floating 255 sand blast 255 shot blast 255 spade finish 255 tamping 255 trowelling 255 wood float 255 floor 188 paint ceilings 191 gloss 187 polish 187 French 187 wax 187 polyurethane lacquer 187 wallpaper 187 walls 187 Fire barriers 546 boards Firecase 402 Fireline 405 Vermiculite 402 concertina partitions 412 curtains 192 Firecase 402 Firecheck 545 glazing 492 Quelfire 546 Sealmaster 545 stopping 545 Fire and lightning protection, all-in rates distribution centres 197 hospitals 196 hotels 197 offices 196 performing arts buildings 196 Index residential 197 schools 196 shopping malls 196 sports halls 196 supermarkets 197 Fire doors, see Doors Fire protection 169 Firecase 402 Firecheck, see Fire Fireline partitions 406 supply only 391 Fittings, offices 192 Flag staffs, see Street furniture Flame retardent paint, see Decoration painting Flashband 371 See also Flashings Flashings aluminium 355 copper 359 Flashband 371 glass fibre 371 lead 353 stainless steel 368 zinc 363 Flat panel, external walls 178 Flat roof systems, see Roofs Floor ducts 622 Floor sawing 257 Floormate insulation 166, 544 Floors beam and block 166, 271 boarding 338 Bubbledeck 255 chipboard 188 acoustic 338 chipboard boarding 338 composite 271 concrete 170 entrance matting 189 epoxy 188, 497 finishes acoustic 506 carpet 500 clay tiles 502 cork 508 granite 503 linoleum 505–506 marble 503 mosaic slip resistant 503 781 nosings 509 rubber stud 188, 508 skirtings plastic 509 slates 503 slip resistant 507 sports 507 stairs and ramps 176 terrazzo 503 vinyl 188, 507 vinyl tiles 507 ground beam and block 166 concrete 166 warehouse 166 ground bearing slab 166 hollowcore 271 insulation 166 laminated 338 latex 188 latex self levelling 497 mastic asphalt 499 matwells carpet 501 door entrance mats 501 metal deck re-entrant 170, 272, 322 trapezoidal 170, 272, 322 plywood 338 precast concrete 271 raised access 189, 510 bonded coverings 189 resin 188, 497 screeds 188 asphalt 499 asphalt acid resisting 499 asphalt red 499 early drying 495 granolithic 496 levelling 495 sand and cement 495 self levelling 497 sheet, linoleum 189 softwood strip boarding 339 sports 412 sprung 188 tiles carpet 189 ceramic 188 granite 189 linoleum 189 782 marble 189 parquet 189 quarry 188 rubber 189 slate 189 stone 189 terrazzo 189 vinyl 189 timber hardwood 188 softwood 188 troughed slabs 272 upper 170 composite 170 post tensioned concrete 170 precast concrete 170 steel decking 322 timber 170 woodblock 189, 509 Flues and lining 314 Footbridges concrete 206 steel 206 timber 206 Form openings, existing building 222 Formwork beams 259 columns 261 foundations, timber 257 polystyrene 258 slabs 259 soffits 259 staircases 263 Foul drainage installations, above ground cast iron 567 polypropylene 571 uPVC 569 Foundation bolt boxes 269 Foundations concrete 251 formwork, timber 257 mini piles 163 piled 164 piling 239 minipiles 163 strip 164 trench fill 163 underpinning 167 Frames concrete 167 Index steel 167 French polish, see Decoration Fuel installations, gas mains 195 Functional Units 59 Fungicide, see Decontamination Furniture and fittings blinds roller 192 solar 192 cloakroom racks 549 hardwood 548 internal blinds roller 551 Venetian 551 vertical louver 551 kitchen units 553 lockers and cupboards, steel 549 MDF 547 mirrors 551 offices 192 shelves worktop and the like 549 softwood 547 steel shelving 549 Fyfestone Environmental, see Stone walling Gabion basket wall 249 Galvanizing, steel 169, 320 Gas, mains installation 195 Gates, see Fencing Geogrid/Geotextile reinforcement 201 Georgian wired glazing louvres 493 walls 417 Geotextile fabric 238 Glasroc Firecase 402 Multi-board 407 Glass, see Glazing Glass balustrades 487 Glass blocks, see Blockwork Glass reinforced Gypsum 407 Glazed hardboard 411 Glazed roof 173 Glazing double glazed 491 double sealed, Pilkington K 491 fire resisting 492 Georgian wired glazing 491 labours on cutting 493 Index drill holes 493 laminated clear 492 louvres float 493 Georgian wired 493 mirrors 493, 551 obscure pattern 490 plain glass 490 rough cast 491 supply only clear float 490 Georgian wired 490 obscure patterned 490 rough cast 490 toughened clear 492 triple sealed, Pilkington K 491 Gloss paint, see Decoration Glulam beams 329 Grab rails, see Sanitary appliances Granite floors 503 kerbs 601 pavings 609 tiles 189 wall tiles 516 Granolithic paving 496 Grass, see Seeding and turfing Gravel, pavings 603 Green roofs, see Landscaped roofs Ground Beams, see Beams Ground bearing floor slab 166 Grouting cement mortar 