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Whole-life cost of Egg, Pride Park, Derby compared with Prudential, Point North, Dudley | ||||||||||
Egg, Pride Park, Derby | Prudential, Point North, Dudley | Cost variance | ||||||||
Total cost (£) | Cost/m2 (£) | Cost/ workstation (£) | % of cost | Total cost (£) | Cost/m2 (£) | Cost/ workstation (£) | % of cost | %/m2 | %/ work station | |
Capital and finance | ||||||||||
Build/fit-out cost | 14 660 000 | 978.83 | 11 728.00 | 7.17 | 10 621 300 | 1 185.68 | 10 332.00 | 6.29 | 21 | –12 |
Finance cost (real) | 11 050 300 | 737.82 | 8 840.24 | 5.40 | 8 006 000 | 893.73 | 7 787.94 | 4.74 | 21 | –12 |
Rent on shell, insurance and rates | 50 693 400 | 3 384.75 | 40 554.72 | 24.78 | 43 945 600 | 4 905.74 | 42 748.64 | 26.02 | 45 | 5 |
Total building cost | 76 403 700 | 5 101.40 | 61 122.96 | 37.35 | 62 572 900 | 6 985.14 | 60 868.58 | 37.05 | 37 | 0 |
Occupancy | ||||||||||
M&E maintenance | 3 233 500 | 215.90 | 2 586.80 | 1.58 | 2 127 400 | 237.49 | 2 069.46 | 1.26 | 10 | –20 |
Lifts | 56 500 | 3.77 | 45.20 | 0.03 | 44 000 | 4.91 | 42.80 | 0.03 | 30 | –5 |
Fabric | 50 000 | 3.34 | 40.00 | 0.02 | 50 000 | 5.58 | 48.64 | 0.03 | 67 | 22 |
Planned replacements | 10 781 400 | 719.86 | 8 625.12 | 5.27 | 7 811 200 | 871.98 | 7 598.44 | 4.63 | 21 | –12 |
External land | 410 000 | 27.38 | 328.00 | 0.20 | 935 000 | 104.38 | 909.53 | 0.55 | 281 | 177 |
Internal planting | 90 000 | 6.01 | 72.00 | 0.04 | 90 000 | 10.05 | 87.55 | 0.05 | 67 | 22 |
Cleaning | 3 727 200 | 248.86 | 2 981.76 | 1.82 | 3 714 900 | 414.70 | 3 613.72 | 2.20 | 67 | 21 |
Waste | 625 000 | 41.73 | 500.00 | 0.31 | 528 800 | 59.03 | 514.40 | 0.31 | 41 | 3 |
Electricity | 5 700 000 | 380.58 | 4 560.00 | 2.79 | 3 792 700 | 423.39 | 3 689.40 | 2.25 | 11 | –19 |
Gas | 1 900 000 | 126.86 | 1 520.00 | 0.93 | 704 100 | 78.60 | 684.92 | 0.42 | –38 | –55 |
Water | 100 000 | 6.68 | 80.00 | 0.05 | 76 700 | 8.56 | 74.61 | 0.05 | 28 | –7 |
Internal moves | 117 200 | 7.83 | 93.76 | 0.06 | 220 625 | 24.63 | 214.62 | 0.13 | 215 | 129 |
Security and reception | 5 152 600 | 344.03 | 4 122.08 | 2.52 | 4 448 700 | 496.62 | 4 327.53 | 2.63 | 44 | 5 |
Post room | 4 290 000 | 286.44 | 3 432.00 | 2.10 | 4 290 000 | 478.90 | 4 173.15 | 2.54 | 67 | 22 |
IT/communications | 84 333 300 | 5 630.85 | 67 466.64 | 41.23 | 72 371 200 | 8 078.95 | 70 400.00 | 42.86 | 43 | 4 |
Catering | 5 790 900 | 386.65 | 4 632.72 | 2.83 | 3 236 900 | 361.34 | 3 148.74 | 1.92 | –7 | –32 |
Management | 1 787 500 | 119.35 | 1 430.00 | 0.87 | 1 852 500 | 206.80 | 1 802.04 | 1.10 | 73 | 26 |
Sub-total | 128 145 100 | 8 556.13 | 102 516.08 | 62.65 | 106 294 725 | 11 865.90 | 103 399.54 | 62.95 | 39 | 1 |
Total over 25 years | 204 548 800 | 13 657.53 | 163 639.04 | 100.00 | 168 867 625 | 18 851.04 | 164 268.12 | 100.00 | 38 | 0 |
Statistics | ||||||||||
Cost/m2 | 13 658 | 18 851 | ||||||||
Cost/workstation | 163 639 | 164 268 | ||||||||
Annual cost/workstation | 6 546 | 6 571 | ||||||||
Estimated building infrastructure cost/ call handled | 1.22 | 3.82 |
Vital statistics | ||
Egg, Pride Park, Derby | Prudential Banking, Point North, Dudley | |
Location | East Midlands | West Midlands |
Function | Retail communications centre | HQ and retail call centre |
Workstations | 1250 | 1028 |
Area | 14 977 m2 | 8 958 m2 |
Occupation density | 11.98 m2/occupant | 8.71 m2/occupant |
Hours of operation | 16 hours/day | 16 hours/day |
Projected annual calls | 6 723 000 | 1 766 000 |
Planned life | 25 years | 25 years |
Comment on difference between Egg, Pride Park, Derby and Prudential, Point North, Dudley | |||
Egg, Pride Park, Derby | Prudential, Point North, Dudley | Comments | |
