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Keep up to dateAll-in estimating costs | |
Inner London | 1.11 |
Outer London | 1.08 |
South-east | 1.00 |
South-west | 0.98 |
East Midlands | 0.92 |
West Midlands | 0.94 |
East Anglia | 0.95 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 0.94 |
North-west | 0.91 |
Northern | 0.97 |
Scotland | 1.01 |
Wales | 0.98 |
Northern Ireland | 0.76 |
The costs are, unless otherwise noted in the text, appropriate for projects in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other regions. |
Hospitals | |
Ìý | unit cost£/m2 (gifa) |
Diagnostic and treatment centres | 2,500-3,000 |
Acute services hospitals | 2,200-3,150 |
Radiotherapy and oncology units | 2,300-3,250 |
Community hospitals | 2,000-2,500 |
Transport | |
Ìý | £/m2 (gia) |
Railway stations | 1,700-2,700 |
Coach and bus stations | 1,900-2,700 |
Affordable housing | ||
Ìý | unit size m2 | unit cost £/m2 (gifa) |
Terrace; two-bedroom | 75 | 650-850 |
Semi-detached; three-bedroom | 85 | 750-860 |
Low-rise flats; two-bedroom | 62 | 850-1,000 |
Medium-rise flats; two-bedroom | 62 | 950-1,150 |
Masterplanning | ||
Ìý | £/m2 of public realm area | £/acre of public realm area |
Site preparation/earth works | 3–5 | 30,000–50,000 |
Roads and public routes | 20–30 | 150,000–200,000 |
Public realm and landscaping | 30–50 | 300,000–450,000 |
Drainage | 10–15 | 70,000–100,000 |
Utilities | 15–30 | 100,000–300,000 |
Water/art features | 2–4 | 20,000–40,000 |
Site specifics, off-site and s106 | Ìý | Ìý |
commitments typically add a further | 50–100 | 300,000–600,000 |
Typical average total cost | 180 | 1,360,000 |
Schools | |
Ìý | unit cost £/m2 (gifa) |
Primary schools | 1,650-2,250 |
Secondary schools | 1,500-2,050 |
Note: assumes a greenfield location and a naturally-ventilated design solution |
Further education | |
Ìý | unit cost £/m2 (gifa) |
FE college | 1,900-2,300 |
Note: costs include allowance for abnormals (up to 5%) and FFE but exclude site abnormals and client’s equipment |
Museums and art galleries | |
Ìý | unit costs £/m2 (gifa) |
International-standard art gallery/museum | 4,000–5,000+ |
Regional-standard art gallery/museum | 2,500–3,500 |
Local-standard art gallery/museum | 2,000-2,500 |
Exhibition/gallery fit-out (all types gallery/museum) | 1,000-3,000 |
Note: owing to the iconic nature of galleries and museums there is no upper limit to the budget for an international standard building. Costs at the upper end of the exhibition fit-out are largely determined by the cost of the interactive technologies installed |
Universities | |
Ìý | unit cost £/m2 (gifa) |
Central teaching facilities | 1,600-2,500 |
Central shared facilities | 1,900-2,750 |
Dry laboratory (teaching) | 2,600-4,200 |
Wet laboratory (research) | 3,400-7,200 |
Ìý | £/unit |
Halls of residence | from £35,000 |
Car parks | ||
Ìý | unit size m2/car | unit cost £/space |
Surface | 20-22 | 900-1,600 |
Surface landscaped | 20-25 | 1,600-2,800 |
Multi-storey flat slab | 24-28 | 8,300-14,000 |
Basement with mechanical ventilation | 28-34 | 20,000-38,000 |
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