SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK

Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book2015 from AECOM gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with the latest CIJC wage agreement. Beyond prices, it can be used as a comprehensive work manual for the UK's civil engineering, surveying and construction business.

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This 29th edition incorporates a comprehensive review throughout:

Updated to come into line with the CESSM4 structure as well as MMHW And with an expanded range of rail elements

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Part 1 General
Purpose and content of the book	p. 3
Outline of the tendering and estimating process	p. 7
Capital allowances	p. 15
Value added tax	p. 21
The aggregates levy	p. 29
Land remediation	p. 35
The landfill tax	p. 45
Part 2 On Costs and Profit
Risk/opportunity	p. 49
Head office overheads	p. 49
Profit	p. 49
Finance costs - assessment of contract investment	p. 49
Value added tax	p. 51
Tender summary	p. 52
Part 3 Cost and Tender Price Indices
Introduction	p. 55
Price adjustment formula indices	p. 55
A constructed cost index based on the price adjustment formula indices	p. 57
The road construction tender price index	p. 58
Part 4 Resources
Labour costs	p. 63
Plant costs	p. 69
Part 5 Approximate Estimating
Preliminaries and general items	p. 77
Building prices per square metre	p. 95
Approximate estimating rates - Ancillary building works	p. 103
Water and treatment facilities	p. 103
Earth retention and stabilization	p. 103
Bridgework	p. 104
Tunnelling	p. 105
Highway	p. 106
Underpasses	p. 108
Landscaping	p. 109
Access scaffolding	p. 110
Temporary works	p. 110
Approximate estimating rates - General building works	p. 112
1 Substructure	p. 112
1.1 Substructure	p. 112
2 Superstructure	p. 116
2.1 Frame	p. 116
2.2 Upper floors	p. 118
2.3 Roof	p. 119
2.4 Stairs and ramps	p. 123
2.5 External walls	p. 125
2.6 Windows and external doors	p. 130
2.7 Internal walls and partitions	p. 132
2.8 Internal doors	p. 134
3 Internal finishes	p. 135
3.1 Wall finishes	p. 135
3.2 Floor finishes	p. 136
3.3 Ceiling finishes	p. 138
4 Fittings, furnishings and equipment	p. 140
4.1 Fittings, furnishings and equipment	p. 140
5 Services	p. 141
5.1 Sanitary installations	p. 141
5.4 Water installations	p. 142
5.6 Space heating and air conditioning	p. 142
5.7 Ventilating systems	p. 142
5.8 Electrical installations	p. 143
5.9 Fuel installations	p. 143
5.10 Lift and conveyor installations	p. 144
5.11 Fire and lightning protection	p. 144
5.12 Communication and security Installations	p. 145
5.13 Special installations	p. 145
5.14 Builder's work in connection with services	p. 145
8 External works	p. 146
8.2 Roads, paths, pavings and surfaces	p. 146
8.3 Soft landscaping, planting and irrigation systems	p. 147
8.4 Fencings, railings and walls	p. 148
8.5 External fixtures	p. 149
8.6 External drainage	p. 150
8.7 External services	p. 153
8.8 Ancillary buildings and structures	p. 154
Part 6 Unit Costs - Civil Engineering Works
Introductory notes	p. 155
Guidance notes	p. 157
Class A General items	p. 159
Class B Ground investigation	p. 163
Class C Geotechnical and other specialist processes	p. 168
Class D Demolition and site clearance	p. 177
Class E Excavation	p. 179
Class F In situ concrete	p. 202
Class G Concrete ancillaries	p. 208
Class H Precast concrete	p. 221
Class I Pipework - pipes	p. 223
Class J Pipework - fittings and valves	p. 245
Class K Pipework - manholes and pipework accessories	p. 246
Class L Pipework - supports and protection, ancillaries to laying and excavation	p. 261
Class M Structural metalwork	p. 266
Class N Miscellaneous metalwork	p. 268
Class O Timber	p. 273
Class P Piling	p. 280
Class Q Piling ancillaries	p. 293
Class R Roads and pavings	p. 300
Class S Rail track	p. 318
Class T Tunnels	p. 326
Class U Brickwork, clockwork and masonry	p. 331
Class V Painting	p. 345
Class W Waterproofing	p. 352
Class X Miscellaneous work	p. 358
Class Y Sewer and water main renovation and ancillary works	p. 363
Part 7 Unit Costs - Highway Works
Introductory notes	p. 365
Guidance notes	p. 367
Series 100: Preliminaries	p. 371
Series 200: Site clearance	p. 373
Series 300: Fencing	p. 376
Series 400: Road restraint systems (vehicle and pedestrian)	p. 380
Series 500: Drainage and service ducts	p. 387
Series 600: Earthworks	p. 410
Series 700: Pavements	p. 428
Series 1100: Kerbs, footways & paved areas	p. 435
Series 1200: Traffic signs and road markings	p. 443
Series 1300: Road lighting columns and brackets, CCTV masts and cantilever masts	p. 449
Series 1400: Electrical work for road lighting and traffic signs	p. 452
Series 1500: Motorway communications	p. 455
Series 1600: Piling and embedded retaining walls	p. 457
Series 1700: Structural concrete	p. 474
Series 1800: Steelwork for structures	p. 481
Series 1900: Protection of steelwork against corrosion	p. 482
Series 2000: Waterproofing for structures	p. 484
Series 2100: Bridge bearings	p. 486
Series 2300: Bridge expansion joints and sealing of gaps	p. 488
Series 2400: Brickwork, blockwork and stonework	p. 489
Series 2500: Special structures	p. 496
Series 2700: Accommodation works, works for statutory undertakers	p. 497
Series 3000: Landscaping and ecology	p. 498
Series 5000: Maintenance painting of steelwork	p. 503
Part 8 Daywork
Introduction	p. 507
Schedules of dayworks carried out incidental to contract work	p. 507
Application of dayworks	p. 509
Part 9 Professional Fees
Consulting engineers' conditions of appointment	p. 517
Quantity surveyors' conditions of appointment	p. 521
Part 10 Outputs
Disposal of excavated materials	p. 525
Breaking out pavements, brickwork, concrete and masonry by hand and pneumatic breaker	p. 526
Loading loose materials and items by hand	p. 527
Placing ready mixed concrete in the works	p. 528
Fixing bar reinforcement	p. 529
Erecting formwork to beams and walls	p. 530
Erecting formwork to slabs	p. 530
Multipliers for formwork	p. 530
Laying and jointing flexible-jointed clayware pipes	p. 531
Precast concrete manholes in sections	p. 532
Part 11 Useful Addresses for Further Information	p. 533
Part 12 Tables and Memoranda	p. 551
Index	p. 645

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