M&E maintenance | All planned and reactive maintenance. Resident multiskilled engineer 9am-5pm for reactive maintenance and works to non-core areas | All planned and reactive maintenance. Resident multiskilled engineer 9am-5pm for reactive maintenance and works to non-core areas | Cost reflects lower maintenance liability of the design of Pride Park |
Lifts | Two hydraulic lifts and two disabled lifts to mezzanines | Three hydraulic lifts | Cost difference is because of different number of lifts |
Fabric | All reactive maintenance | All reactive maintenance | Fabric maintenance is related to probability of incident rather than building size |
Planned replacements | Cost reflects low maintenance liability of the design of Pride Park | ||
External landscaping | Mixture of high and low maintenance one full-time head gardener | Weekly attendance by contractor during growing season. Occasional attendance in winter | Cost difference reflects low/medium maintenance requirement of soft landscaping at Pride Park. Point North has several water / high maintenance features |
Cleaning | Daily general cleaning (outside core hours), daytime attendance, weekly low-level and quarterly high-level window cleaning and quarterly specialist IT cleaning | Daily general cleaning (outside core hours), daytime attendance, weekly low-level and quarterly high-level window cleaning and quarterly specialist IT cleaning | Cost difference is partly caused by economies of scale achievable in supervision and management in Derby. However, a major factor in cost is that Derby has minimal elevational glazing |
Waste | Daily general removal, monthly confidential waste removal, monthly recycled waste removal | Daily general removal, monthly confidential waste removal, monthly recycled waste removal | Cost difference reflects difference in confidential waste removal frequencies |
Electricity | Cost difference is because of higher small power requirement at Derby | ||
Gas | Cost difference reflects the fact that Point North benefits from higher heat gain than Pride Park | ||
Water | Cost difference is because of water features at Point North | ||
Internal moves | 15% churn rate | 25% churn rate | Cost difference is due to increased number of project teams in Point North |
Security and reception | Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm: three guards on patrol and control room observation, supervisor, receptionist. Other times: two guards, supervisor | Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm: two guards on patrol and control room observation, supervisor, receptionist. Other times: two guards, supervisor | Cost difference reflects economies of scale achieved through enlarged Pride Park centre |
Post room | 12 staff | 12 staff | |
IT/communications | Three-year replenishment rate | Three-year replenishment rate | Pride Park benefits from economies of scale in network and desktop support |
Catering | Subsidised canteen/vending, corporate entertaining | Subsidised canteen/vending, corporate entertaining | |
Management | Logistics co-ordinator (shared), site-bound FM, security manager (shared) | Logistics co-ordinator (shared), site-bound FM, security manager (shared) |
Whole-life cost of the model call centre compared with Egg, Pride Park, Derby | ||||||||||
Model call centre | Egg, Pride Park, Derby | Cost variance | ||||||||
Tota cost (£) | Cost/m2 (£) | Cost/workstation (£) | % of cost | Total cost (£) | Cost/m2 (£) | Cost/workstation (£) | % of cost | %/m2 | %/ work station | |
Capital and finance | ||||||||||
Build/fit-out cost | 6 600 000 | 1 200.00 | 14 666.67 | 7.57 | 14 660 000 | 978.83 | 11 728.00 | 7.17 | –18 | –20 |
Finance cost | 4 974 900 | 904.53 | 11 055.33 | 5.70 | 11 050 300 | 737.82 | 8 840.24 | 5.40 | –18 | –20 |
