Specialist cost update | Features

Engineering services costs
Sector	Unit of measurement	Lowest cost	Highest cost
Commercial offices (category A)	Gross internal floor area (£/m2)	330	550
Further education colleges	Gifa (£/m2)	270	800
Hospitals	Gifa (£/m2)	600	1,500
Hotels	Gifa (£/m2)	350	675
Apartments	Per apartment	15,000	50,000
Data centre (tier 3/4)	Per kW of IT load	8,500	19,000

Data centre costs - Fit-out of existing industrial unit to create a 5,500m2 tier 3 data centre with 2,500m2 of technical space
	2Q2008 (£/m2)	2Q2009 (£/m2)
Mechanical installations
Sanitary appliances	2	2
Disposal installations	6	6
Water installations	6	5
Space heating/cooling and air treatment installations	600	530
Ventilation installations	49	44
Protective installations	13	11
Communication installations - BMS	120	115
Electrical installations
HV distribution	170	139
LV distribution and power	495	432
Standby generation / UPS	750	653
General /emergency lighting	90	83
Fire alarm detection and protective installations	185	177
Security	73	62
Data and communications	20	15
Electrical protection	45	36
Transportation	25	17
Testing and commissioning, BWiC and preliminaries	175	145

Total	2,824	2,472

Exclusions: Electrical utilities provided by DNO, professional fees, design contingency, construction contingency, VAT, inflation, IT hardware, software, cabling and cabinet. Note: Copper, lead and steel prices have largely affected the variance in HV, LV, chilled water and ventilation installation rates

Office costs - Shell-and-core and category A fit-out for a high-spec commercial office project in London
	2Q2008 (£/m2)	2Q2009 (£/m2)
Mechanical installations
Sanitary appliances	excluded	excluded
Disposal, rainwater and condensate	13.20	12.30
Hot and cold water	59.90	52.80
Space heating/cooling and air treatment	92.50	80.40
Ventilation	35.70	32.40
Protective sprinklers and dry risers	30.20	27.90
Communications – BMS	29.40	26.50
Electrical installations
HV distribution	11.60	10.10
LV distribution and power	58.70	53.90
Standby generation / UPS	7.80	7.00
General /emergency lighting	74.90	68.90
Fire alarm detection and protective installations	29.50	26.20
Security	4.20	3.60
Data and communications	1.20	1.10
Electrical protection	2.70	2.40
Transportation	excluded	excluded
Testing and commissioning, BWiC and preliminaries	40.40	37.80
Total	491.90	443.30
Exclusions: Electrical utilities provided by DNO, professional fees, design contingency, construction contingency, VAT, inflation