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Hot and cold water systems      
Copper pipes, excluding supports Unit London £ Midlands £
15 mm m 5.75 5.2
22 mm m 7.35 6
28 mm m 8.35 6.5
35 mm m 11.25 10
42 mm m 13.3 11.6
54 mm m 15.6 14
67 mm m 20 18
76 mm m 25.4 23
108 mm m 34.3 31
Elbows      
15 mm item 5.8 3.8
22 mm item 6.25 4.5
28 mm item 8 5.9
35 mm item 12 10.2
54 mm item 24 22.5
90° bend      
67 mm item 44 39.5
76 mm item 52 43.5
Equal tee      
15 mm item 7.05 5.9
22 mm item 9.7 7.3
35 mm item 18.35 15.65
42 mm item 29.75 20.65
76 mm item 85.75 65
108 mm item 135 96.5
Unequal tee      
22 × 22 × 15 mm item 9.5 7.9
28 × 28 × 22 mm item 15 13.75
35 × 35 × 28 mm item 26 22
54 × 54 × 42 mm item 59 55.5
Reducer      
35 × 28 mm item 11.5 10.65
Straight coupling      
15 mm item 4.3 3.5
54 mm item 18 14.3
Tap connector      
15 mm item 6.5 4.85
Double check valve      
15mm item 13.85 10.5
Price changes
% change
since spring 2000*
Reinforcement 2
Facing bricks 3
Clay roofing tiles 2.5
Concrete roofing tiles 5
Welsh slates 2
Roofing felt 2.5
Structural timber 3
Structural steelwork 4
Ceramic wall tiles 3
Quarry floor tiles 3
Vinyl floor tiles 1.5
Copper piping 5
PVCu pipes/fittings 3
 
* since the publication of Spon’s 2001 price books
Key indicators
% change Mar-Sept 2000 % change Sept 1999-Sept 2000
Retail prices index,    
Headline rate 2 3.3
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments – government’s target index 1.5 2.2
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes 1.1 2
Industry generally    
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry 7.2 14.5
of which: materials 9.2 16.9
of which: fuel –9.2 –4.3
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries 1.7 4.4
Output prices of manufactured products 1.3 2.5
Output prices of manufactured products, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco 0.4 1.2
Construction industry    
Construction materials 1 3.1
Housebuilding materials 0.9 2.8
Machinery and equipment 0.6 1.2
Electrical machinery and apparatus 0.1 –0.2
Source: Office for National Statistics. November 2000 figures are provisional. Machinery and equipment includes items such as pumps, taps, valves, lifts, and cooling and ventilation equipment. Electrical machinery and apparatus includes materials such as electricity distribution and control apparatus, wires, cables and lighting equipment.
Constructed civils cost index
(base 1970 = 100)          
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1999 1158 1166 1206 1212 1186
2000 1238 1256 1294* – –
* provisional
Road construction TPI
(base 1995 = 100)          
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1999 93 103 98 106 100
2000 110* 112* – – –
* provisional
Source: DETR
Landscaping cost index
(base 1976 = 100)          
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1999 466 468 488 490 478
2000 493 496 512* – –
* provisional
Heating and ventilating operatives’ new hourly rates
02-Oct-00 03-Sep-01 07-Oct-02
(£) (£) (£)
Foreman 9.5 10 11.61
Senior craftsman 7.86 8.26 9.6
Craftsman 7.2 7.56 8.8
Installer 6.54 6.87 7.98
Adult trainee 5.51 5.79 6.72
Mate (more than 18 years old) 5.51 5.79 6.72
Mate (17 and 18 year olds) 3.54 3.72 4.32
Mate (less than 17 years old) 2.55 2.68 3.12
Modern apprentices      
Junior 3.59 3.77 4.38
Intermediate 5.07 5.33 6.18
Senior 6.54 6.87 7.98
Traditional NJIC-based craft apprentices      
Year 2 4.25 – –
Year 3 5.43 5.7 -
Year 4 6.54 6.87 7.98
Responsibility allowance (craftsmen)      
Second welding skill or supervisory responsibility (one unit of responsibility allowance) 33 35 40
Second welding skill and supervisory responsibility (two units of responsibility allowance) 66 70 80
Responsibility allowance (senior craftsmen)      
Second welding skill 33 35 40
Supervisory responsibility 66 70 80
Second welding skill and supervisory responsibility 99 105 120
Wage agreement summary for major wage-fixing bodies
Operatives Agreement body Wage rates
effective since		 Date of next review
     
Builders and civil engineering operatives Construction Industry Joint Council 26-Jun-00 A three-year agreement was promulgated in June 2000. The second part of the agreement comes into effecton 25 June 2001
Building & Allied Trades
Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC)		 12-Jun-00 11-Jun-01
Plumbers The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales 21-Aug-00 Aug-01
Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry Aug-00 Aug-01
Heating and ventilation operatives Joint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry 02-Oct-00 03-Sep-01
Electricians Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry – main operatives 07-Feb-00 08/01/2001
Rates will rise 12.3% in second part of two-stage determination
– apprentices 04-Oct-99 08-Jan-01
Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry 07-Feb-00 08-Jan-01