Counting the cash, counting the cost | Features

Pay attention: Major projects in the pipeline
Project	Estimated cost	Completion date	Labour needed
Terminal 5	£2.5bn	2007	16,000 person-years
Channel Tunnel Rail Link	£5.2bn	2006	50 million person-hours
Tube PPP	£4.4bn	2010	Employs 2500 former LUL
Wembley stadium	£757m	2006	Not available

Comparative average industry pay
Plasterers	£16,225
Painters and decorators	£18,020
Other construction trades	£18,124
Bricklayers, masons	£19,229
Builders and building contractors	£19,262
Plumbers	£23,397
Scaffolders, steeplejacks and riggers	£23,879
Source: Office of National Statistics survey, October 2002