Rent on shell, insurance, rates | 25 928 200 | 4 714.22 | 57 618.22 | 29.72 | 50 693 400 | 3 384.75 | 40 554.72 | 24.78 | –28 | –30 |
Total building cost | 37 503 100 | 6 818.75 | 83 340.22 | 42.99 | 76 403 700 | 5 101.40 | 61 122.96 | 37.35 | –25 | –27 |
Occupancy | ||||||||||
M&E maintenance | 1 267 700 | 230.49 | 2 817.11 | 1.45 | 3 233 500 | 215.90 | 2 586.80 | 1.58 | –6 | –8 |
Lifts | 29 300 | 5.33 | 65.11 | 0.03 | 56 500 | 3.77 | 45.20 | 0.03 | –29 | –31 |
Fabric | 35 000 | 6.36 | 77.78 | 0.04 | 50 000 | 3.34 | 40.00 | 0.02 | –48 | –49 |
Planned replacements | 5 212 000 | 947.64 | 11 582.22 | 5.98 | 10 781 400 | 719.86 | 8 625.12 | 5.27 | –24 | –26 |
External land | 193 800 | 35.24 | 430.67 | 0.22 | 410 000 | 27.38 | 328.00 | 0.20 | –22 | –24 |
Internal planting | 85 400 | 15.53 | 189.78 | 0.10 | 90 000 | 6.01 | 72.00 | 0.04 | –61 | –62 |
Cleaning | 1 776 100 | 322.93 | 3 946.89 | 2.04 | 3 727 200 | 248.86 | 2 981.76 | 1.82 | –23 | –24 |
Waste | 168 900 | 30.71 | 3 75.33 | 0.19 | 625 000 | 41.73 | 500.00 | 0.31 | 36 | 33 |
Electricity | 1 772 100 | 322.20 | 3 938.00 | 2.03 | 5 700 000 | 380.58 | 4 560.00 | 2.79 | 18 | 16 |
Gas | 510 600 | 92.84 | 1 134.67 | 0.59 | 1 900 000 | 126.86 | 1 520.00 | 0.93 | 37 | 34 |
Water | 44 400 | 8.07 | 98.67 | 0.05 | 100 000 | 6.68 | 80.00 | 0.05 | –17 | –19 |
Internal moves | 42 188 | 7.67 | 93.75 | 0.05 | 117 200 | 7.83 | 93.76 | 0.06 | 2 | 0 |
Security and reception | 2 393 300 | 435.15 | 5 318.44 | 2.74 | 5 152 600 | 344.03 | 4 122.08 | 2.52 | –21 | –22 |
Postroom | 1 694 950 | 308.17 | 3 766.56 | 1.94 | 4 290 000 | 286.44 | 3 432.00 | 2.10 | –7 | –9 |
IT/communications | 29 700 000 | 5 400.00 | 66 000.00 | 34.05 | 84 333 300 | 5 630.85 | 67 466.64 | 41.23 | 4 | 2 |
Catering | 2 175 000 | 395.45 | 4 833.33 | 2.49 | 5790 900 | 386.65 | 4 632.72 | 2.83 | –2 | –4 |
Management | 2 625 000 | 477.27 | 5 833.33 | 3.01 | 1787 500 | 119.35 | 1 430.00 | 0.87 | –75 | –75 |
Sub-total | 49 725 738 | 9 041.04 | 110 501.64 | 57.01 | 128 145 100 | 8 556.13 | 102 516.08 | 62.65 | –5 | –7 |
Total over 25 years | 87 228 838 | 15 859.79 | 193 841.86 | 100.00 | 204 548 800 | 13 657.53 | 163 639.04 | 100.00 | –14 | –16 |
Statistics | ||||||||||
Cost/m2 | 15 860 | 13 658 | ||||||||
Cost/workstation | 193 842 | 163 639 | ||||||||
Annual cost/workstation | 7 754 | 6 546 | ||||||||
Estimated building infrastructure cost/call handled | 1.43 | 1.22 |
Vital statistics | ||
Citex model | Egg, Pride Park, Derby | |
Location | North-east Midlands | East Midlands |
Function | Call centre and support | Communications centre, support and corporate departments |
Workstations | 450 | 1250 |
Area | 5500 m2 | 14 977 m2 |
Occupation density | 12.22 m2/occupant | 11.98 m2/occupant |
Hours of operation | 16 hours/day | 16 hours/day |
Projected annual calls | 2 444 700 | 6 723 000 |
Planned life | 25 years | 25 years |
Comment on difference between the Citex model building and Egg, Pride Park, Derby | |||
Model call centre | Egg, Pride Park, Derby | Comments | |
M&E maintenance | All planned and reactive maintenance | All planned and reactive maintenance | Difference reflects economies of scale achievable with enlarged building, and engineer undertaking most reactive works within core hours |
Lifts | Two hydraulic lifts | Two hydraulic lifts; two disabled lifts to mezzanine | Cost difference reflects different number of lifts |
Fabric | All reactive maintenance | All reactive maintenance | Fabric maintenance is related to probability of incident rather than building size |
Planned replacements | Cost difference results from economies of scale achieved with Egg building | ||
