Cost update: | Features

Hot rates: Lifts and escalators
Capacity	Number of floors served	Speed (m/s)	Cost (£)
Hydraulic passenger lifts
8 person; 630 kg	2	0.5	18,000
	3	0.63	23,000
13 person; 1000 kg	2	1	43,000
33 person; 2500 kg	3	0.5	65,000
Traction passenger lifts
8 person; 630 kg	3	0.63	24,000
	6	1	40,000
12 person; 900 kg	8	1	44,000
	8	1.6	48,000
	12	1	56,000
21 person; 1600 kg	5	1	60,000
Traction passenger lifts – no machine room
8 person; 630 kg	2	1	21,000
	3	1	24,000
	4	1	27,000
	5	1	30,000
13 person; 1000 kg	2	1	23,000
	6	1	38,000
	8	1.6	100,000
Goods lifts
300 kg – traction	2	0.3	28,000
1000 kg – hydraulic	2	0.4	55,000
1600 kg – hydraulic	3	0.4	65,000
2500 kg – hydraulic	3	0.2	73,000
Platform lifts
400 kg screw-driven
including modular shaft	2	0.15	15,000
Escalators
Primed sheet steel enclosure, glass balustrades, 30-35° inclination,
800 mm step width	2.7 m rise	0.5	55,000
1000 mm step width	6 m rise	0.5	75,000

Price changes
	% change*
Excavating, etc	+4
Reinforcement	+3
Precast concrete blocks	+8
Structural steelwork	–4
Clay roof coverings	+2
Softwood skirtings and trims	+7
Hardwood skirtings and trims	+3-5
* since the publication of Spon’s 2002 price books

Key indicators
	% change last 4 mths (05/01-09/01)	% change last 12 mths (09/00-09/01)
Retail Prices Index
Headline rate	+0.2	+1.7
All items excluding mortgage interest payments – government’s target index	+0.4	+2.3
All items excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes	+0.6	+2.8
Industry generally
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry	–4.7	–6.0
of which: materials	–4.9	–7.0
of which: fuel	+2.9	+3.0
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry other than food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries	–2.3	–2.2
Output prices of manufactured products	–0.3	–0.2
Output prices of manufactured products other than food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries	–0.1	0
Construction industry
Construction materials	+0.1	+1.6
Housebuilding materials	+0.1	+1.8
Machinery and equipment (UK manufacture)	–0.1	+1.0
Electrical machinery and apparatus (UK manufacture)	–0.4	+0.3
Source: Office for National Statistics (September 2001 figures provisional)
The ONS category of “machinery and equipment” includes mechanical engineering items such as pumps, taps, valves, lifts, cooling and ventilation equipment. “Electrical machinery and apparatus” includes electrical engineering materials such as electricity distribution and control apparatus, wires and cables and lighting equipment.

Wage agreement summary for major wage-fixing bodies
Operatives	Agreement body effective since	Wage rates	Details to be found in	Date of next review
Builders and civil engineering operatives	Construction Industry Joint Council Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2002	25 June 2001	Cost update, 1 June 2001	24 June 2002 (third part of three-year agreement)
	Building & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council	11 June 2001	Cost update, 1 June 2001	10 June 2002
Plumbers	The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2002	3 September 2001	Cost update, 1 June 2001	2 December 2002 (second part of two-year agreement)
	Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry	3 September 2001	Cost update, 31 August 2001	8 April 2002 (second part of two-year agreement)
Heating and ventilation operatives	Joint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry	3 September 2001	Cost update, 31 August 2001	7 October 2002 (third part of three-year agreement)
Electricians	The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2002	8 January 2001	Cost update, 31 August 2001	7 January 2002 (see below)
	Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2001/2002	8 January 2001	Cost update, 23 February 2001	7 January 2002

Plumbing work price increases, May 2001 to 3 September 2001
Work category	Index title	% change
3/49	Sanitary appliances	1.9
3/55	Pipes and accessories: spun and cast iron	2.8
3/56	Steel	2.9
3/57	Plastics	3.9
3/58	Copper	1.5
3/59	Aluminium	3.3

Electricians’ rates
Grade	National standard rates		London rate
	transport provided £/hour	own transport £/hour	transport provided £/hour	own transport £/hour
Technician (or equivalent specialist grade)	10.54	11.06	11.32	11.87
Approved electrician (or equivalent specialist grade)	9.30	9.82	10.08	10.62
Electrician (or equivalent specialist grade)	8.54	9.05	9.32	9.84
Electrical improver	7.68	8.15	8.45	8.93
Labourer	6.78	7.27	7.52	8.02
Senior graded electrical trainee	7.68	8.15	8.45	8.93
Adult trainee	6.78	7.27	7.52	8.02
Adult trainee (under 21)	5.08	5.45	5.81	6.19

Daywork rates: current prime cost figures
Operative	Rate effective from	Prime cost rate per hour
Building craft operative	2 July 2001	8.20
Building general operative	2 July 2001	6.13
Advanced plumber	3 September 2001	10.97
Heating and ventilating craftsman	1 October 2001	9.42
Electrician	6 April 2001	10.75

Dayworks: overheads, profit and incidental costs
	Building contracts	Heating and ventilating contracts	Electrical contracts
Labour	100-140%	130-160%	130-160%
Materials	20%	20-30%	20-30%
Plant	20-40%	20-40%	20-40%

Constructed civil engineering cost index
Year	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Annual average
1999	1158	1166	1206	1212	1186
2000	1238	1256	1295	1307	1274
2001	1303	1303*	1328*	-	-
* Provisional