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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESUnit rate £/m2 gif
Above ground drainage 
Above ground internal soil, waste and vent pipework, fittings, accessories. Item @ £14,500 8.90
Hot and cold water services 
Cold water services; incoming from supply meter. Item @ £2,9001.78
Cold water services; sectional water storage tank, booster pump set, distribution pipework, fittings, accessories, insulation, including final connections to appliances. Item @ £16,50010.12
Hot water services; water heaters, distribution pipework, fittings, accessories, insulation, including final connections to appliances.Item @ 9,5005.83
Existing drainage system cctv survey. Item @ £3,7002.27
 
Public health services total 28.90
MECHANICAL SERVICES  
Gas installation  
Gas supply to serve boilers and kitchen appliances; pipework, fittings & accessories. Item @ £4,1002.52
Heat source 
Boiler plant; one condensing boiler output 40 kW including boiler flue; plate heat exchanger, pumps and pressurisation unit. Item @£7,6004.66
Space heating and air treatment 
Energy piles; steel pipework to structural piles, main header, valves, fittings and accessories. Item @ £43,50026.69
Heat pump packaged unit including primary and secondary pump sets and expansion vessels. Item @ £37,90023.25
CHW installation; one air cooled chiller output 45 kW; plate heat exchanger, pumps and pressurisation unit, pipework to ahus; valves, steel pipework, fittings and accessories 580 m2 @ £80/m2 28.47
LTHW heating system to air handling units, underfloor heating to all lower level public areas, radiators to ancillary spaces; valves, steel pipework, fittings and accessories. Item @ £44,50027.42
Air systems serving galleries; two air handling units with heat recovery and humidification, total duty 4m3/s; high level ductwork with motorised variable volume dampers to dedicated galleries and prints and drawings display area; underfloor ductwork to multi-purpose gallery space; dampers, attenuators, grilles and diffusers, fittings and accessories. 580m2 @ £162/m257.64
Close control air conditioning unit to prints and drawings display area. 50m2 @ £112/m23.44
Insulation to all services. Item @ £19,50011.96
Ventilation 
Supply and extract ventilation systems to library and reception, workshop, meeting room, kitchen, basement areas; extract ventilation to toilets. 500m2 @ £83/m225.46
Preliminaries 
Testing and commissioning. Item @ £7,1004.36
Preliminaries. Item @ £12,3007.55
Mechanical services total 223.42
ELECTRICAL SERVICES  
Mains and sub-mains installation  
Main lv switchboard to BS 5486 form 3b, type 2 serving all distribution equipment and electrical services. Item @ £13,9008.53
Distribution boards to serve lighting and power requirements; lv distribution in xlpe/swa/lsf cable generally; containment; power supplies to mechanical plant and lift. Item @ £31,50019.33
Lighting installation 
Lighting installation, excluding luminaries. Item @ 58,10035.64
Luminaires to galleries and prints and drawings display room; indirect fluorescent luminaires, controlled via daylight linked dimmed circuits, to gallery spaces; lv tungsten halogen spotlights with integrated electronic transformer and dimmer, track mounted, for exhibition lighting; low ultraviolet content lamps or ultraviolet filters incorporated into fixtures. 580m2 @ £117/m241.63
Luminaires to general areas 1,000m2@ £41/m225.15
Luminaires for external lighting Item @ £3,5002.15
lighting control system. Item @ £8,5005.21
Emergency lighting installation; conversion packs Item @ £16,1009.88
Small power installation 
Supplies to final circuits; including containment; sockets. Item @ £34,90021.41
Supplies to security equipment and motorised blinds. Item @ £10,5006.44
Communications installations 
Fire detection and alarm installation; BS 5839-1:2002 category P1; analogue addressable system; panel, detectors; breakglass units, sounders, cabling and containment. Item @ £29,80018.28
Disabled toilet alarm system. Item @ £2,4001.47
Telephone and data installation to administrative areas; structured cabling system to category 5E standards; active equipment; containment; outlets 410 m2 @ £20.50/m25.16
Security installation 
CCTV installation to building selected exterior and interior spaces;  
power and control wiring; four cameras; monitor; recording equipment. Item @ £19,80012.15
Security and access control installation; swipe card access to selected internal areas; intruder alarm system Item @ £41,20025.27
Interface with existing building. Item @ £2,8001.72
Protective installations  
Earthing and bonding. Item @ £2,2001.35
Lightning protection. Item @ £3,800 2.33
Preliminaries 
Testing and commissioning. Item @ £7,5004.60
Preliminaries. Item @ £10,1006.20
Electrical services total 253.90
SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS  
Controls; central ddi control system including head end. System includes mccs, inverters, local starters/isolators and associated power, control and communication wiring and wire ways; supplies to motorised window blinds. Item @ £84,70051.96
Leak detection system. Item @ £7,900 4.85
Visitors electronic counting system. Item @ £7,800 4.79
Special installations total 61.60
TOTAL SERVICES INSTALLATION COSTS  
Exclusions 
  • Main contractor’s profit, overheads, attendances and preliminaries
  • Builderswork in connection with engineering services
  • Loose furniture, fittings and equipment
  • Sanitaryware
  • Below ground drainage
  • Statutory authority connection charges
  • Professional fees
  • VAT
  • Inflation beyond first quarter 2003