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Elemental cost analysis for Chipping Norton Leisure Centre (gross floor area 3,050 m2)
Main elementBreakdown££/m2% Specification
Substructure 302,321 99.12 7.49 
Superstructure     
 frame 194,108 63.64 4.81Steel frame, glue-laminated timber column and beam
 upper floors 19,224 6.30 0.48Parallel-strand timber beam, plywood deck
 roof 438,468 143.76 10.87Aluminium standing seam on steel/aluminium/timber deck. Thermally broken glass/
 stairs 6,248 2.05 0.15Beech joinery
 external walls 307,947 100.97 7.63Outer leaf brickwork/oak cladding. Inner leaf blockwork
 windows and external doors 42,073 13.79 1.04Aluminium, thermally broken glazing units/curtain walling. Sliding door units
 internal walls and partitions 138,424 45.38 3.43Fairfaced/block/brick
 internal doors 81,342 26.67 2.02Timber doorsets
  subtotal1,227,834 402.57 30.44 
Internal finishes     
 wall finishes 132,666 43.50 3.29Douglas fir lining to pool hall
 floor finishes 171,425 56.20 4.25Battened timber flooring to dry sports spaces/tiling to wet areas. Rubber to public areas
 ceiling finishes 41,435 13.59 1.03Plastered suspended ceilings, acoustic where appropriate. Timber deck to pool hall
 subtotal345,526 113.29 8.56 
Fittings and furnishings 136,805 44.85 3.39 
Services     
 sanitary appliances 20,484 6.72 0.51 
 mechanical installation 442,403 145.05 10.97Cross plate heat exchangers to pool AHU. Localised mech vent to fitness suite
 electrical installation 304,329 99.78 7.54Low-energy luminaires. Thermostatically controlled radiant panels to sports hall
 moving floor installation 70,488 23.11 1.75 
 filtration installation 82,337 0.86 2.04Sodium hypochlorite with ultraviolet filtration
 builders’ work in connection 8,102 2.66 0.20 
 subtotal 928,143 304.31 23.01 
Building  2,940,629 964.14 72.89 
External works     
 Site works 472,674 154.98 11.72Access road, carpark, four-court multi use games area, entrance court, soft landscaping
 Drainage 144,640 47.42 3.59 
 External services 90,022 29.52 2.23 
  subtotal 707,336 231.91 17.53 
Preliminaries 386,285 126.65 9.58 
Total project cost 4,034,250 1,322.70 100 
Contingencies   125,250