Costs | Features | Building

Doors and windows
Indicative rates for doors and windows. Rates represent national average contract rates, tendered during the first quarter 2004. They include glazing, ironmongery and finishes
External doors and windows	Unit	Range
Softwood glazed entrance screens and doors	m2	275-350
Aluminium glazed entrance screens and doors	m2	475-650
Softwood double-glazed windows	m2	200-275
Hardwood double-glazed windows	m2	300-375
Aluminium double-glazed windows	m2	275-400
Single external aluminium door	nr	850-950
Double external aluminium door	nr	1600-1900
Single external steel door	nr	800-900
Double external steel door	nr	1600-1800
Internal doors
Standard quality single internal door, hardwood-faced	nr	350-425
Standard quality double internal door, hardwood-faced	nr	750-950
Standard quality single internal fire-rated door, hardwood-faced	nr	575-700
Standard quality double internal fire-rated door, hardwood-faced	nr	1200-1500
Laminate faced – ADD per leaf	nr	100-150

Education buildings
The table below details the indicative costs per m2 for education buildings. The costs represent the higher standards now expected of public buildings and represent national average competitively tendered prices in the first quarter 2004. Costs exclude external works, loose fittings and furniture, ICT, professional fees and VAT
	£/m2 gross internal floor area
Schools
Nursery schools	950-1400
Primary schools	1050-1350
Secondary schools	1000-1250
Sixth form college	1000-1300
Special schools	1050-1350
University buildings
Humanities teaching	1050-1550
Science laboratory buildings	1450-2300
Lecture theatres	1250-1450
Learning resource centres	1250-1725
Libraries	1250-1925