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Average fee changes
Sector (new-build JCT only)	Project value	% 2002	% 2001	change
private housing	£1m	2.5	2.5	0.0
	£5m	1.8	2.0	–0.2
leisure	£1m	2.7	2.7	0.0
	£5m	1.8	1.8	0.0
industrial	£1m	2.6	2.5	0.1
	£5m	1.7	1.6	0.1
offices	£1m	2.5	2.7	–0.2
	£5m	2.0	2.2	–0.2
retail	£1m	2.3	2.8	–0.5
	£5m	2.1	1.8	0.3
public housing	£1m	2.4	2.6	–0.2
	£5m	2.2	2.5	–0.3
education	£1m	2.8	2.6	0.2
	£5m	2.3	1.9	0.4
health	£1m	2.5	2.4	0.1
	£5m	1.9	1.8	0.1

All new-build work
% project value	2002 traditional	% 2001 traditional	% change	% 2002 D&B	% 2002 D&B	% 2001 change
£1m	2.6	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.0	0.1
£2m	2.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	1.9	0.1
£3m	2.2	2.1	0.1	1.9	1.9	0.0
£4m	2.1	2.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	0.0
£5m	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	0.0

Contract variations
Value	2002 JCT with bills	2002 JCT without bills	2002 D&B client	2002 D&B contractor
500,000	3.1	2.8	2.6	1.8
£1m	2.7	2.4	2.4	1.7
£5m	2.1	1.6	2.1	1.6

All refurbishment work
% project value	2002 traditional	% 2001 traditional	% change	% 2002 D&B	% 2002 D&B	% 2001 change
£1m	2.6	2.7	–0.1	2.3	2.3	0.0
£2m	2.3	2.3	0.0	2.1	2.1	0.0
£3m	2.1	2.1	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
£4m	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.9	1.9	0.0
£5m	1.8	1.9	–0.1	1.9	1.9	0.0

Regional fee index
London	103
Midlands/East Anglia	98
North	91
Scotland	89
South East	100
South West	82
Ulster	103
Wales	84

Hourly Rates
Median £s per hour
	Principal, partner, director	Associate	Senior surveyor	Surveyor	Postgraduate/junior surveyor
London	72	75	50	44	30
South East	52	45	40	36	28
Midlands / East Anglia	45	45	35	32	25
North	40	43	38	25	17
South West / Wales NB: small sample	27	32	30	23	20
Scotland	54	50	40	32	25
Ulster NB: small sample	35	31	28	20	15

National Averages
	Median £s per hour
	2002	2001	%change
Principal	40	37	8.1
Partner	55	54	1.8
Associate	45	45	0
Senior surveyor	40	38	5.3
Surveyor	33	31	0.1
Postgraduate/junior surveyor	25	25	0