Cost study: Max Perutz lecture theatre | Features

Elemental cost analysis (gross internal floor area 558 m²)
Main element	Breakdown	£	£/m²	%	Specification
Demolitions	demolitions	24,483.12	43.88	1.53%	Site clearance and internal alterations
Substructure	foundations	109,754.05	196.69	6.87%	Cast bored insitu piles
Superstructure	frame	59,213.55	106.12	3.71%	Insitu concrete frame
	upper floors	93,528.15	167.61	5.85%	Precast tiered floor
	roofs	127,043.11	227.68	7.95%	Standing seam aluminium on steel frame
	stairs	0.00	0.00	0.00%
	external walls and cladding	237,853.43	426.26	14.89%	Curtain walling and rain screen cladding
	windows	included in walls	0.00	0.00%	Velfac to temporary reception
	external doors	21,781.13	39.03	1.36%	Automatic revolving door to main entrance
	internal partitions	51,108.89	91.59	3.20%	Blockwork/stud mix – internal glazed screens
	internal doors	16,486.24	29.55	1.03%	Timber doorsets
Finishes	walls	53,711.96	96.26	3.36%	Acoustic panelling to theatre
	floors	64,054.04	114.79	4.01%	Hardwood strip to theatre
	ceilings	38,361.65	68.75	2.40%	Acoustic suspended ceilings
Built-in fittings	fixed furniture only	68,662.41	123.05	4.30%	Seating to theatre with writing tablets
Services	sanitary fittings	5,134.12	9.20	0.32%
	services infrastructure	5,850.83	10.49	0.37%
	disposal installations	4,603.00	8.25	0.29%
	mechanical services	161,187.28	288.87	10.09%	Low-energy displacement ventilation
	electrical services	135,466.36	242.77	8.48%
	lift installation	10,332.90	18.52	0.65%	Disabled access lifts
	IT cabling	17,841.75	31.97	1.12%	Cabling to theatre seats
	builders work in connection	21,418.16	38.38	1.34%
External works	external finishes and planting	80,039.15	143.44	5.01%	Cycle parking
Drainage	drainage	17,113.74	30.67	1.07%
	external services	0.00	0.00	0.00%
Preliminaries		172,495.87	309.13	10.80%
Total cost		1,597,524.87	2862.95	100.00%
Cost per seat		8,589