All Cost model articles – Page 11

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    Cost study: Teaching and research facility

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    In the first completed PFI project in higher education, a listed Victorian hospital building was converted into an advanced teaching and research facility. The 25-year service contract called for detailed life-cycle costing of materials. Compiled by Jarvis and HLM Architects

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    Cost study: Sustainable low-energy housing

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Sixteen sustainable low-energy houses and flats were constructed in Glasgow for £60,900 each. This low capital price was achieved despite building in sophisticated environmental features that will significantly cut whole-life costs.

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    Cost Model: Structured Cabling

    1999-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In this latest cost model, the Cost Research and Engineering Services Departments of Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green & Wall examine the capital costs of structured cabling installations. A number of recent commercial projects have been examined to establish benchmark costs for IT installations.

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    Cost model: Call centres

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Call centres, the new information factories, are evolving as employers recognise that the working environment can affect business efficiency and staff turnover. Cost consultants Davis Langdon Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the specification and costs of call centres

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    Cost model: Land remediation

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Land remediation is becoming a growth sector as government targets for brownfield development have been increased. In this month s cost model, Davis Langdon Everest looks at new laws on contaminated land and details the cost of clean-up techniques

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    Cost model update, March 1999

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    In its second cost model update, Davis Langdon Everest examines how the prices of four key building types – business parks, hotels, offices and supermarkets – have been affected by change

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    Cost study: London Heathrow Marriott Hotel

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The Whitbread Hotel Company s 390-bedroom London Heathrow Marriott is its first new-build hotel, procured to a tight timescale using extensive prefabrication and within a fixed budget of £56 000 a bedroom. The result is Marriott s flagship for the UK

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    Cost model - Urban Commercial Offices

    1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Background to the model Capital costs for services installations were previously examined in a cost model published in the September 1995 edition of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Services Journal. The sample of projects the original model was based on were mostly designed prior to the issue of the British Council for Offices (BCO) ...

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    Cost study: Council housing refurbishment

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A deck-access council-housing block in Hackney, east London, has been radically refurbished by being chopped into three free-standing blocks

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    Cost model: Airports

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Sustained rates of growth in air traffic are resulting in a continuous demand for increased airport capacity. In this month s cost model, the Airports Specialist Group of cost consultant Davis Langdon Everest examines the construction costs of airport facilities, along with commercial development on the airport campus ...

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    Cost model: Hotels

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Budget hotels are springing up all over the country. Davis Langdon & Everest costs a typical example.

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    Cost model: Town-centre housing

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Planning policy for housing is being revised to encourage residential development on urban brownfield sites. As a result, more housebuilding is likely to be directed towards existing urban centres. In this cost review of high-density residential, Davis Langdon & Everest provides an overview of development issues and costs for both ...

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    Cost model: Private hospitals

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest examines private hospitals

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    Cost model: Student residences

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest examines student residences

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    Cost model: Sports halls

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The leisure and fitness industry is booming, but many recent schemes are small and funded by lottery grants. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everests examines these smaller sports buildings and associated external playing facilities.

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    Cost model: Supermarkets

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a new series, supermarkets provide the focus for an in-depth look at the typical costs for constructing them and the time required to design them, build them and procure the components and services.

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    Cost model: Theatres

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Theatres have emerged as the big winners from the arts councils’ share of the National Lottery. In contrast to other sectors receiving lottery funding, money for theatres has been distributed across the country in a range of new-build and refurbishment schemes. Cost consultant Davis Langdon & Everest examines the capital ...

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    Cost model: Learning resource centres

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon & Everest examines learning resource centres and considers the design implications of the increasing use of information technology in university libraries

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    Cost model: Town centre pedestrianisation

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Upgrading run-down city centres by pedestrianising streets and introducing hard and soft landscaping has become a popular and cost-effective improvement option. In the 12 of this continuing series of cost models, QS Davis, Langdon & Everest costs four alternatives: model design and planning criteria; procurement options and a guide programme; ...

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    Private Health Clubs - Cost model, September 1998

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    As thee emphasis of health and fitness clubs changes from hard physical excercise to leisure and wellbeing, more people are becoming members - and several large national operators are taking advantage of this expanding market. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest examines design and cost issues relating to ...