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Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2012 Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book Edited by Davis Langdon, An AECOM Company Engineering Services 2012 Forty-third edition Firstedition1968 Forty-thirdeditionpublished2012 bySponPress 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada bySponPress 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 SponPressisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2012SponPress TherightofDavisLangdontobeidentifiedastheAuthorofthisWorkhasbeenassertedbythem inaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorby anyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,including photocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermission inwritingfromthepublishers. Thepublishermakesnorepresentation,expressorimplied,withregardtotheaccuracyofthe informationcontainedinthisbookandcannotacceptlegalresponsibilityorliabilityforanyerrorsor omissionsthatmaybemade. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN13:978-0-415-68066-0(hardback) ISBN13:978-0-203-15707-7(ebook) ISSN:0305-4543 TypesetinArialbySponPress Contents Preface vii SpecialAcknowledgements ix Acknowledgements xi PART1:ENGINEERINGFEATURES RenewableEnergyOptions 1 GreyWaterRecyclingandRainwaterHarvesting 7 GroundWaterCooling 11 FuelCells 17 BiomassEnergy 23 ECAsandtheTechnologyList 29 LEDLighting 33 GettingtheConnection 37 FacadeSystems 41 Feed-InTariffs(FITs) 47 CarbonTrading 51 RenewableObligationCertificates(ROCs) 53 TypicalEngineeringDetails 57 PART2:APPROXIMATEESTIMATING Directions 83 CostIndices 84 RIBAStageAFeasibilityCosts 86 RIBAStageCElementalRates 90 All-in-Rates 95 ElementalCosts 109 PART3:MATERIALCOSTS/MEASUREDWORKPRICES MechanicalInstallations 135 Directions 135 R:DisposalSystems 139 R10:RainwaterPipework/Gutters 164 R11:AboveGroundDrainage 164 S:PipedSupplySystems 193 S10:ColdWater 193 S11:HotWater 256 S32:NaturalGas 261 S41:FuelOilStorage/Distribution 266 S60:FireHoseReels 268 S61:DryRisers 269 S63:Sprinklers 270 S65:FireHydrants 276 vi Contents T:Mechanical/Cooling/HeatingSystems 278 T10:Gas/OilFiredBoilers 278 T13:PackagedSteamGenerators 294 T31:LowTemperatureHotWaterHeating 295 T33:SteamHeating 388 T42:LocalHeatingUnits 392 T60:CentralRefrigerationPlant 393 T61:ChilledWater 403 T70:LocalCoolingUnits 411 U:Ventilation/AirConditioningSystems 413 U10:GeneralVentilation 413 U14:Ductwork:FireRated 509 U30:LowVelocityAirConditioning 531 U31:VAVAirConditioning 534 U41:FanCoilAirConditioning 535 U70:AirCurtains 540 ElectricalInstallations 545 Directions 545 V:ElectricalSupply/Power/LightingSystems 549 V10:ElectricalGenerationPlant 549 V11:HVSupply 552 V20:LVDistribution 557 V21:GeneralLighting 634 V22:GeneralLVPower 643 V32:UninterruptiblePowerSupply 652 V40:EmergencyLighting 654 W:Communications/Security/ControlSystems 659 W10:Telecommunications 659 W20:Radio/Television 662 W23:Clocks 664 W30:DataTransmission 666 W40:AccessControl 673 W41:SecurityDetectionandAlarm 674 W50:FireDetectionandAlarm 675 W51:EarthingandBonding 678 W52:LightningProtection 679 W60:CentralControl/BuildingManagement 684 PART4:RATESOFWAGES MechanicalInstallations 689 RatesofWages 689 ElectricalInstallations 697 RatesofWages 697 PART5:DAYWORK HeatingandVentilatingIndustry 705 ElectricalIndustry 708 BuildingIndustryPlantHireCosts 711 TablesandMemoranda 725 Index 819 Preface The Forty-third Edition of SPON'S Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book continues to cover the widest rangeanddepthofservices,reflectingthemanyalternativesystemsandproductsthatarecommonlyusedinthe industryaswellascurrentindustrytrends. TheUKconstructionindustryisbeingpulledindifferentdirections.Outlookformanycontractorsisuncertainasthe adventofanewfinancialyearheraldstherealstartofthegovernment'spublicsectorcutbacks.Theprivatesector ismakingmorepositivesoundsbutthereisstillalaginbringingprojectstomarket.Atthesametimetherehave beensoaringinputcostsasglobaluncertaintiesandimprovingdemandsendcommoditypricesupwards. Theseconflicting signalsare resultingincontractorssubmittingpricesthatare evenmore difficultto predict than ever. (cid:1) Davis Langdon tender index shows that tender prices have fallen approximately 2.5% over the last 12 months (cid:1) Buildingcostspulledindifferentdirectionswithlabourratesfrozenandmaterialspricesrising.Buildingcosts havebeenrisingsteadilysince2009–anincreaseof3.5%overthelastyearandprojectedtorisebetween 5%and4.5%overthenext2years (cid:1) Consumer price inflation is at twice government target and forecast to go higher before heading back towardstargetin2012 (cid:1) Manufacturinginputcostsatveryhighlevelsbutoutputpricesunabletomatchinputcostincreases (cid:1) Steelpriceincreasespushconstructionpricestowardsmuchhigherlevelsofinflation (cid:1) Morewageagreementsfrozenalthoughbuildersawaitpossiblenewsettlement (cid:1) Constructionearningsstillfallingbutredundanciesdeclining. Intheshorttermconditionswillcontinuetobetoughanditlooksincreasinglylikelythatatwospeedbuildingser- vicescontractingindustrywillemerge.ForecastsarethatLondonandtheSouthEastwillexperienceasmallupturn towardstheendofthisyearandintothenext,buttheremainderoftheUKwilllagbehind. Thecontinuingstrengthsofcommoditypricesworldwidemeansthatthereislimitedscopeforfurtherfallsinprices intheyeartocome.Withlabourratesholding,andmarketcompetitionremainingaggressive,pressuresstillremain onContractorsmargins. Beforereferringtopricesorotherinformationinthebook,readersareadvisedtostudythe`Directions'whichpre- cedeeachsectionoftheMaterialCosts/MeasuredWorkPrices.Asbefore,noallowancehasbeenmadeinanyof thesectionsforValueAddedTax. Theorderofthebookrefle ctstheorderoftheestimatingprocess,frombroadoutlinecoststhroughtodetailedunit rateitems. The approximate estimating section has been thoroughly reviewed to provide up to date key data in terms of square metre rates, all-in-rates for key elements and selected specialist activities and elemental analyses on a comprehensiverangeofbuildingtypes. The prime purpose of the Materials Costs/Measured Work Prices part is to provide industry average prices for mechanical and electrical services, giving a reasonably accurate indication of their likely cost. Supplementary informationisincludedwhichwillenablereaderstomakeadjustmentstosuittheirownrequirements.Itcannotbe emphasized too strongly that it is not intended that these prices should be used in the preparation of an actual tenderwithoutadjustmentforthecircumstancesoftheparticularprojectintermsofproductivity,locality,projectsize viii Preface andcurrentmarketconditions.Adjustmentsshouldbemadetostandardratesfortime,location,localconditions, siteconstraintsandanyotherfactorlikelytoaffectthecostsofaspecificscheme.Readersarereferredtothebuild up of the gang rates, where allowances are included for supervision, labour related insurances, and where the percentageallowancesforoverhead,profitandpreliminariesaredefined. ReadersareremindedoftheserviceavailableontheSpon’swebsitedetailingsignificantchangestothepublished information:www.pricebooks.co.uk/updates As with previous editions the Editors invite the views of readers, critical or otherwise, which might usefully be consideredwhenpreparingfutureeditionsofthiswork. Whilsteveryeffortismadetoensuretheaccuracyoftheinformationgiveninthispublication,neithertheEditors norPublishersinanywayacceptliabilityforlossofanykindresultingfromtheusemadebyanypersonofsuch information. Inconclusion,theEditorsrecordtheirappreciationoftheindispensableassistancereceivedfromthemanyindivi- dualsandorganizationsincompilingthisbook. DAVISLANGDON,AnAECOMCompany EngineeringServices MidCityPlace 71HighHolborn LondonWC1V6QS Telephone:02070617000 Facsimile:02070617061 Special Acknowledgements TheCountingHouse 1stFloor Comunicaplc 53TooleyStreet TheHallmarks London 146FieldEndRoad SE12QN Eastcote Tel: 02070228400 Pinner Fax:02070228401 Middlesex E-mail:[email protected] HA51RJ Tel:02084299696 Fax:02084294982 Email:[email protected] www.comunicaplc.co.uk StanhopeHouse 116-118WalworthRoad London SE171JY HampdenParkIndustrialEstate Tel:02073585000 Eastbourne E-mail:[email protected] EastSussex www.tclarke.co.uk BN229AX Tel:01323501234 Fax:01323508752 E-Mail:[email protected] www.Hotchkiss.co.uk TROXUKLTD CaxtonWay Thetford Norfolk AbbeyThermalInsulationLtd IP243SQ 23-24RiversideHouse Grilles,AirFilters,FCU's,VAV's LowerSouthendRoad Tel:01842754545 Wickford Fax:01842763051 Essex www.troxuk.co.uk SS118BB Tel:01268572116 Fax:01268572117 E-mail:[email protected]
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