Cost model update: Public sector | Features | Building

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All-in estimating costs
Inner London	1.11
Outer London	1.08
South-east	1.00
South-west	0.98
East Midlands	0.92
West Midlands	0.94
East Anglia	0.95
Yorkshire and Humberside	0.94
North-west	0.91
Northern	0.97
Scotland	1.01
Wales	0.98
Northern Ireland	0.76
The costs are, unless otherwise noted in the text, appropriate for projects in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other regions.

Hospitals
	unit cost£/m2 (gifa)
Diagnostic and treatment centres	2,500-3,000
Acute services hospitals	2,200-3,150
Radiotherapy and oncology units	2,300-3,250
Community hospitals	2,000-2,500

Transport
	£/m2 (gia)
Railway stations	1,700-2,700
Coach and bus stations	1,900-2,700

Affordable housing
	unit size m2	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Terrace; two-bedroom	75	650-850
Semi-detached; three-bedroom	85	750-860
Low-rise flats; two-bedroom	62	850-1,000
Medium-rise flats; two-bedroom	62	950-1,150

Masterplanning
	£/m2 of public realm area	£/acre of public realm area
Site preparation/earth works	3–5	30,000–50,000
Roads and public routes	20–30	150,000–200,000
Public realm and landscaping	30–50	300,000–450,000
Drainage	10–15	70,000–100,000
Utilities	15–30	100,000–300,000
Water/art features	2–4	20,000–40,000
Site specifics, off-site and s106
commitments typically add a further	50–100	300,000–600,000
Typical average total cost	180	1,360,000

Schools
	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Primary schools	1,650-2,250
Secondary schools	1,500-2,050
Note: assumes a greenfield location and a naturally-ventilated design solution

Further education
	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
FE college	1,900-2,300
Note: costs include allowance for abnormals (up to 5%) and FFE but exclude site abnormals and client’s equipment

Museums and art galleries
	unit costs £/m2 (gifa)
International-standard art gallery/museum	4,000–5,000+
Regional-standard art gallery/museum	2,500–3,500
Local-standard art gallery/museum	2,000-2,500
Exhibition/gallery fit-out (all types gallery/museum)	1,000-3,000
Note: owing to the iconic nature of galleries and museums there is no upper limit to the budget for an international standard building. Costs at the upper end of the exhibition fit-out are largely determined by the cost of the interactive technologies installed

Universities
	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Central teaching facilities	1,600-2,500
Central shared facilities	1,900-2,750
Dry laboratory (teaching)	2,600-4,200
Wet laboratory (research)	3,400-7,200
	£/unit
Halls of residence	from £35,000

Car parks
	unit size m2/car	unit cost £/space
Surface	20-22	900-1,600
Surface landscaped	20-25	1,600-2,800
Multi-storey flat slab	24-28	8,300-14,000
Basement with mechanical ventilation	28-34	20,000-38,000