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Unit | South-east 拢 | South-west 拢 | North-west 拢 | |
Kerbs, edgings and channels | ||||
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 脳 150 mm; straight | m | 8.00 | 7.75 | 7.75 |
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 脳 255 mm; straight | m | 9.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 |
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 脳 255 mm; curved | m | 12.25 | 11.75 | 12.00 |
Precast concrete edging, including foundation, haunching both sides; 50 脳 200 mm | m | 5.75 | 5.75 | 5.25 |
Hardcore/granular sub-bases to roads/pavings | ||||
Granular filling Type 1 to make up levels | m3 | 23.00 | 16.00 | 18.50 |
Granular filling Type 2 to make up levels | m3 | 22.00 | 15.00 | 17.75 |
Sand filling to make up levels | m3 | 23.50 | 15.50 | 18.75 |
Compact filling | m2 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.12 |
Compact filling and blind with sand | m2 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.90 |
Coated macadam/asphalt roads/pavings | ||||
Dense bitumen macadam | ||||
100 mm thick roadbase | m2 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 5.70 |
60 mm thick basecourse | m2 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
80 mm thick basecourse | m2 | 5.75 | 5.25 | 5.25 |
20 mm thick wearing course | m2 | 2.70 | 2.50 | 2.50 |
Open graded bitumen macadam | ||||
45 mm thick basecourse | m2 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Rolled asphalt | ||||
40 mm thick wearing course | m2 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.20 |
Whiteline painting to macadam | ||||
100 mm wide | m | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
Interlocking brick/block roads and pavings | ||||
Precast concrete block paving 100 脳 200 脳 60 mm thick on 75 mm sand bed | m2 | 15.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
Textured precast concrete block paving, 200 脳 100 脳 60 mm | m2 | 27.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Textured silver-grey granite precast concrete block paving, 160 脳 160 脳 80 mm | m2 | 28.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 |
Slab/brick/sett/cobble pavings | ||||
Precast concrete paving slabs | ||||
50 mm thick | m2 | 13.75 | 12.75 | 12.50 |
63 mm thick | m2 | 15.00 | 13.75 | 13.50 |
Coarse textured Yorkstone aggregate precast concrete paving, 50 mm thick | m2 | 26.00 | 24.50 | 24.00 |
鈥淜eyform鈥 edge restraint, spiked | m | 11.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
Seeding/turfing | ||||
Cultivating surface of filling, 100 mm deep, weeding | m2 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.15 |
Fertilizer | m2 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Grass seeding | m2 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.20 |
Turfing | m2 | 3.70 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Mulching | m2 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
Tensar Geogrid protection, one layer | m2 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 1.50 |
Fencing | ||||
Concrete post and panel fencing, 1800 mm high | m | 27.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Close boarded timber fencing, feather-edge boards, timber capping and gravel board, 1.8 m high, including foundations | m | 38.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
Armco crash barrier, 750 mm high | m | 49.00 | 45.00 | 45.00 |
Open-mesh, galvanised steel-panel security fencing, 2.4 m high, including foundations | m | 85.00 | 80.00 | 78.00 |
Key indicators | |
% change July 1999* to April 2000 | |
Retail prices index | |
Headline rate | +2.0 |
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments 鈥 government鈥檚 target index | +1.4 |
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes | +1.6 |
Industry generally | |
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry | +4.4 |
of which: materials | +5.0 |
of which: fuel | +0.4 |
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries | +2.9 |
Output prices of manufactured products | +2.0 |
Output prices of manufactured products, excluding food, beverages, petroleum or tobacco | +1.0 |
Construction industry | |
Construction materials | +1.5 |
Housebuilding materials | +1.0 |
Machinery and equipment | +1.3 |
Electrical machinery and apparatus | 鈥0.2 |
* The publication date of Spon鈥檚 last Price Books. | |
Source: Office for National Statistics. April 2000 figures are provisional. 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. |
Materials price changes | |
% change since spring/summer 1999* | |
Diamond drilling | +5 |
Ready-mixed insitu concrete | +2 |
Clay facing bricks | +3 |
Concrete blocks | +4.5 |
Structural steelwork | +3 |
Clay roof tiles | +7 |
Concrete roof tiles | +1.5 |
Roof insulation | +10 |
Standard timber doors and windows | +4 |
Timber roof windows | +2 |
Softwood/hardwood skirtings, architraves and frames | +3 |
Ironmongery | +3 |
Steel garage doors | +8 |
Ceramic wall tiles | +2.5 |
Quarry floor tiles | +2 |
Vinyl floor tiles | +2 |
Expanded metal products | +3 |
Wood preservatives | +5 |
Aluminium pipes | +3 |
PVCu soil pipes and fittings | +7.5 |
PVCu waste pipes and fittings | +7.5 |
Bitumen macadam surfacing | +2 |
Road construction TPI | |||||
Year | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Annual average |
1998 | 99 | 102 | 97 | 96 | 99 |
1999 | 93 | 103 | 98* | 106* | 100* |
* provisional Source: DETR (base 1995 = 100) | |||||
Constructed civils cost index | |||||
(base 1970 = 100) | |||||
Year | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Annual average |
1999 | 1158 | 1166 | 1206 | 1212 | 1186 |
2000 | 1237* | 鈥 | 鈥 | 鈥 | |
* provisional |
Landscaping cost index | |||||
(base 1976 = 100) | |||||
Year | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Annual average |
1999 | 466 | 468 | 488 | 490 | 478 |
2000 | 492* | ||||
* provisional |
Packages whose indices have fallen | ||
Work category | Index title | % fall July 1999 April 2000 |
3/06 | Concrete: in situ | 鈥0.7 |
3/13 | Metal: decking | 鈥3.4 |
3/18 | Cladding and covering: plastics | 鈥0.8 |
3/30 | Boards, fittings and trims: manufactured | 鈥0.7 |
3/32 | Linings and partitions: self-finished | 鈥1.7 |
3/34 | Raised access floors | 鈥0.8 |
Packages whose indices have risen most | ||
Work category | Index title | % rise July 1999 April 2000 |
3/22 | Cladding and covering: aluminium | +8.7 |
3/27 | Waterproofing: liquid-applied coatings | +3.8 |
3/50 | Insulation | +5.3 |
3/51 | Pavings: coated macadam and asphalt | +7.4 |
3/57 | Pipes and accessories: plastics | +3.5 |
3/58 | Pipes and accessories: copper | +7.6 |
3/59 | Pipes and accessories: aluminium | +3.5 |
Regional variations | |||
% variation from outer London | Forecast Q2 2000 tender price index | % adjustment to Spon鈥檚 major works section | |
Outer London | 0 | 353 | 0 |
Inner London | +8 | 381 | +8 |
East Anglia | 鈥17 | 293 | 鈥17 |
East Midlands | 鈥20 | 282 | 鈥20 |
Northern | 鈥19 | 286 | 鈥19 |
Northern Ireland | 鈥38 | 219 | 鈥38 |
North-west | 鈥22 | 275 | 鈥22 |
Scotland | 鈥17 | 293 | 鈥17 |
South-east | 鈥6 | 332 | 鈥6 |
South-west | 鈥18 | 289 | 鈥18 |
Wales | 鈥23 | 272 | 鈥23 |
West Midlands | 鈥20 | 282 | 鈥20 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 鈥25 | 265 | 鈥25 |
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