External landscaping | Monthly attendance during growing season | Mixture of medium and low maintenance; full-time head gardener | Additional cost of Pride Park reflects enhanced soft landscaping against Citex model |
Cleaning | Daily general cleaning, daytime attendance, weekly low-level and quarterly high-level window cleaning and twice yearly specialist IT cleaning | Daily general cleaning (outside core hours), daytime attendance, weekly low-level window cleaning and quarterly specialist IT cleaning | Cost difference is partly caused by economies of scale achievable in supervision and management in large Egg building. A major factor in difference in cost is that Egg has minimal elevational glazing and roof lights are “self-cleaning” |
Waste | Weekly general waste removal and monthly confidential waste removal | Daily general removal, monthly confidential waste removal, monthly recycled waste removal | Cost difference is due to general waste within model building being compacted before removal and longer collection period for confidential waste within model building |
Electricity | Higher additional requirement for small power within Egg building. Citex model benefits from heat gain during winter periods | ||
Gas | Citex model benefits from heat gain of glazed cladding panels | ||
Internal moves | 15% churn rate | 15% churn rate | |
Security and reception | Monday to Friday 12 hours a day: one guard on patrol, supervisor on control observation, receptionist. Other hours: one guard and supervisor | Monday to Friday, 7am-7pm: three guards on patrol and control room observation, supervisor, receptionist. Other hours: two guards and supervisor | Cost difference reflects economies of scale achievable with enlarged building. Actual resource required will depend on operating restrictions imposed by banking authorities |
Post room | Four staff from 9am-6.30pm | 12 staff from 9am-5.30pm | Cost difference is caused by increased operating hours within model building. However, a major element of Egg’s outgoing post function is carried out by a specialist reprographics contractor |
IT/communications | Three-year replenishment rate | Three-year replenishment rate | Citex model assumes less dependency on licensed software, but Pride Park benefits from economies of scale in desktop/network support |
Catering | Subsidised canteen, free drinks vending and corporate entertaining | Subsidised canteen and vending and corporate entertaining | Cost difference reflects compounded effect of free vending and fewer staff in Citex model. Egg building benefits from critical mass, so a more diverse menu is offered |
Management | Monday to Friday: one senior and one junior facilities manager, 12 hours a day; helpdesk operators 18 hours a day | 12-hour operation provided via logistics co-ordinator (shared), site-bound FM; security manager (shared) | Citex model incorporates helpdesk operation not provided by Egg but does not include specialist support. Egg example reflects best practice for operations spread across a portfolio of large sites and reflects economies of scale achievable |
Staff and training costs | ||||
Total staff, training and infrastructure cost/year (£) | Cost per occupant/ year (£) | Total additional cost/year (£) (extra over 4-year retention period) | Additional cost per occupant/year (£) (extra over 4-year retention) | |
4 years | 15 840 700 | 35 202 | n/a | n/a |
3 years | 16 096 900 | 35 771 | 256 200 | 569 |
2 years | 16 609 200 | 36 909 | 768 500 | 1 708 |
1 year | 18 146 200 | 40 325 | 2 305 500 | 5 123 |
Note: Example assumes that operational and salary levels remain constant, and that the existing facility can accommodate additional staff training requirements. The example does not include the consequential losses to the business of reduced retention rates. |
