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Phoenix Natural Gas final cost plan
Actual construction cost 
Trade PackageTotals£/m2%Specification
Piling£75,461£15.80 1.49 driven deep-pile foundations
Enabling works£261,000£54.65 5.15 brownfield site reclamation
Superstructure£511,250£107.05 10.09 in-situ concrete frame on a 7.5 m2 grid, with self-finished precast concrete coffered floor planks
Lift installation£59,448£12.45 1.17 two 8-person 630 kg lifts
Cladding/glazing £876,135£183.45 17.29 silver anodised aluminium cladding system with integral fixed horizontal shading and opening windows, incorporating low-emissivity double-glazing
Structural steelwork£113,155£23.69 2.23 steel frames for atrium with horizontal steel trusses for curtain walls
Lightning protection£14,550£3.05 0.29 
Groundworks£222,500£46.59 4.39 contaminated fill capped with a gas membrane plus a methane ventilation system
Roof finishes£134,000£28.06 2.64roof membrane bonded and hot applied to a roof screed
M&E installation£1,337,673£280.08 26.40 mechanical displacement ventilation with air filtered and cooled by a roof-mounted condenser. Heating by low-pressure hot water radiators at the perimeter and heated floor in the atrium. A heat-recovery plant relaims up to 80% heat from return air in winter. High-efficiency fluorescent lighting incorporating light and presence detection to save energy
Metalwork£73,745£15.44 1.46  
Raised flooring£162,039£33.93 3.20 full-access raised floors in offices provide a clear floor void of 450 mm to house flood wiring and supply air plenum
Internal glazing£47,706£9.99 0.94  
Internal partition/drylining£123,000£25.75 2.43  
Internal joinery£142,665£29.87 2.82  
Fittings- - -  
Screeds£36,000£7.54 0.71  
Ceramic floor and wall tiles£29,572£6.19 0.58 
Landscaping £20,027£4.19 0.40  
Decorations£73,730£15.44 1.46  
Flooring finishes£75,750£15.86 1.50  
Blinds£61,970£12.98 1.22internal venetian blinds are manually operated. Fabric blinds to the atrium and entrance area automatically respond to sunlight
Data installation£49,891£10.45 0.98  
Security£52,933£11.08 1.04  
AV installation - - -  
BMS Enhancement works - - -  
Fencing£3,432£0.72 0.07 
Labour supply£17,942£3.76 0.35  
Material supply£3,556£0.74 0.07  
Cleaning£8,891£1.86 0.18  
Access towers£4,160£0.87 0.08  
Acoustic boarding£5,977£1.25 0.12  
Building costs£4,598,158 £962.76 90.76  
Prelims and Pre-commencement fee£399,626£83.67 7.89  
Prime cost items£14,623£3.06 0.29  
Contingency expenditure£53,827£11.27 1.06  
Final account total£5,066,234 £1,060.77 100.00  
4776 m2 total gross internal floor area of offices and cafeteria on three floors, plus open car parking for 153 cars, 22 vans and 14 bicycles