The new edition of the Building Maintenance Price Book was published in March 2008. The price book has been completely revised for 2008 with additional items and updated rates including the latest significant changes to labour and materials costs.
This price book from BCIS is an essential resource to plan and budget for building maintenance. As an independent source of information, it is ideal for use in measured term contracts. Also ideal for estimating and pricing, the Price Book will help you with:
- Budgeting - Helps you calculate the financial content of budgets and consider these against overall policies.
- Estimating - Ensures a consistent level of accuracy and allows a detailed approach to estimating by contractors, DLO managers etc.
- Cost control - Provides a wide range of items to help negotiations with contractors or check their charges; the flexible format also allows the costs of other maintenance items to be calculated.
- Schedule of rates - Offers an ideal basis for letting work on measured term contracts.
- Letting maintenance work - Gives advice on how to let maintenance work.
- Increased costs - Includes guidance on how increased costs can be dealt with.
- Valuations of dilapidations - Provides approximate estimates of repair work required in the valuation of dilapidated premises.
- Planning - Facilitates advance decisions on the jobs, materials, labour and times required by a maintenance programme.
The Building Maintenance Price Book provides labour constants and measured rates for:
- Scaffolding
- Demolitions and alterations
- Excavation and concrete
- Brickwork
- Underpinning
- Stonework
- Roofing
- Woodwork
- Plumbing
- Electrical work
- Finishes
- Glazing
- Painting and decorating
- External works and drainage
Contents also include:
- All-in costs for builders, plumbers and electricians showing basic rates of pay and additional employment costs, such as national insurance, holidays with pay, etc
- Basic costs of materials
- Hire rates for a range of mechanical and non-mechanical plant
- Regional pricing levels
- Notes on different contracts for letting maintenance work.
To order a copy of the Building Maintenance Price Book 2008 (priced £110), order online or call us on T +44 (0)870 333 1600 (select option 2 for BCIS sales and quote item code 17268). Or, you can download the order form from the right hand column of this page.
The Building Maintenance Price Book 2008 is included free with a subscription to our BCIS Building Running Costs Online service.