Detailed specification for the model retail banking call centre | ||
Foundations | Internal windows and doors | Heating |
Piles, caps and ground beams | Combination of hardwood and steel doors | Convection system via underfloor forced air system supplemented with perimeter fan-assisted convection radiators |
Ground floor slabs | Ceiling | Ventilation |
150 mm thick slab (powerfloat finish) | Suspended lay in grid, acoustic tiling and panelling | Comfort cooled via forced air displacement system to call centre. Variable air volume system to computer suite |
Structure and envelope | Floor finishes | Hot and cold water services |
Half brick/glazed curtain walling with external louvres (to maximise light and minimise glare) to a two-storey steel frame. Three-quarter-height glazed walls to relaxation areas. Trocal roof with large rooflights above restaurant and cores. Atrium to reception | Granite to entrance and lift lobbies, plywood decking to restaurant and rest areas, anti-static tiling and raised access floors to call centre, lino to back-of-house areas | Domestic-type hot and cold water services |
Internal partitions | Wall finishes | Lifts |
Plasterboard and system partitions | Three coats of emulsion to plasterboard walls. System partitioning self-finished | Two eight-passenger hydraulic lifts |
Floors | Fixtures and fittings | Security |
Profile decked mezzanine with reinforced screed. 600 × 600 × 600 mm raised access floors | CCTV monitored tubestiles with door access to visitors. External louvres to windows to maximise light but minimise glare. Staff restaurant and small shop | Security cameras with on-site monitoring suite. Computerised access control system |
Stairs | Power | Communications installations |
Stainless steel spiral stairs | Three phase to low voltage supply. Uninterrupted power supply (150 kVA) and one generator (800 kVA). Floor boxes for facilities management every 100 m2 | Category 6 fibre optic/copper data cabling. Floor boxes every 10 m2 with 850 connectors |
Windows and doors | Lighting | External works and landscaping |
Double-glazed units within curtain walling. Matching single-skin doors and glazing to reception | Mixture of gantry, strip and bulkhead lamps. Ambient lighting to minimise glare | 80/20 split of hard/soft landscaping. Low maintenance soft landscaping; no grass. 200 car parking spaces with access control to/from car park. Covered walkways from car park |
Detailed specification for Prudential Banking, Point North, Dudley | ||
Foundations | Internal windows and doors | Heating |
Piles, caps and ground beams | Hardwood veneered doors | Sill line radiators |
Ground floor slabs | Ceiling | Ventilation |
150 mm thick slab (powerfloat finish) | Suspended concealed grid, metal panel tiling and plasterboard | Displacement ventilation plus static cooling. Variable air volume system to computer suite |
Structure and envelope | Floor finishes | Hot and cold water services |
Concrete frame and precast concrete floors. Brick façade with ribbon windows. Part curtain walling. Six floors of structural floor to floor height of 4.6 m | Reconstituted stone in entrance and lift lobbies, carpeting, plywood decking to restaurant and rest areas, anti-static tiling and raised access floors to call centre, lino and vinyl tiling to back-of-house areas | Domestic-type hot and cold water services |
Internal partitions | Wall finishes | Lifts |
Demountable and plasterboard partitions | Three coats of emulsion to plasterboard walls. Coloured tiling in toilets | Three eight-person hydraulic lift (one part goods) and small hydraulic goods lift |
Upper floors | Fixtures and fittings | Security |
