ABSTRACT
Prices includes for Preliminaries, and Overheads and Profit recovery. Unless otherwise stated, prices do not allow for external works, furniture or special equipment. On certain types of buildings there exists a close relationship between its cost and the number of functional units that it accommodates. During the very early stages of a project an approximate estimate can be quickly derived by multiplying the proposed unit of accommodation by an appropriate rate. There are limitations when using this method of estimating, for example, the functional areas and costs of football stadia, hotels, restaurants etc. are strongly influenced by the extent of front and back of house facilities housed within it, and these areas can vary considerably from scheme to scheme. Costs have been expressed within a range, although this is not to suggest that figures outside this range will not be encountered, but simply that the calibre of such a type of building can itself vary significantly.
