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Keep up to dateBrickwork and blockwork | ||||
Brick/block walling | Unit | Typical low rate £ | Typical mean rate £ | Typical high rate £ |
Facing brickwork (machine-made, medium quality) in half brick wall | m2 | 43 | 48 | 51 |
Lightweight aggregate concrete block wall | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
100 mm thick | m2 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
140 mm thick | m2 | 17 | 19 | 23 |
Aerated concrete block wall | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
100 mm thick | m2 | 15 | 18 | 20 |
140 mm thick | m2 | 19 | 22.5 | 25 |
Extra for fair face one side | m2 | 1 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
Closing cavities with blockwork; 140 mm thick | m | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
Closing cavities with insulated cavity closer such as Thermabate; 100 mm cavity | m | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Accessories/sundry items for brick/block walling | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Forming cavities in hollow walls with stainless steel wall ties | m2 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
with full fill mineral fibre insulation; 80 mm wide | m2 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
Bitumen polymer dampproof course | m2 | 5.75 | 7.5 | 9 |
cavity tray | m2 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11 |
stepped cavity tray | m2 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
Vertical movement joints hydrocell or expandafoam filler with mastic sealant | m | 4 | 4.5 | 5 |
Sills/lintels | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Precast concrete lintel; 140 × 150 × 1200 mm long | item | 21 | 25 | 30 |
Precast concrete padstone; 450 × 140 × 225 mm | item | 13 | 15 | 18 |
Price changes | |
Ìý | % change since spring 2002 |
Sand and gravel | +2.5 |
Insitu concrete | +5 |
Formwork for insitu concrete | +3.5 |
Reinforcement | +8 |
Bricks | +3 |
Mortars | +3 |
Structural steelwork | +3 |
First fix joinery items (roof members and the like) | +4 |
Plywood | –3 |
Stainless steel sheet roof coverings | +2.5 |
Fibre cement goods | +3 |
Plasterboard partitions and linings | +3 |
Hardwood wood strip flooring | +6 |
Standard timber flush doors | +5 |
Standard timber window frames | +5 |
Glazing (generally) | +2 |
Changing cubicles | +5 |
Ceramic tiles | –3 |
Painting (generally) | +3 |
Sanitary appliances | +2 |
Insulation | +5 |
Ironmongery | +3.5 |
Bitumen macadam surfacing | +2 |
Fencing | +4 |
Wires and cables | –2 |
Gas oil fuel | +13 |
Key indicators | ||
Ìý | % change May 2002-January 2003 | % change January 2002-January 2003 |
Retail Prices Index | Ìý | Ìý |
Headline rate (RPI) | +1.2 | +2.9 |
All items excluding mortgage interest payments (RPIX) – government’s target index | +1.1 | +2.7 |
All items excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes (RPIY) | +1.5 | +2.9 |
Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) | +0.2 | +1.4 |
Industry generally | Ìý | Ìý |
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry | +2.4 | +3.6 |
of which materials | +1.7 | +5.4 |
of which fuel | +9.1 | –7.5 |
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum industries | +1.6 | –0.7 |
Output prices of manufactured products | +0.5 | +1.6 |
Output prices of manufactured products excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum | +0.5 | +1.0 |
Construction industry | Ìý | Ìý |
Construction materials | +0.9 | +4.2 |
Housebuilding materials | +0.5 | +3.7 |
Machinery and equipment (UK manufacture) | +0.1 | +0.4 |
Electrical machinery and apparatus (UK manufacture) | –1.0 | –0.5 |
Source: Office for National Statistics. January 2003 figures are provisional. The ONS category of machinery and equipment includes mechanical engineering items such as pumps, taps, valves, lifts, cooling and ventilation equipment. Electrical machinery and apparatus includes electrical engineering materials such as electricity distribution and control apparatus, wires and cables and lighting equipment. |
Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | ||||
Grade | National Standard Rates | London Rate | ||
Ìý | Transport provided £/hour | Own transport £/hour | Transport provided £/hour | Own transport £/hour |
Technician or equivalent specialist grade | 11.05 | 11.61 | 11.98 | 12.58 |
Approved electrician or equivalent specialist grade | 9.75 | 10.32 | 10.66 | 11.26 |
Electrician or equivalent specialist grade | 8.95 | 9.50 | 9.86 | 10.43 |
Electrical improver | 8.05 | 8.56 | 8.94 | 9.46 |
Labourer | 7.10 | 7.63 | 7.95 | 8.51 |
Senior graded electrical trainee | 8.05 | 8.56 | 8.94 | 9.46 |
Adult trainee | 7.10 | 7.63 | 7.95 | 8.51 |
Adult trainee (under 21) | 5.33 | 5.72 | 6.14 | 6.56 |
Wage agreement summary for major wage-fixing bodies | ||||
Operatives | Agreement body | Wage rates effective since | Details in | Date of next review |
Builders and civil engineering operatives | Construction Industry Joint Council | 24 June 2002 | Cost Update, 31 May 2002 Spon’s Architects; and Builders’ Price Book 2003 | Negotiations under way – likely to be June 2003 |
Ìý | ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) | 10 June 2002 | Cost Update 31 May 2002 Spon’s Architects; and Builders’ Price Book 2003 | 9 June 2003 |
Plumbers | The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales | 2 December 2002 | Spon’s Architects and Builders’ Price Book 2003 Cost Update, 6 December 2002 | Likely to be September 2003 |
Ìý | Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry | 28 October 2002 | Cost Update, 6 December 2002 | 7 April 2003 (fourth and final part of two-year agreement) |
Heating and ventilation operatives | Joint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry | 7 October 2002 | Cost Update, 13 September 2002 Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2003 | Likely to be October 2003 |
Electricians | The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | 6 January 2003 | Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2003 See table 'Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry' | 5 January 2004 (third part of three-year agreement) |
Ìý | Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | 6 January 2003 | See table 'Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry' | 5 January 2004 (third part of three-year agreement) |
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