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SAMPLE COST ANALYSIS

Job title: Liverpool office block

Client: Office Developments plc

Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

Tender base date: August 2008

Project details and site conditions: Five-storey office block for owner occupier, including external works,
parking, services and drainage. Level site with easy access. No water or geological problems.

Market conditions

 Contract particulars:
o Contract: JCT 98 Standard Form of Contract with bills of quantities
o Cost fluctuations: Firm price
o Contract period: 20 months
o No. of tenders issued: 4
o No. of tenders received: 4
 Breakdown of costs:
o Measured work: £5,947,216
o Prime cost sums: £151,500
o Provisional sums: £36,000
o Preliminaries: £600,500
o Main contractor’s overheads and profit: £202,056
o Contract sum excluding risk allowances: £6,937,272

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Accommodation and design features:

Area m² Area m²
Basement Useable 4,305
Ground floor 1,000 Circulation 350
Upper floors 4,000 Ancillary 300
Total 5,000 Internal division 45

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Average storey height: 2.8 m

Design/shape

 Five-storey office block (40m x 25m x 17.5m high)

 Percentage of gross internal floor area: 5 storeys – 100%
 Five-storey office block with
o concrete upper floors, frame and roof
o Double-glazed curtain walling and windows
o Asphalt roofing on insulation
o Reinforced concrete stairs with metal balustrades
o Softwood internal doors
o Suspended ceilings throughout
o Plastered walls with emulsion paint
o Passenger lift
o Gas LTHW heating
o External works.

Total cost of Cost per m² Element unit Element unit rate

Element
element £ GIFA £/m² quantity £
1 Substructure
1.1 Standard foundations 125,300 25.06 1,000m² 125.30
1.2 Specialist foundations
Lowest floor
1.3 62,500 12.50 1,000m² 62.50
construction
1.4 Basement excavations
Basement retaining
1.5
walls
Group element total 187,800 37.56
2 Superstructure
2.1 Frame 715,200 143.04 5,000m² 143.04
2.2 Upper floors 217,500 43.50 3,840m² 56.64
2.3 Roof 122,100 24.42 1,160m² 105.26
2.4 Stairs and ramps 41,100 8.22 8nr 5,137.50
2.5 External walls 1,389,000 277.80 1,875m² 740.80
Windows and external
2.6 73,200 14.64 324m² 225.93
doors
2.7 Internal walls and 183,900 36.78 1,500m² 122.60

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 partitions
2.8 Internal doors 92,400 18.48
Group element total 2,834,400 566.88
3 Finishes
3.1 Wall finishes 85,200 17.04 4,778m² 17.83
3.2 Floor finishes 87,900 17.58 4,811m² 18.27
3.3 Ceiling finishes 181,800 36.36 4,865m² 37.37
Group element total 354,900 70.98
Fittings, furnishings
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and equipment
General fittings,
4.1 furnishings and 55,200 11.04
equipment
Group element total 55,200 11.04

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5 Services
5.1 Sanitary installations 37,200 7.44 50nr 744.00
5.2 Services equipment - -
5.3 Disposal installations 38,172 7.63 50nr 763.44
5.4 Water installations 218,328 43.67 120nr 1,819.40
5.5 Heat source 473,742 94.75 5,000m² 94.75
Space heating and air
5.6 238,674 47.73 5,000m² 47.73
conditioning
5.7 Ventilation 22,500 4.50 100m² 225.00
5.8 Electrical installations 627,000 125.40 5,000m² 125.40
5.9 Fuel installations 184,200 36.84 5,000m² 36.84
Lifts and conveyor
5.10 49,400 9.88 nr
installations
Fire and lightning
5.11 260,000 52.00 5,000m² 52.00
protection
5.12 Communication,
security and control 90,000 18.00 5,000m² 18.00
systems

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5.13 Specialist installations - -
5.14 BWIC with services 61,200 12.24 5,000m² 12.24
Group element total 2,300,416 460.08
8 External works
8.1 Site preparation works 120,900 24.18
8.6 External drainage 139,800 27.96
8.7 External services 24,300 4.86
8.8 Minor building works 117,000 23.40
Group element total 402,000 80.40
SUBTOTAL: BUILDING
6,134,716 1,226.94
WORKS
Main contractor’s
9 600,500 120.10
preliminaries
Main contractor’s
10 202,056 40.41
overheads and profit
TOTAL BUILDING WORKS
6,937,272 1,387.45
COST

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Specification

Element Specification
1 Substructure
1.1 Standard foundations Reinforced in situ concrete rafts and column bases.
Reinforced suspended ground floor slab, reinforced concrete
1.3 Lowest floor construction
beams and service ducts.
2 Superstructure
Reinforced in situ concrete frame; steel columns and beams to
2.1 Frame
tank room.
2.2 Upper floors Reinforced pre-cast concrete suspended floors.
Reinforced pre-cast concrete flat roof with vapour barrier,
2.3 Roof
expanded polystyrene fibreboard insulation asphalt finish.
2.4 Stairs and ramps Reinforced pre-cast concrete stairs with metal balustrades and

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 sheet vinyl finish to treads and risers.
2.5 External walls Double-glazed aluminium curtain walling.
2.6 Windows and external doors Glazed aluminium entrance doors.
Reinforced in situ concrete core walls, block partitions
2.7 Internal walls and partitions
elsewhere.
Softwood flush doors and hardwood panelled doors to
2.8 Internal doors
conference suite.
3 Internal finishes
Emulsion paint on plaster generally with paper to conference
3.1 Wall finishes
suite and beech veneered panelling to entrance lobby.
Carpet and softwood skirtings throughout except quarry tiles to
3.2 Floor finishes
WC.
3.3 Ceiling finishes Suspended metal ceiling throughout.
4 Fittings, furnishings and equipment
Beech veneered cupboards, towel dispensers, mirrors, vanity
General fittings, furnishings and
4.1 shelves, PVC blinds, notice boards, reception counter and
equipment
seating.

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5 Services
White vitreous china sanitary appliances and chromium plated
5.1 Sanitary installations fittings (40nr @ £760), kitchen sink (5nr @ £700), cleaner’s
sink (5nr @ £660).
5.3 Disposal installations PVCu soil and waste pipes.
5.4 Water installations Copper hot and cold water services.
5.5 Heat source Gas boilers.
5.6 Space heating and air conditioning Low temperature hot water radiator system.
5.7 Ventilation Extract ventilation to toilets and lift shafts.
5.8 Electrical installations
5.9 Fuel installations Gas distribution pipework.
Passenger lift in one bank, one goods/passenger/fireman's lift
5.10 Lift and conveyor installations
(£23,000 each). Document conveyor system (£3,400).
5.11 Fire and lightning protection Sprinklers, dry risers and hose reels.
Communication, security and
5.12 Fire detection systems.
control systems

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 Builder’s work in connection with
5.14 All builders’ work in connection with services.
services
8 External works
8.1 Site preparation works Site clearance, car parking and paving.
8.6 External drainage All below ground drainage.
8.7 External services All incoming service connections.
Minor building works and ancillary
8.8 Electricity substation.
buildings

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