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Air ductlines: mild steel ductwork
Unit London £ South-east £
0.6 mm galvanised sheet metal rectangular section ductwork      
Straight duct      
200 × 200 mm m 37.00 32.00
300 × 200 mm m 40.00 34.00
350 × 300 mm m 44.00 37.00
450 × 300 mm m 47.00 39.00
600 × 300 mm m 52.00 44.00
800 × 350 mm m 62.00 52.00
900 × 500 mm m 72.00 61.00
1000 × 500 mm m 82.00 68.00
90° bend 200 × 200 mm item 45.00 43.00
Taper; 800 × 350 mm item 70.00 54.00
Square to round; 200 × 200 mm item 48.00 43.00
Branch      
300 × 200 mm item 49.00 39.00
450 × 300 mm item 53.00 43.00
Volume control damper; 450 × 300 mm item 58.00 47.00
Two-hour fire damper      
300 × 200 mm item 65.00 52.00
450 × 300 mm item 80.00 60.00
Axial flow fan; 800-900 mm diameter item 215.00 210.00
Silencer; 1200-1500 mm wide item 180.00 175.00
Spiral ductwork      
Straight duct      
150 mm m 25.00 20.00
200 mm m 27.00 22.00
250 mm m 33.00 26.00
90° bend      
150 mm item 19.00 17.00
200 mm item 20.00 19.00
Reducer; 200 mm item 21.00 17.00
Damper      
200 mm item 47.00 37.00
250 mm item 56.00 46.00
Flexible connection; 200 mm item 23.00 20.00
 
Price changes
% change
since spring 2000*
Hardcore +5
Ready-mix concrete +10
Reinforcement +8
Concrete blocks +3
Clay roofing tiles –3 to +5
Concrete roofing tiles +5
Welsh slates +2
Roofing felt +2.5
Lead flashings +5
Structural timber +3 to +6
Structural steelwork +6
Timber stairs +5
Timber doors and windows +6
Sliding door gear +3
Plasterboard +3
Metal partitions +4
Ceramic wall tiles +3
Quarry floor tiles +3
Vinyl floor tiling +1.5 to +5
Copper piping +5
PVCu pipes/fittings +1 to +5
Glass +8
Paints +2
Precast concrete paving +7
Timber fencing +3
* since the publication of Spon’s 2001 price books
Key indicators
% change Apr 2000-Apr 2001
Retail prices index,  
Headline rate +1.8
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments – government’s target index +2.0
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes +2.2
Industry generally  
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry +6.6
of which: materials +6.7
of which: fuel +6.1
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries +3.6
Output prices of manufactured products +0.5
Output prices of manufactured products, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco +0.3
Construction industry  
Construction materials +1.9
Housebuilding materials +2.1
Machinery and equipment +1.5
Electrical machinery and apparatus +0.7
Source: Office for National Statistics.
April 2001 figures are provisional. Machinery and equipment includes items such as pumps, taps, valves, lifts, and cooling and ventilation equipment. Electrical machinery and apparatus includes materials such as electricity distribution and control apparatus, wires, cables and lighting equipment.
How rates have grown
Item 2001 £ 1990 £ % change
Concrete mixer, open drum without hopper 0.68 0.44 +55
Power float, 725-900 mm 1.72 1.13 +52
Lorry-mounted crane, telescopic jib, four-wheel, 25 tonnes 35.19 25.36 +39
Dumper, 2 wheel drive, 1 tonne 1.30 1.25 +4
Scaffold hoist, 200 kg 1.92 0.90 +113
Tipper lorry, 24 tonnes 21.40 14.98 +43
Pipe bender, electric, 50-150 mm diameter 1.35 0.75 +80
Diaphragm pump, 76 mm diameter 1.29 1.22 +6
Vibrating roller, 368-420 kg 1.68 1.00 +68
 
New wage rates from the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council
Current rate £ From 11 June £
Standard wage rates (39 hours a week)    
Craftsman 246.48 (6.32/hour) 261.30 (6.70/hour)
Adult general operative 203.58 (5.22/hour) 211.38 (5.42/hour)
Semi-skilled grades (wages per week)    
Crane operator (up to 2 t), excavator driver
(up to 0.375 yd3)		 218.01 250.77
Crane operator (over 2 t), excavator driver
(up to 0.75 yd3)		 223.86 257.40
Crane operator (over 5 t), excavator driver
(over 0.75 yd3)		 229.32 263.64
Additional pay for operatives applying
skills intermittently £/hour		    
Cartridge gun operator, compressor driver, electric operated vibrator 0.22 0.25
Dumper driver (up to 2000 kg), pipelayer
(up to 300 mm), concrete screeder/leveller		 0.32 0.39
Dumper driver (over 2000 kg), banksman, pipelayer (over 300 mm) 0.47 0.54
New Construction Industry Joint Council rates
Basic pay Current rate £ From 25 June £
General operative 4.78 5.04
Skill Rate 4 5.15 5.43
Skill Rate 3 5.46 5.76
Skill Rate 2 5.83 6.15
Skill Rate 1 6.05 6.38
Craft Rate 6.35 6.70
Skilled operatives’ additional rate    
Scale III 0.21 0.22
Scale II 0.74 0.78
Scale I 1.21 1.28
Wage agreement summary for major wage-fixing bodies
Operatives Agreement body Wage rates effective since Date of next review
Builders and civil engineering operatives Construction Industry Joint Council 26 June 2000 25 June 2001
Building & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) 12 June 2000 11 June 2001
Plumbers The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales 21 August 2000 Likely to be August 2001
Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry 4 September 2000 Likely to be August 2001
Heating and ventilation operatives Joint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry 2 October 2000 3 September 2001
Electricians The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry 8 January 2001 Likely to be January 2002
Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry 8 January 2001 Likely to be January 2002