Publisher's Synopsis
Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2002 is the most detailed, professionally relevant source of construction price information currently available anywhere. With competition growing fiercer throughout the industry and with increasing pressure to obtain a 'competitive advantage', the A& B's unique tender index will be more valuable than ever before. This is the only price book that publishes details of its cost base in such as way that it can be adjusted to allow for market conditions that affect building prices. A separate minor works section on coloured paper covers contracts of around £65 000 in value.
The A&B comes with a 'free' CDROM that enables the reader to view the entire book on screen, cut and paste prices into other tender documents, export to other major packages, perform simple calculations, index search, produce estimate and tender documents, adjust rates and data. This complete package now means that Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book for 2002 is now better than ever and is a resource that no building firm, surveyor or architect should be without.
* Unique DLE Tender Index that allows you to make adjustments for changes in market conditions throughout the year
* 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified items, each one with labour time details
* 100s of alternative materials prices, easily substituted into the build-up calculations, for the more unusual items * Approximate Estimating section providing element unit rates for hotels, residential, industrial 'retail, leisure and office buildings, plus costs per m2 for 140 types of buildings New Features for 2002:
* A new section on Capital Allowances
* Incorporation of new RICS Schedule of Basic Plant Charges for Dayworks
* Inclusion of new items within the Measured Works section