255 cementitious grout 255 epoxy resin 255 stanchion bases 255 GRP roofs 352 stacking doors 462 Gutters, see Rainwater installations Gyplyner, dry wall lining 391 Gyproc Dri-Wall 400 Gypframe 402 partitions 403 Soundbloc 398, 405 Wallboard 404 Gypwall Acoustic 404 Rapid 406 783 Halfen, see Brickwork Handrail hardwood 427 softwood 425 stainless steel 176 steel 176 timber 175 Hardboard, glazed 411 Hardcore fill 237 Hardwall plaster, see Walls finishes Hardwood doors, frames 452 furniture and fittings 549 skirting architrave and like 427 stairs 483 windows 434 purpose made 435 Hoarding 218 Holes, formwork for 263 Hot tubs, see Jacuzzi Hotels, bathrooms pods 192 Hydrophilic, see Waterstops Hygienic ceilings 538 doorsets 457 In situ concrete works 250 Indices 39 building costs 39 location factors 41 tender prices 40 Insecticide, see Decontamination Inspection chambers cast iron 597 polypropylene 204, 592 Insulated gutters 567 Insulated plasterboard 397 Insulated render, see Walls finishes Insulation boards, floor 166 cavity, Thermawall 543 Dritherm cavity slab 179 floor 166 Floormate 166, 544 floors Floormate 544 Thermafloor 543 Frametherm 180 glass fibre 173 Kooltherm 180 784 partitions 407 acoustic rolls 542 fibre quilt rolls 542 polystyrene 166, 180, 544 rigid urethane 166, 180 roofs 173 glass fibre rolls 542 polystyrene 349 sheep wool mix 541 tapered 348 Styrofoam 544 supply only 541 Thermafleece 173 Thermaroof 348 walls 179 cavity batts/slabs 543 sheepswool mix 545 wool 180 Integrated car parking 207 Integrated ceilings, see Ceilings Interlocking sheet piling, see Piling Internal doors, see Doors Intumescent fire protection 169 paint, steel 321 Intumescent strips, FD(30) FD(60) 458 IPS duct panels 185 systems 413 Ironmongery doors 186 doorsets 473 bathroom standard 476 classroom fire rated 473 classroom/store double 481 common room 475 entrance double aluminium door 479 fire escape double external 479 lobby/corridor double fire rated 478 lobby/corridor fire rated 478 maintenance/plant fire rated 476 offices non locking 474 offices/store 474 toilet accessible 477 toilet lobby fire rated external 480 toilet lobby internal 481 sliding door gear 482 Irrigation, see External works Index Jacuzzi 197 JIB-PMES, see Wage rates Joint reinforcement Brickforce 307 stainless steel 307 steel 307 Joist hangers 335 Kalzip roof 357 Kerbs concrete bed 600 excavate 600 granite 601 natural stone 601 precast concrete 601 Kingspan insulation, see Insulation Kitchens residential 192 units 553 Klargester, see Drainage below ground Kooltherm, insulated plasterboard 397 Krypton gas filled glazing 440 Labour Categories, see CIJC labour categories Labour rate calculations 46 Ladders access 489 loft 489 Lakes 200 Laminated floors 338 Laminated glazing 493 walls 417 Land drainage, see Drainage below ground Land remediation 23 Landfill tax 33 rate 235 Landscaped roofs 173, 352 biodiverse 352 Landscaping, see External works Lathing 518 Lattice beams 322 Lead roofing, see Roofs lead Lift pits, concrete 165 Lifts and conveyors dock levellers 193, 196 dock shelters 193 escalators 196 load house 193 non-passenger 196 passenger 196 Index Lighting, roads 201 Lightning protection 618 Lignacite, blockwork 297 Limelite plaster, see Walls finishes Line marking 603 Linoleum flooring 506 sheet 189, 506 tiles 189 Linseed oil, see Decoration painting Lintels concrete 313 precast concrete 274 steel 313 Liquid tanking 387 Litter Bins, see Street furniture Load house 193 modular 461 Location factors 41 Loft, ladders 489 Louvres brise soleil 446 glazing 493 Manholes 203 access covers 597 brick 203 clay channels 598 concrete 204 beds and benching 594 circular rings 595 cover slabs 595 reducing slabs 595 covers 597 earthwork support 593 excavation 593 Perfect manholes 595 Marble floors 503 tiles 189 wall tiles 187, 516 Masonry 276 See also Brickwork or Blockwork Masterboard ceiling boarding 340 lining 409 Mastic asphalt floors 499 membranes 388 tanking 387 785 waterproofing, roofing 387 Matwells 189, 501 aluminium 501 brass 501 entrance matting 189 frames 552 mats 552 matting 501 stainless steel 501 MDF doors frames 451 internal 451 furniture and fittings 547 shelves worktop and the like 430 skirting architrave and the like 430 Megadeco wallboard 401 Melamine, casings trunking 343 Membranes building paper 238 polythene 238 Visqueen 238 Metal decking, see Floors Metal profile cladding 178 Metalwork 433 Micro-rib, external walls 178 Mild steel straps 334 Mineral fibre, ceilings 190 Mirrors, see Glazing