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Brickwork and blockwork
Brick/block wallingUnitTypical low rate £Typical mean rate £Typical high rate £
Facing brickwork (machine-made, medium quality) in half brick wallm2434851
Lightweight aggregate concrete block wallÌýÌýÌýÌý
100 mm thickm2131618
140 mm thickm2171923
Aerated concrete block wallÌýÌýÌýÌý
100 mm thickm2151820
140 mm thickm21922.525
Extra for fair face one sidem211.72.5
Closing cavities with blockwork; 140 mm thickm33.54
Closing cavities with insulated cavity closer such as Thermabate; 100 mm cavitym789
Accessories/sundry items for brick/block wallingÌýÌýÌýÌý
Forming cavities in hollow walls with stainless steel wall tiesm21.252.53.5
with full fill mineral fibre insulation; 80 mm widem25.566.5
Bitumen polymer dampproof course m25.757.59
cavity traym27.59.511
stepped cavity traym2101315
Vertical movement joints hydrocell or expandafoam filler with mastic sealantm44.55
Sills/lintelsÌýÌýÌýÌý
Precast concrete lintel; 140 × 150 × 1200 mm longitem212530
Precast concrete padstone; 450 × 140 × 225 mmitem131518
Price changes
Ìý% change since spring 2002
Sand and gravel+2.5
Insitu concrete +5
Formwork for insitu concrete+3.5
Reinforcement +8
Bricks+3
Mortars+3
Structural steelwork +3
First fix joinery items (roof members and the like)+4
Plywood–3
Stainless steel sheet roof coverings+2.5
Fibre cement goods+3
Plasterboard partitions and linings+3
Hardwood wood strip flooring+6
Standard timber flush doors+5
Standard timber window frames+5
Glazing (generally) +2
Changing cubicles +5
Ceramic tiles–3
Painting (generally) +3
Sanitary appliances +2
Insulation +5
Ironmongery +3.5
Bitumen macadam surfacing+2
Fencing +4
Wires and cables–2
Gas oil fuel+13
Key indicators
Ìý% change May 2002-January 2003% change January 2002-January 2003
Retail Prices IndexÌýÌý
Headline rate (RPI)+1.2 +2.9
All items excluding mortgage interest payments (RPIX) – government’s target index+1.1+2.7
All items excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes (RPIY)+1.5+2.9
Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) +0.2 +1.4
Industry generallyÌýÌý
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry+2.4+3.6
of which materials +1.7+5.4
of which fuel+9.1–7.5
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum industries+1.6–0.7
Output prices of manufactured products+0.5+1.6
Output prices of manufactured products excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum+0.5+1.0
Construction industryÌýÌý
Construction materials+0.9+4.2
Housebuilding materials+0.5+3.7
Machinery and equipment (UK manufacture)+0.1+0.4
Electrical machinery and apparatus (UK manufacture) –1.0–0.5
Source: Office for National Statistics. January 2003 figures are 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.
Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry
GradeNational Standard RatesLondon Rate
ÌýTransport provided £/hourOwn transport £/hourTransport provided £/hourOwn transport £/hour
Technician or equivalent specialist grade11.0511.6111.9812.58
Approved electrician or equivalent specialist grade9.7510.3210.6611.26
Electrician or equivalent specialist grade8.959.509.8610.43
Electrical improver8.058.568.949.46
Labourer7.107.637.958.51
Senior graded electrical trainee8.058.568.949.46
Adult trainee7.107.637.958.51
Adult trainee (under 21)5.335.726.146.56
Wage agreement summary for major wage-fixing bodies
OperativesAgreement bodyWage rates effective sinceDetails inDate of next review
Builders and civil engineering operativesConstruction Industry Joint Council24 June 2002Cost Update, 31 May 2002 Spon’s Architects; and Builders’ Price Book 2003Negotiations under way – likely to be June 2003
ÌýºÚ¶´ÉçÇø & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC)10 June 2002Cost Update 31 May 2002 Spon’s Architects; and Builders’ Price Book 20039 June 2003
PlumbersThe Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales2 December 2002Spon’s Architects and Builders’ Price Book 2003 Cost Update, 6 December 2002Likely to be September 2003
ÌýScottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry28 October 2002Cost Update, 6 December 20027 April 2003 (fourth and final part of two-year agreement)
Heating and ventilation operativesJoint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry7 October 2002Cost Update, 13 September 2002 Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2003Likely to be October 2003
ElectriciansThe Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry 6 January 2003Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2003 See table 'Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry'5 January 2004 (third part of three-year agreement)
ÌýScottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry6 January 2003See table 'Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry'5 January 2004 (third part of three-year agreement)