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

2 May 2014