Monolux, lining 409 Mosaic, walls 516 Multiparking systems 207 Nappy changing units, see Sanitary appliances Nosings floors 509 Notices and signs, painted on 560 Oak doors fire (FD30) 456 fire (FD60) 457 frames 455 stairs 483 windows 437 Offices fittings 192 furniture desks 192 workstations 192 Ogee gutters, see Rainwater installations 786 Oil separators 204, 575 Overhead doors 182 Padstones, precast concrete 274 Painting, see Decoration Panelled walling 177 Parklands 200 Parquet, tiles 189 Partitions acoustic 184–185, 404 blockwork 184 brickwork 184 concrete 184 cubicle 413 demountable 412 demountable/folding 185 Fireline 183 Glasroc multi-board 407 glass 185 Gyproc 402 Gypwall, acoustic 404 insulation 407 metal stud & board 403 Soundbloc, acoustic 405 terrazzo faced 412 toilet cubicles 185, 413 Patent glazing 417 Patio doors 449 Pavings, see Roads and pavings brick/block/setts 198 car parking 198 cobbles 198 concrete, slabs 198 granite 198 grasscrete 198 gravel 198 macadam 198 resin bound 198 roads 198 York stone 198 Pebbledash, see Walls finishes Pelican crossing 199 Perforated steel panels 411 Piled foundations, see Foundations Piling bored piles 239 caps 165 CFA 164 cut off pile tops 242 enabling works 164 Index interlocking sheet 239 minipile 240 rig mobilisation 164 rotary CFA 241 secant 165 steel sheet 165 testing 165 Pilkington K, see Glazing Pillar boxes, see Street furniture Pinboard 433 Pipes cast iron, drainage 203 clay, drainage 202 concrete, drainage 203 drainage below ground cast iron 203 clay 202 concrete 203 uPVC 202 uPVC, drainage 202 Pits, excavation by hand 231 by machine 229 Planished blockwork 297 Plant hire, typical rates 162 Planting, see External works hedges 617 saplings 617 shrubs 200 trees 200 Plaster, ceilings 190 Plasterboard ceilings 190, 539 dry wall lining 400 insulated 540 jointing 398 plastic faced plasterboard 398 wall lining, on dabs 391 Plastic faced plasterboard 398 Playgrounds equipment climbing frames 202 see-saw 202 slides 202 swings 202 surfaces, Tumbleguard 202 Plywood casings 343 ceiling boarding 339 flooring 339 Index floors 339 lining external 410 internal 410 marine 330 roof boarding 341 veneered 411 Polish French 187 wax 187 Polished blockwork 297 Polycarbonate, rooflights 444 Polypropylene, above ground, foul drainage installations 571 Polystyrene floor insulation 166, 544 roof insulation 349 wall insulation 180 Polythene sheeting, see Membranes Polyurethane lacquer, finishes 187 Porcelain, wall tiles 187 Portland Whitbed, see Stone walling Post and Rail, see External works Post tensioned concrete, floors 170 Precast concrete 274 communication boxes 611 copings 275 edgings 601 floors 170, 271 kerbs 601 lintels 274 manholes 595 padstones 274 sills 274 stairs 274 Precast/Composite concrete 271 floors 271 Preliminaries example build-up 157 plant hire rates 162 Profiled metal decking 322 Property Insurance 35 Proprietary linings and partitions 391 Purlins, galvanised steel 322 Pyran/Pyrostop glazing 492 Quelfire, see Fire Raft foundations 163 Rainscreen walls 787 aluminium 421 brick tiles 179 cellulose fibre 421 clay 421 Terracotta 179 timber 421 Trespa 179 Western Red Cedar 179 Rainwater harvesting 205, 599 Rainwater installations 174 aluminium 561 cast iron 563 gutters insulated membrane 567 lead lining 353 stainless steel 368 zinc 363 steel 564 uPVC 565 Raised access floors, see Floors Rapid action doors 459 fabric external 182 Rapid lift doors, fabric internal 186 Re-entrant floor deck, see Floors Reconstituted stone, see Stone walling Reconstructed stone slates, see Slates stone Regional variations 41 Reinforcement bars stainless steel 264 steel 264 fabric 265 roads and pavings 603 underpinning 246 Removing balustrades 218 bathrooms 220 brickwork, damaged decayed and make good 224 ceiling floor and wall finishes 221 doors 217 fireplaces 217 fixtures and fittings 220 floors 217 kitchen units 220 rafters 217 roofs coverings 220 structure 217 stairs 218 windows 217 ...Spon’s Architects and Builders Price Book 2018 Spon’s Architects and Builders Price Book Edited by 2018 One hundred and forty-third edition First edition 1873 One hundred and forty-third... known price book in which key rates are checked against current tender prices Users should note that this number is based on book prices arrived at by pricing our usual tender price models with prices... 762 763 764 773 6321¶635,&(%22.6IURP$(&20 Spon’s Architects and Builders Price Book 201 Editor: AECOM 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