All Cost model articles – Page 8
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FeaturesCost model: City of London offices, Part L
What effect will the latest batch of carbon reduction measures have on building design? And how much more will it cost to meet the stricter rules? Building finds out and calculates the price of four Part L-compliant options for a City of London office
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Archive TitlesCost model: Renewable energy
In this month’s engineering services cost model, Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall presents a round-up of the principal options for renewable energy and where they can be best installed
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FeaturesCost model: Theatres
Davis Langdon looks at the design and value drivers, operational considerations, procurement issues and of course costs associated with theatre new-build and refurbishment
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FeaturesCost model update, February 2005
In this special cost model update, Davis Langdon looks at 18 building types – including offices, stadiums, theatres, schools, hospitals, housing and supermarkets – and adds the latest figures and current cost drivers
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FeaturesCost model: Office design
After a few belt-tightening years, the City of London’s commercial sector is on the up again. In this cost model, Davis Langdon and Mott Green Wall examine the current market and recent advances in office design – and break down the costs of a high-quality, mid-rise City scheme
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FeaturesCost model: Off-site manufacture
The market for off-site manufacture is expanding rapidly, boosted as it is by public sector investment programmes. Davis Langdon looks at the cost benefits, barriers to innovation and procurement issues involved in OSM
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FeaturesCost model: Distribution centres
The distribution centre sector is buzzing at the moment, as businesses rush to outsource their goods-handling to logistics firms, and supermarkets adopt just-in-time delivery systems. Here we look at the key issues in affecting distribution centres – and, more importantly, breaks down how much one would cost
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Cost study: Belgrave house
Developer Grosvenor Estate wanted a sleek office block that could hold its own opposite London’s Victoria Station and attract firms from the West End and the City. Cost consultant EC Harris, architect Squire and Partners and contractor Sir Robert McAlpine explain how the project team achieved all this at 4% ...
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FeaturesCost model: Football stadiums
Developers are in the grip of football fever, building iconic stadiums that will revive out-of-town areas. We look at the challenges in design, security and crowd control and highlights the retail and hospitality potential
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FeaturesCost study: Scottish gas headquarters
Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.
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FeaturesCost model: Office refurbishment
Although recovery in the commercial market may be just around the corner, canny developers are already active generating good returns in refurbishment. Here Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall look at the opportunities and constraints in bringing existing buildings bang up to date
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FeaturesCost model: Affordable housing
Planning guidance on affordable housing quotas in private schemes has got developers and contractors scratching their heads and crunching their numbers. Here, Davis Langdon & Everest eases their pain …
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FeaturesCost model: PFI hospitals
Capital investment is pouring into the NHS and the prognosis for improved performance is good. In this month’s cost model examine the aims of the hospital programme, probe design issues, and break down the price of adding a trauma unit to an existing hospital
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FeaturesCost model: Urban design and infrastructure
Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities
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FeaturesCost model: Offices
Sustainability issues are rapidly rising up the corporate agenda. We consider the impact of sustainability measures on commercial buildings and reveal that going green need not cost the earth
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FeaturesCost study: Chemistry building, Queen Mary University
The design of a laboratory is an exercise in technical virtuosity married to an understanding of the social dynamics of a community of undergraduates and researchers. Architect Sheppard Robson, QS Turner & Townsend and contractor Geoffrey Osborne tackled one such demanding brief at Queen Mary University in London – here’s ...
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Cost model: Supermarkets
Supermarkets are among the UK’s top 10 construction clients. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the costs, specification and procurement of new build and existing stores
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FeaturesCost study: Chipping Norton leisure centre
The community of Chipping Norton was sorely missing a place to exercise. Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley brought the town right up to date with a design that favoured local materials and sunlight
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FeaturesCost model update, February 2003
Building cost models are celebrating their 10th birthday. To mark this happy event, we outlines the factors that will be affecting costs in 2003 for 17 of the most common building types
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FeaturesCost study: Max Perutz lecture theatre
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge had nowhere for its Nobel Prize-winning scientists to present their research. So architect Feilden + Mawson and quantity surveyor Keegans created an auditorium extension on stilts – and here they reveal the details of how it was done