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Unit South-east £ South-west £ North-west £
Kerbs, edgings and channels        
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 × 150 mm; straight m 8.00 7.75 7.75
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 × 255 mm; straight m 9.25 8.75 8.75
Precast concrete kerb, including foundation, haunching one side; 125 × 255 mm; curved m 12.25 11.75 12.00
Precast concrete edging, including foundation, haunching both sides; 50 × 200 mm m 5.75 5.75 5.25
Hardcore/granular sub-bases to roads/pavings        
Granular filling Type 1 to make up levels m3 23.00 16.00 18.50
Granular filling Type 2 to make up levels m3 22.00 15.00 17.75
Sand filling to make up levels m3 23.50 15.50 18.75
Compact filling m2 0.40 0.30 0.12
Compact filling and blind with sand m2 1.20 1.00 0.90
Coated macadam/asphalt roads/pavings        
Dense bitumen macadam        
100 mm thick roadbase m2 6.00 5.75 5.70
60 mm thick basecourse m2 4.50 4.00 4.00
80 mm thick basecourse m2 5.75 5.25 5.25
20 mm thick wearing course m2 2.70 2.50 2.50
Open graded bitumen macadam        
45 mm thick basecourse m2 3.50 3.25 3.25
Rolled asphalt        
40 mm thick wearing course m2 4.50 4.25 4.20
Whiteline painting to macadam        
100 mm wide m 1.00 0.80 0.80
Interlocking brick/block roads and pavings        
Precast concrete block paving
100 × 200 × 60 mm thick on 75 mm sand bed		 m2 15.00 14.00 14.00
Textured precast concrete block paving,
200 × 100 × 60 mm		 m2 27.00 25.00 25.00
Textured silver-grey granite precast concrete block paving, 160 × 160 × 80 mm m2 28.00 26.00 26.00
Slab/brick/sett/cobble pavings        
Precast concrete paving slabs        
50 mm thick m2 13.75 12.75 12.50
63 mm thick m2 15.00 13.75 13.50
Coarse textured Yorkstone aggregate
precast concrete paving, 50 mm thick		 m2 26.00 24.50 24.00
“Keyform” edge restraint, spiked m 11.00 10.00 10.00
Seeding/turfing        
Cultivating surface of filling,
100 mm deep, weeding		 m2 0.50 0.25 0.15
Fertilizer m2 0.25 0.10 0.10
Grass seeding m2 0.40 0.25 0.20
Turfing m2 3.70 2.00 2.00
Mulching m2 2.50 2.25 2.25
Tensar Geogrid protection, one layer m2 2.00 1.75 1.50
Fencing        
Concrete post and panel fencing, 1800 mm high m 27.00 25.00 25.00
Close boarded timber fencing, feather-edge boards, timber capping and gravel board, 1.8 m high, including foundations m 38.00 35.00 35.00
Armco crash barrier, 750 mm high m 49.00 45.00 45.00
Open-mesh, galvanised steel-panel security fencing, 2.4 m high, including foundations m 85.00 80.00 78.00
Key indicators
% change
July 1999* to April 2000
Retail prices index  
Headline rate +2.0
All items, excluding mortgage interest
payments – government’s target index		 +1.4
All items, excluding mortgage interest
payments and indirect taxes 		+1.6
Industry generally  
Materials and fuel purchased by
manufacturing industry		 +4.4
of which: materials +5.0
of which: fuel +0.4
Materials and fuel purchased by
manufacturing, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries		 +2.9
Output prices of manufactured products +2.0
Output prices of manufactured products, excluding
food, beverages, petroleum or tobacco		 +1.0
Construction industry  
Construction materials +1.5
Housebuilding materials +1.0
Machinery and equipment +1.3
Electrical machinery and apparatus –0.2
* The publication date of Spon’s last Price Books.
Source: Office for National Statistics. April 2000 figures are provisional. 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.
Materials price changes
% change since
spring/summer 1999*
Diamond drilling +5
Ready-mixed insitu concrete +2
Clay facing bricks +3
Concrete blocks +4.5
Structural steelwork +3
Clay roof tiles +7
Concrete roof tiles +1.5
Roof insulation +10
Standard timber doors and windows +4
Timber roof windows +2
Softwood/hardwood skirtings,
architraves and frames		 +3
Ironmongery +3
Steel garage doors +8
Ceramic wall tiles +2.5
Quarry floor tiles +2
Vinyl floor tiles +2
Expanded metal products +3
Wood preservatives +5
Aluminium pipes +3
PVCu soil pipes and fittings +7.5
PVCu waste pipes and fittings +7.5
Bitumen macadam surfacing +2
Road construction TPI
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1998 99 102 97 96 99
1999 93 103 98* 106* 100*
           
           
* provisional Source: DETR (base 1995 = 100)
 
Constructed civils cost index
(base 1970 = 100)
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1999 1158 1166 1206 1212 1186
2000 1237* – – –  
* provisional
Landscaping cost index
(base 1976 = 100)
Year 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Annual
average
1999 466 468 488 490 478
2000 492*        
* provisional
Packages whose indices have fallen
Work
category		 Index title % fall July 1999
April 2000
3/06 Concrete: in situ –0.7
3/13 Metal: decking –3.4
3/18 Cladding and covering: plastics –0.8
3/30 Boards, fittings and trims: manufactured –0.7
3/32 Linings and partitions: self-finished –1.7
3/34 Raised access floors –0.8
Packages whose indices have risen most
Work
category		 Index title % rise July 1999
April 2000
3/22 Cladding and covering: aluminium +8.7
3/27 Waterproofing: liquid-applied coatings +3.8
3/50 Insulation +5.3
3/51 Pavings: coated macadam and asphalt +7.4
3/57 Pipes and accessories: plastics +3.5
3/58 Pipes and accessories: copper +7.6
3/59 Pipes and accessories: aluminium +3.5
Regional variations
% variation from
outer London		 Forecast Q2 2000
tender price index		 % adjustment to Spon’s
major works section
Outer London 0 353 0
Inner London +8 381 +8
East Anglia –17 293 –17
East Midlands –20 282 –20
Northern –19 286 –19
Northern Ireland –38 219 –38
North-west –22 275 –22
Scotland –17 293 –17
South-east –6 332 –6
South-west –18 289 –18
Wales –23 272 –23
West Midlands –20 282 –20
Yorkshire and Humberside –25 265 –25