ABSTRACT

SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK 2020, compiled by AECOM, still provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year (2015 = 100), gives an ongoing reality check and allows you to adjust for changing market conditions. Although it suits a wide range of project sizes, this is the only price book which sets out a detailed cost base for contracts exceeding £4,000,000 in value.

Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with an ebook of this 2020 edition on the VitalSource® Bookshelf platform, available for access and use until the end of December 2020.

As well as an overhaul of prices, several new items have been added, including:

  • a mental health cost model
  • a primary health care cost model
  • expanded ranges of entrance matwells and of Forticrete blocks

… along with the standard features you have come to expect from SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK:

  • 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified items, the majority with labour constants and detailed build-ups
  • Hundreds of alternative materials prices for the more unusual items
  • Detailed guidance on wage rates, daywork, cost limits and allowances, property insurance and professional fees, plus useful formulae, design criteria and trade association addresses
  • Updates, free of charge, twice a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

part 1|2 pages

General

chapter |8 pages

Capital Allowances

chapter |8 pages

Value Added Tax

chapter |6 pages

The Aggregates Levy

chapter |9 pages

Land Remediation

chapter |4 pages

The Landfill Tax

chapter |4 pages

Property Insurance

part 2|2 pages

Rates of Wages and Labour

chapter |1 pages

Rates of Wages

chapter |5 pages

Labour Rate Calculations

part 3|2 pages

Approximate Estimating

chapter |6 pages

Building Prices per Functional Unit

chapter |10 pages

Building Prices per Square Metre

chapter |96 pages

Building Cost Models

chapter |4 pages

Preliminaries Build-up Example

chapter |227 pages

Approximate Estimating Rates

part 4|177 pages

Prices for Measured Works

part 5|1 pages

Fees for Professional Services

chapter |1 pages

Quantity Surveyors’ Fees

chapter |3 pages

Architects’ Fees

chapter |2 pages

Consulting Engineers’ Fees

part 6|1 pages

Daywork and Prime Cost

part |19 pages

Useful Addresses for Further Information

part 8|1 pages

Tables and Memoranda

chapter |4 pages

Conversion Tables

chapter |4 pages

Geometry

chapter |1 pages

Formulae

chapter |6 pages

Earthwork

chapter |5 pages

Concrete Work

chapter |2 pages

Reinforcement

chapter |1 pages

Formwork

chapter |3 pages

Masonry

chapter |5 pages

Timber

chapter |4 pages

Roofing

chapter |1 pages

Glazing

chapter |18 pages

Metal

chapter |7 pages

Kerbs, Paving, Etc.

chapter |3 pages

Seeding/Turfing and Planting

chapter |5 pages

Fencing and Gates

chapter |7 pages

Drainage

chapter |3 pages

Rail Tracks

chapter |1 pages

Imperial Standard Wire Gauge (SWG)

chapter |9 pages

Pipes, Water, Storage, Insulation