All Costs articles – Page 6
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FeaturesCost model: Britain's schools
The government’s investment of billions in Britain’s schools has raised the question of how that money can be spent most efficiently and effectively. Davis Langdon & Everest examines education from the point of view of policy and design, and gives cost breakdowns for two typical school building types
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Lifetime costs: Full metal packet
Metal roof coverings are many and varied – and so are the accompanying costs. In the first of Specifier’s Lifetime costs series, the Building Performance Group offers a guide to lifespan, whole-life costings and the durability of metal sheet roofing
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FeaturesCost model: Prefabrication and preassembly
How can prefabrication and preassembly deliver the buildings that clients and designers aspire to? In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at case studies of recent applications of preassembly techniques
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Cost model: Effect of Part L revisions on business parks and offices
The revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations come into force on 1 April 2002, and many schemes on the drawing board will need to comply. Davis Langdon & Everest, in conjunction with consulting engineer Oscar Faber, explains how the revisions will impact on business parks and city centre ...
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Cost model: Shopping centres
As government planning policy drives retail developments back into city centres, the design and construction issues of urban schemes have never been more complex. In this month’s cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest, in association with architect Geoffrey Reid Associates, sets out the key issues and examines the advantages, disadvantages ...
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Cost model: PFI projects
The government has swept aside opposition and committed itself to the use of the private sector in delivering public services. With private finance sure to have a growing role in the government’s building programme, it’s time to ask if PFI will be able to deliver. Davis Langdon & Everest reviews ...
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Cost model: Co-location centres
The co-location centre market is set for strong long-term growth. Davis Langdon & Everest and specialist M&E cost consultant Mott Green and Wall explain the high level of electrical and mechanical services required and provide a cost breakdown for a model development
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Cost model: Procuring social housing
The Housing Corporation is pushing housing associations into adopting the partnering and prefabrication ethos of the Egan agenda. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how they are responding to the challenges of smart procurement, with case studies from two pathfinding schemes
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Cost model update, January 2001
Eight years after the first cost model was published, Davis Langdon & Everest provides a companion to 17 building types featured in the series. Providing up-to-date costs for each type, this third cost model update includes the publication date of the original model and identifies current cost drivers.
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Cost model - Data centres
The cost and research departments of Mott Green & Wall and Davis Langdon & Everest examine the m&e installations required to service a data centre.
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Cost model: Convention centres
A convention centre is a major asset to the economy of its host city, drawing well-stuffed wallets within the reach of local businesses. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how to build a successful centre.
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Cost model: Commercial research laboratories
It has been decided that UK plc’s economic wellbeing depends on its scientific base, so billions of pounds of investment are being poured into it. The snag for construction is that labs are unlike other buildings. So, in this month’s cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at what goes ...
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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 - 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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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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City of London office blocks - Cost model, October 1994
Believe it or not, prime office space in the City of London is in short supply. This, combined with improved business confidence, means developers are dusting off schemes they shelved at the start of the recession. Davis Langdon and Everest examines a typical city centre office block.
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Day Surgery Units - Cost model, June 1994
In future, up to half of all surgical operations will be carried out in day-surgery units, the fastest-growing sector of the health care business. Davis Langdon & Everest sets out typical building costs for an NHS trust day-surgery unit, based on £1m live project in East Anglia.
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Distribution Centres - Cost model, August 1994
Continuing advances in stock control and supply patterns are radically changing the UK warehousing and distribution industry - and its buildings. Davis Langdon & Everest
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FeaturesSchools - Cost model, April 1994
The Education Reform Act of 1988 heralded the start of a dramatic overhaul of the financing and management of schools in England. Its Local Management of Schools provisions forced local education authorities to devolve many aspects of financial management to individual schools. The act also included provisions for schools to ...
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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.