Cost Data – Page 25
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Cost update
This quarter's analysis focuses on finishing materials prices and labour rates for plumbers
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Cost study: Teaching and research facility
In the first completed PFI project in higher education, a listed Victorian hospital building was converted into an advanced teaching and research facility. The 25-year service contract called for detailed life-cycle costing of materials. Compiled by Jarvis and HLM Architects
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Cost study: Sustainable low-energy housing
Sixteen sustainable low-energy houses and flats were constructed in Glasgow for £60,900 each. This low capital price was achieved despite building in sophisticated environmental features that will significantly cut whole-life costs.
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Cost Model: Structured Cabling
In this latest cost model, the Cost Research and Engineering Services Departments of Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green & Wall examine the capital costs of structured cabling installations. A number of recent commercial projects have been examined to establish benchmark costs for IT installations.
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Cost model: Call centres
Call centres, the new information factories, are evolving as employers recognise that the working environment can affect business efficiency and staff turnover. Cost consultants Davis Langdon Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the specification and costs of call centres
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Cost update
This quarter's analysis of materials costs and labour rates focuses on prices for doors and windows across the UK and the effect of National Insurance changes on wages.
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Cost model: Land remediation
Land remediation is becoming a growth sector as government targets for brownfield development have been increased. In this month s cost model, Davis Langdon Everest looks at new laws on contaminated land and details the cost of clean-up techniques
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Cost model update, March 1999
In its second cost model update, Davis Langdon Everest examines how the prices of four key building types – business parks, hotels, offices and supermarkets – have been affected by change
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Cost study: London Heathrow Marriott Hotel
The Whitbread Hotel Company s 390-bedroom London Heathrow Marriott is its first new-build hotel, procured to a tight timescale using extensive prefabrication and within a fixed budget of £56 000 a bedroom. The result is Marriott s flagship for the UK
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Cost update
This analysis of building costs shows materials prices falling slightly but labour rates rising markedly. Drylining prices and electricians' rates are also highlighted in this quarter's report.
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Cost model - Urban Commercial Offices
Background to the model Capital costs for services installations were previously examined in a cost model published in the September 1995 edition of Building Services Journal. The sample of projects the original model was based on were mostly designed prior to the issue of the British Council for Offices (BCO) ...
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Cost study: Council housing refurbishment
A deck-access council-housing block in Hackney, east London, has been radically refurbished by being chopped into three free-standing blocks
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Cost model: Airports
Sustained rates of growth in air traffic are resulting in a continuous demand for increased airport capacity. In this month s cost model, the Airports Specialist Group of cost consultant Davis Langdon Everest examines the construction costs of airport facilities, along with commercial development on the airport campus ...
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FeaturesFootball Stadia - Cost model, July 1995
Davis Langdon & Everest examines football stadia and considers how an expansion of associated facilities is fast becoming a necessity for Britain’s soccer clubs.
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Car Parks - Cost model, December 1993
Increasing car ownership and a dramatic rise in thefts and muggings in car parks, together with the recognition that car parks need not be ugly monstrosities, have all contributed to a major rethink of design standards over the past decade.
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FeaturesHigh-Rise Office Towers - Cost model, May 1997
Tall buildings are back in vogue. This month sees the completion of Europe’s tallest office building, the Commerzbank in Frankfurt. In Shanghai and Melbourned, towers of more than 100 storeys are planned. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest gives the results of an international survey of tall building ...
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FeaturesHigh Quality Residential Apartments - Cost model, March 1997
1996 saw the long-awaited return of activity in the housebuilding market. Housing starts and land prices rose in response to demand. In this model, cost consultant Davis Langdon & Everest examines the specification and costs of high-quality apartment developments
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FeaturesLeisure Centres - Cost model, May 1995
Sports and leisure centres schemes are being dusted off as the prospect of National Lottery money is regenerating interest in this sector. In the 13th of this continuing series of cost models, QS Davis Langdon & Everest examine multi-use wet/dry leisure centres.
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FeaturesLuxury Hotels - Cost model, April 1996
The hotel industry is emerging from recession with profitability returning to pre-slump levels and developers and operators again looking to expand. QS Davis Langdon & Everest examines teh economics of the top end of the market and analyses a five-star, 100-bed hotel in central London. DLE also reviews cost levels ...
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FeaturesMuseums and Art Galleries - Cost model, October 1997
Museums and galleries are enjoying a renaissance, thanks to lottery money and the increasing number of visitors passing through their doors. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at the special issues that affect the design of museums and galleries and gives a comprehensive breakdown of construction costs.