Cost study: 6 Brindleyplace, Birmingham | Features

Elemental cost analysis: 6 Brindleyplace
gross internal area: 11,473 m2 net internal area: 9367 m2	start of contract: July 1998 completion: March 2000
	Element cost £	£/m2 net	£/m2 gross	% of total cost
Demolitions	59,203	6.32	0.48
Substructure	973,492	103.93	84.85	7.96
Frame	910,505	97.21	79.36	7.44
Upper floors	328,659	35.09	28.65	2.69
Roof	437,400	46.70	38.12	3.58
Stairs	120,271	12.84	10.48	0.98
External walls	1,382,661	147.61	120.51	11.30
Windows and external doors	405,371	43.28	35.33	3.31
Internal walls and partitions	431,088	46.02	37.57	3.52
Internal doors and associated screens	212,351	22.67	18.51	1.74
Wall finishes	201,394	21.50	17.55	1.65
Floor finishes	664,302	70.92	57.90	5.43
Ceiling finishes	256,986	27.44	22.40	2.10
Fittings	64,945	6.93	5.66	0.53
Heating and ventilating installations	1,864,474	199.05	162.50	15.24
Electrical installations	906,745	96.81	79.03	7.41
Lift and conveyor installations	450,236	48.07	39.24	3.68
Builders’ work, attendances	158,770	16.95	13.84	1.30
Site works	3882	0.41	0.34	0.03
Drainage	18,215	1.94	1.59	0.15
External services	31,659	3.38	2.76	0.26
Sub-total: works	9,882,609	1055.08	861.35	80.79
Preliminaries	1,340,010	143.06	116.79	10.96
Contingency	300,000	32.03	26.15	2.45
Overheads and profit	560,370	59.83	48.84	4.58
Fixed price	148,950	15.90	12.98	1.22
Sub-total: preliminaries	2,349,330	250.82	204.76	19.21
TOTAL	12,231,939	1305.90	1066.11	100.00
	Fixed price adjustment	8.72	7.10
	Total adjusted to January 2000	1314.62	1073.21