Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2014

Output in infrastructure is forecast to rise by 6.6% in 2013 & 7.6% in 2014, driven by Highways Agency’s capital budget funding, by rail and by electricity…

Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2014 gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with the latest CIJC wage agreement. Beyond prices, it can be used as a comprehensive work manual for the UK’s civil engineering, surveying and construction business.

Use the access code inside the back cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this edition until the end of December 2014. We now provide SPON’S Online, a versatile and powerful online data viewing package, which replaces the estimating software and ebook of recent years.

This 28th edition incorporates a comprehensive review throughout:

·         Labour rates have increased at the beginning of the year and further increases are expected in 2014 – make sure you register for quarterly updates to keep up to date with wage increases!

·         Pressure is being maintained on material costs with a slight fall in materials prices as some of the rail projects come on stream

Structured to comply with CESMM3 and MMHW, the book includes prices and rates covering the key items that make a general civil or highway construction project – from gabions to gutters and painting to PVC pipework. In a time when it is essential to gain 'competitive advantage' in an increasingly congested market, this price book provides instant-access cost information and is a one-stop reference.

·         Budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges

·         Resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices

·         Rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices

·         Plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants

·         Detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs

·         Incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice

PART 1: GENERAL

Purpose and content of the book

Outline of the tendering and estimating process

The aggregates levy

Capital allowances

Value added tax

The landfill tax

Land remediation

PART 2: ON COSTS AND PROFIT

Risk/opportunity

Head office overheads

Profit

Finance costs – assessment of contract investment

Value added tax

Tender summary

PART 3: COST AND TENDER PRICE INDICES

Introduction

Price adjustment formula indices

A constructed cost index based on the price adjustment formula indices

The road construction tender price index

PART 4: RESOURCES

Basis of this section

Labour costs

Plant costs

PART 5: APPROXIMATE ESTIMATING

Preliminaries and general items

Building prices per square metre

Approximate estimating rates – Ancillary building

works

Water and treatment facilities

Earth retention and stabilization

Bridgeworks

Tunnelling field costs

Highway works

Landscaping

Access scaffolding

Temporary works

Approximate estimating rates – General building

works

1 Substructure

1.1 Substructure

2 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

3 Internal finishes

3.1 Wall finishes

3.2 Floor finishes

3.3 Ceiling finishes

4 Fittings, furnishings and equipment

4.1 Fittings, furnishings and equipment

5 Services 134

5.1 Sanitary installations 134

5.4 Water installations 135

5.6 Space heating and air conditioning 135

5.7 Ventilating systems 135

5.8 Electricalinstallations 136

5.9 Fuel installations 136

5.10 Lift and conveyor installations 137

5.11 Fire and lightning protection 138

5.12 Communication and security

installations 138

5.13 Special installations 138

5.14 Builder’s work in connection with

services 139

8 External works 139

8.2 Roads, paths, pavings and surfacings 139

8.3 Soft landscaping, planting and

irrigation systems 140

8.4 Fencings, railings and walls 141

8.5 External fixtures 142

8.6 External drainage 143

8.7 External services 146

8.8 Ancillary buildings and structures 146

PART 6: UNIT COSTS – CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS

Introductory notes 149

Guidance notes 151

Class A: General items 152

Class B: Ground investigation 155

Class C: Geotechnical and other specialist

processes 159

Class D: Demolition and site clearance 166

Class E: Excavation 168

Class F: In situ concrete 191

Class G: Concrete ancillaries 197

Class H: Precast concrete 210

Class I: Pipework – pipes 212

Class J: Pipework – fittings and valves 234

Class K: Pipework – manholes and pipework

accessories 235

Class L: Pipework – supports and pipework,

ancillaries 249

Class M: Structural metalwork 254

Class N: Miscellaneous metalwork 256

Class O: Timber 261

Class P: Piling 268

Class Q: Piling ancillaries 281

Class R: Roads and pavings 288

Class S: Rail track 305

Class T: Tunnels 312

Class U: Brickwork, blockwork and masonry 317

Class V: Painting 331

Class W: Waterproofing 338

Class X: Miscellaneous work 343

Class Y: Sewer and water main renovation and

ancillary works 348

Class Z: Simple building works incidental to civil

engineering works 350

PART 7: UNIT COSTS – HIGHWAY WORKS

Introductory notes 365

Guidance notes 367

Series 100: Preliminaries 371

Series 200: Site clearance 373

Series 300: Fencing 376

Series 400: Road restraint systems (vehicle and

pedestrian) 380

Series 500: Drainage and service ducts 387

Series 600: Earthworks 410

Series 700: Pavements 428

Series 1100: Kerbs, footways & paved areas 435

Series 1200: Traffic signs and road markings 443

Series 1300: Road lighting columns and brackets,

CCTV masts and cantilever masts 449

Series 1400: Electrical work for road lighting and

traffic signs 452

Series 1500: Motorway communications 455

Series 1600: Piling and embedded retaining walls 457

Series 1700: Structural concrete 474

Series 1800: Steelwork for structures 481

Series 1900: Protection of steelwork against

corrosion 482

Series 2000: Waterproofing for structures 484

Series 2100: Bridge bearings 486

Series 2300: Bridge expansion joints and sealing

of gaps 488

Series 2400: Brickwork, blockwork and stonework 489

Series 2500: Special structures 496

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Series 2700: Accommodation works, works for

statutory undertakers 497

Series 3000: Landscaping and ecology 498

Series 5000: Maintenance painting of steelwork 503

PART 8: DAYWORK

Introduction 507

Schedules of dayworks carried out incidental to contract work 507

Application of dayworks 510

PART 9: PROFESSIONAL FEES

Consulting engineers' conditions of appointment 519

Quantity surveyors' conditions of appointment 524

PART 10: OUTPUTS

Disposal of excavated materials 529

Breaking out pavements, brickwork, concrete and masonry by hand and pneumatic breaker 530

Loading loose materials and items by hand 531

Placing ready mixed concrete in the works 532

Fixing bar reinforcement 533

Erecting formwork to beams and walls 534

Erecting formwork to slabs 534

Multipliers for formwork 534

Laying and jointing flexible-jointed clayware pipes 535

Precast concrete manholes in sections 536

PART 11: USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 537

PART 12: TABLES AND MEMORANDA 557

INDEX 651