Cost Data
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FeaturesProcurement update: Tackling programme uncertainty
What can be done to increase certainty of outcome on infrastructure projects? Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examines the evolving strategies on affordability and delivery uncertainty
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FeaturesCost model: How the UK can meet its data centre infrastructure ambitions
Amid a global race to equip citizens and industry with AI, data centres are an investment priority. What are the key concerns in delivering the infrastructure for them?
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CommentCross-industry collaboration at its best: The human story behind the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
The UKNZCBS is so much more than the sum of the technical parts that made it. Tamsin Tweddell explores the human capabilities which made it possible
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FeaturesInternational construction cost comparison 2026: demand battles investor caution
Broadly stronger underlying demand struggles against dented investor confidence and rising costs in international construction markets
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FeaturesCost model: Delivering neighbourhood health centres
Plans for 250 new neighbourhood health centres across England have been announced. Their design must be deeply efficient, net zero from the outset and carefully costed
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FeaturesSustainability: How lifecycle costs vary by sector and scale
The cost of maintaining and replacing assets is a growing priority for building owners, but how do sector and building scale influence those costs?
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FeaturesTV and film studios cost model: How record investment is driving a development boom
Reducing carbon, priming projects for technological advances and delivering regional capacity are priorities for purpose-built developments to support the UK film studio industry
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FeaturesCost model: Converting office buildings to hotel use
London’s thriving tourism market, combined with deteriorating office stocks and a focus on reuse, is driving office-to-hotel conversions – here’s look at the drivers and risks
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FeaturesProcurement update: The importance of navigating frameworks
To deliver the projects funded by the spending review, supply chains and clients will have to raise their game – using frameworks to drive productivity and innovation
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FeaturesCost model: Why London office MEP upgrades are essential
MEP systems are ageing while regulations and sustainability targets tighten. Upgrades are needed to maintain asset value and rental competitiveness
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FeaturesProcurement update: new approaches to large London projects
Can innovative new procurement systems improve the UK’s patchy record in delivering major commercial projects on time and budget, as global uncertainties raise risks?
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FeaturesCost model: Building the good manufacturing practice facilities the UK science sector needs
For the UK to achieve its goal of being a sciences superpower, it needs safe, highly controlled buildings to house research, development and manufacturing of life science products
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FeaturesCost model: The infrastructure challenge behind England’s 1.5 million homes target
The government has committed to ambitious housebuilding goals but risks overlooking the supporting infrastructure demands and costs
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FeaturesInternational construction cost comparison 2025
International construction cost trends as the world reacts to US tariffs amid persistent inflation and high borrowing costs
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FeaturesCost model: Incorporating sustainability in purpose-built student accommodation
Private investment is driving change, and meeting sustainability demands within strict time, cost and labour limitations is the challenge
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FeaturesCost model: Exploring the advantages of surgical hubs and barn theatres
Capacity issues within the NHS are driving innovative ways of working. This cost model looks at the advantages and costs of surgical hubs and barn theatres
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FeaturesCost model: What solutions are there for low embodied carbon office fit-outs?
Office fit-outs score poorly on whole-life emissions, because short tenancies lead to repeated refitting. Aecom’s Lauren Lemcke, Danielle Rowley and Dave Cheshire report on new solutions
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FeaturesProcurement update: data centre development challenges
Data centre clients are scaling up to deliver ever bigger programmes – so, what are the main client types and the specific procurement challenges in this sector?
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FeaturesCost model: Evaluating the construction cost impact of the Building Safety Act
The implications of the legislation, a look at real-world applications, and a notional model for cost increases on a higher-risk building
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FeaturesCost model: How construction can meet the data centre challenge
With the demand for data storage soaring, the construction industry must find ways to rise to this challenge efficiently and sustainably, against a background of land and energy scarcity