Precast concrete planks with structural topping. 450 mm deep, 600 × 600 mm raised access floor tiles | Security tubestiles with matching glazing to entrances. Horizontal vane sun blinds to windows. Staff restaurant | Security cameras with on-site monitoring suite. Computerised access control system. Inergen and Vesda fire protection |
Stairs | Power | Communications installations |
Precast concrete escape stairs and metal feature staircase | Three phase to low voltage supply. One uninterrupted power supply system (150 kVA). One 650 kVA generator, one 500 kVA generator and one 150 kVA generator. Floor boxes for FM every 200 m2 | Category 5 fibre optic/copper data cabling. Floor boxes every 10 m2 with 700 connectors |
Windows and doors | Lighting | External works and landscaping |
Double-glazed units within curtain walling. Matching single-skin doors and glazing to reception | Uplighters in suspended ceiling | 80/20 split of hard/soft landscaping. High maintenance soft landscaping. 450 parking spaces with access control to/from car park |
Detailed specificACation for Egg, Pride Park, Derby | ||
Foundations | Internal windows and doors | Heating |
Piles, caps and ground beams | Hardwood veneered doors | Convection system via underfloor forced air system supplemented with fan-assisted convection radiators to isolated areas |
Ground floor slabs | Ceiling | Ventilation |
150 mm thick slab (powerfloat finish) and methane barrier | Suspended concealed grid, metal panel tiling and plasterboard. Pergola to reception | Comfort cooled via forced air displacement system to call centre. Variable air volume system to computer suite |
Structure and envelope | Floor finishes | Hot and cold water services |
Brick plinth, kingspan profile sheet cladding system to single-storey (10 m high) steel-frame incorporating mezzanine level. Glazed walls to relaxation areas. Profile metal sheet roofing system including rooflights to 10% of area | Combination of reconstructed stone to entrance and lift lobbies, carpeting, plywood decking to restaurant and rest areas, anti-static tiling and raised access floors to call centre, lino and vinyl tiling to back of house | Domestic-type hot and cold water services |
Internal partitions | Wall finishes | Lifts |
Concrete block and plasterboard partitions | Three coats of emulsion to plasterboard walls. Timber panelling to training/meeting rooms. Rubber matting to recreation areas and coloured tiling/mosaics | Three eight-person hydraulic lift (one part goods) with two disabled lifts to mezzanines |
Upper floors | Fixtures and fittings | Security |
Profile decked mezzanine with reinforced screed. 600 × 600 × 600 mm raised access floor to lower level, 300 mm deep, 600 × 600 mm system to mezzanines | Security tubestiles with matching glazing to entrances. Horizontal window blinds. Mirrored walls to usability lab. MDF fittings to refreshment areas/kitchens. Archive racking to imaging centre. Staff restaurant and shop | Security cameras with on-site monitoring suite. Computerised access control system |
Stairs | Power | Communications installations |
Precast concrete escape stairs and metal feature staircase | Three phase to low voltage supply. Two uninterrupted power supply systems (150 kVA) and two generators (800 kVA). Floor boxes for FM every 200 m2 | Category 6 fibre optic/copper data cabling. Floor boxes every 10 m2 with 850 connectors |
Windows and doors | Lighting | External works and landscaping |
Double-glazed units within curtain walling. Single-skin doors and glazing to reception | Mixture of gantry, strip and bulkhead lamps | 80/20 split of hard/soft landscaping. Medium maintenance soft landscaping. 500 parking spaces with access control to/from car park |