Ivory towers | Features

Elemental cost analysis
Total gross internal floor area 15 562 m². The average cost per bedroom (including external works) is £21 152. The average cost per flat is £170 000.
	Total cost (£)	£/m²	% of total cost
Works packages	6 308 108	405.35	45.81
Substructure and piling	634 274	40.76	4.61
Frame and upper floors	1 122 811	72.15	8.15
Roof steel	128 340	8.25	0.93
Roof	329 784	21.19	2.39
Balconies and stairs	607 892	39.06	4.41
External walls	1 107 822	71.19	8.05
Windows and external doors	639 083	41.07	4.64
Internal walls	196 660	12.64	1.43
Bathroom pods	1 541 442	99.05	11.19
Internal finishes packages	1 943 674	124.90	14.12
Internal doors	471 873	30.32	3.43
Wall finishings	370 689	23.82	2.69
Floor finishings	274 500	17.64	1.99
Ceiling finishings	161 799	10.40	1.18
Fittings and furniture	664 813	42.72	4.83
M&E installations	3 136 646	201.56	22.78
Electrical installations	1 026 333	65.95	7.45
Fire alarms	260 874	16.76	1.89
Building work for local area network/TV/telephones	40 000	2.57	0.29
Mechanical installations	1 334 736	85.77	9.69
Sanitary installations	7 519	0.48	0.05
Lifts	419 955	26.99	3.05
Building work in connection with m&e installations	47 229	3.03	0.34
External works packages	496 652	31.91	3.61
Siteworks	300 441	19.31	2.18
Drainage	137 500	8.84	1.00
External services	58 711	3.77	0.43
Total construction	11 885 080	763.72	86.31
Preliminaries	1 884 920	121.12	13.69
Contingencies	0	0.00	0.00
Total cost (excluding design fees)	13 770 000	884.85	100.00