Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook, Third Edition


Book Description

Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub "just an idea...a ballpark figure..." ? The earlier a pricing decision has to be made, the more difficult it is to estimate the cost and the more likely the design and the specs are to change. And yet a rough-and-ready estimate is more likely to get set in stone. Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is the only comprehensive and reliable source of first stage estimating costs. Covering the whole spectrum of building costs and a wide range of related M&E work and landscaping work, vital cost data is presented as: costs per square metre elemental cost analyses principal rates composite rates. Compact and clear, Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is ideal for those key early meetings with clients. And with additional sections on whole life costing and general information, this is an essential reference for all construction professionals and clients making early judgements on the viability of new projects.




Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook


Book Description

Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub "just an idea...a ballpark figure..." ?The earlier a pricing decision has to be made, the more difficult it is to estimate the cost and the more likely the design and the specs are to change. And yet a rough-and-ready estimate is more likely to get set in stone.Spon's First




Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook, Second Edition


Book Description

This text is a comprehensive source of first stage estimating costs. It covers the whole sprectrum of building, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical work, and landscaping work.







Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook


Book Description

The ultimate paradox of construction project management is that the earlier a decision has to be made, the more difficult the task is of estimating the cost implications. Yet the most important decisions are taken earliest - when the cost estimates are the most difficult to obtain. Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is the only comprehensive and reliable source of first stage estimating costs. Covering the whole spectrum of building, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical work, and landscaping work, vital cost data is presented as costs per square metre, elemental cost analyses, principal rates and composite rates. Compact and clear, Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is ideal for meetings with clients when the inevitable question 'just an idea ... a ballpark figure ...' needs an accurate response. With additional sections on whole life costing and general information, this is an essential reference for all construction professionals and clients making early judgements on the viability of new projects.




Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook, Third Edition


Book Description

Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub "just an idea...a ballpark figure..." ? The earlier a pricing decision has to be made, the more difficult it is to estimate the cost and the more likely the design and the specs are to change. And yet a rough-and-ready estimate is more likely to get set in stone. Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is the only comprehensive and reliable source of first stage estimating costs. Covering the whole spectrum of building costs and a wide range of related M&E work and landscaping work, vital cost data is presented as: costs per square metre elemental cost analyses principal rates composite rates. Compact and clear, Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is ideal for those key early meetings with clients. And with additional sections on whole life costing and general information, this is an essential reference for all construction professionals and clients making early judgements on the viability of new projects.







Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2014


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The beginnings of recovery? Some materials costs are rising, and so are direct labour costs. Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2014 gives you the total picture. Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2014, compiled by Davis Langdon, still provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year, gives an ongoing reality check and allows you to adjust for changing market conditions. Although it suits a wide range of project sizes, this is the only price book which sets out a detailed cost base for contracts exceeding £3,500,000 in value. NRM1 and NRM2 are used instead of SMM7R as the measurement standards throughout. As well as an overhaul of prices, over 300 new items have been added to Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2014. These include: New cost models for out of town retail, office to residential conversion, and a museum fit out New cost models for out of town retail, office to residential conversion, and a museum fit-out A re-formatted Preliminaries example, and typical hire rates for common preliminaries items Automated car parking systems - (simple stack systems to fully automatic) Plasmor concrete blocks Diamond drilling, now completely overhauled ETFE roofing Extended range of underground drainage Flowing screeds ... along with the standard features you have come to expect from Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book: 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified items, the majority with labour constants and detailed build-ups. Hundreds of alternative materials prices for the more unusual items. Detailed guidance on wage rates, daywork, cost limits and allowances, property insurance and professional fees, plus useful formulae, design criteria and trade association addresses. Updated, free of charge, two or three times a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk Other titles in the Spon’s Price Book Series: SPON’S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES PRICE BOOK 2014 SPON’S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2014 SPON’S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK 2014




Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2015


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Coming out of recession... so how is this affecting the construction market? Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2015 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available, providing detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher-level costs for a diverse range of systems and different building applications. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this 2015 edition until the end of December 2015. Spon’s Online delivers a versatile and powerful online data viewing package. The book now uses a combination of NRM1 and NRM2 as the measurement standards. This year we provide a new detailed engineering feature on RICS Ska ratings, and add cost sections for LED lighting, PV panels and solar thermal energy. The book also gives the usual market update of labour rates and daywork rates, material costs and prices for measured works, and all-in-rates and elemental rates in the Approximate Estimating section.




Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2015


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This year’s book has a strong approximate estimates section, with most measured works items also presented as composite items. Now in its 34th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2015 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts, and forms an indispensable reference book for quantity surveyors, landscape architects, contractors and local authority managers – essential for compiling estimates, specifications, bills of quantities and works schedules – no matter what the size of the project being undertaken. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this 2015 edition until the end of December 2015. We now provide Spon’s Online, a versatile and powerful online data viewing package, which replaces the estimating software and ebook of recent years. The book now uses a combination of NRM1 and NRM2 as the measurement standards. This edition includes the following new and significantly developed items Further NRM format composites Suspended paving systems Precast walkways New Marshalls paving ranges Reconstituted stone bottle balustrades ...and now with a number of landscape cost models.