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Cost analysis of academic buildings
ÌýAcademic buildingLearning resource centreStreetAuditoriumTotal buildingsExternal works and drainageTotal development
Ìý£/³¾2%£/³¾2%£/³¾2%£/³¾2%£/³¾2%£/³¾2%£/³¾2%
Gross floor area (m2)12,729Ìý7,479Ìý675Ìý1,350Ìý22,233Ìý22,233Ìý22,233Ìý
Substructure52.743.9557.153.72102.035.91228.977.4366.424.37ÌýÌý66.423.99
Frame40.513.0343.092.81106.896.19320.1510.3960.383.97ÌýÌý60.383.62
Upper floors96.667.2498.866.440046.711.5291.436.01ÌýÌý91.435.49
Roof91.606.8695.956.25205.1711.89344.6311.19111.887.36ÌýÌý111.886.72
Stairs26.992.0223.151.510032.411.0525.211.66ÌýÌý25.211.51
External walls220.2116.49273.1817.80803.2346.53341.0411.07263.0717.30ÌýÌý263.0715.79
Windows and external doors0.640.054.450.290065.432.125.840.38ÌýÌý5.840.35
Internal walls and partitions130.659.7892.366.0200230.107.47119.847.88ÌýÌý119.847.19
Internal doors45.123.3825.751.68000034.502.27ÌýÌý34.502.07
Wall finishes32.122.4136.002.3554.253.1416.010.5233.122.18ÌýÌý33.121.99
Floor finishes46.723.5051.113.3356.623.28121.883.9653.063.49ÌýÌý53.063.19
Ceiling finishes23.031.7226.571.7328.591.6625.490.8324.541.61ÌýÌý24.541.47
Decorations12.170.917.630.5011.710.68009.890.65ÌýÌý9.890.59
Fittings13.270.9911.370.7422.431.3059.941.9515.751.04ÌýÌý15.750.95
Mechanical and electrical300.5022.50447.1029.13121.557.04797.0925.87374.5324.63ÌýÌý374.5322.48
Lifts13.481.0123.431.530021.650.7016.921.11ÌýÌý16.921.02
Builders’ work in connection32.022.4037.302.4310.780.620031.212.05ÌýÌý31.211.87
External works and drainageÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Site worksÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý71.4349.1571.434.29
DrainageÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý27.6219.0027.621.66
ServicesÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý29.2020.0929.201.75
Subtotal1,178.4588.241,354.4588.241,523.2588.242,651.5286.071,337.5787.97128.2688.241,465.8388.00
Preliminaries157.0711.76180.5311.76203.0311.76429.0513.93182.8712.0317.0911.76199.9712.00
Fixed price additionIncludedIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌý
Main contractors’ overheads and profitIncludedIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌýIncludedÌý
Total1,335.521001,534.971001,726.281003,080.561001,520.44100145.351001,665.79100
Tender price figures, excluding professional fees and VAT, have been updated to fourth quarter 2003 rates. The figures formed part of an amended JCT design-and-build contract that was competitively tendered.
Specification
The academic wings and learning resource centre are supported on exposed reinforced concrete frames and floor slabs. Their steel-framed roofs are covered in insulating standing-seam aluminium. The external walls are faced in insulated render on the ground floor, with aluminium-framed double-glazed curtain walling above. In the academic wings, insulated timber rainscreeen cladding is incorporated into the curtain walling.
The auditorium is supported on reinforced concrete walls lined with birch-faced plywood. External walls are faced in stainless-steel shingles secretly fixed to plywood panelling.