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Price changes
% change June 1999 to June 2000
 
 
Disposal of excavated materials +2
Hardcore +2.5
Granular fill +1.5
Engineering bricks +5
Ready-mixed concrete +4.5
Reinforcement +2.5
Concrete blocks +7
Precast concrete lintels +3
Steel universal beams and columns +6
Sawn softwood +3
Concrete roof tiles +5
Clay roof tiles +5
Reconstructed slates +5
Plasterboard +5
Plywood linings +2
Softwood windows +10
Vinyl floor tiles +5
Paints +3
Sanitaryware +3
Polystyrene insulation +8
Macadam road surfacings +3
Cast-iron gutters, pipes and fittings +4
PVCu pipes and fittings +4
 
Hot rates
Unit South-east £ East Anglia £ South-west £
Rainwater pipework        
110 mm plastic pipe, including brackets m 15.5 13 12.8
Extra for access pipe item 15 12.5 12.4
100 mm powder-coated aluminum pipe, including brackets m 37 33.5 33
Extra for swan-neck projection item 46 41.5 41
100 mm cast-iron pipe, including holderbats m 35 32.5 31
Extra for bend item 39 34 33.5
Rainwater gutters        
Powder-coated aluminium half-round gutter, 113 × 56 mm m 25 22.5 22
Extra for stop end item 5 4.5 4.5
Aluminium box gutter, 600 mm girth m 42 37.5 37
Foul drainage above ground        
100 mm PVCu pipe, including brackets m 16.25 13.5 13.35
Extra for bend item 10 8.2 8.1
38-40 mm MPVCu pipe, including brackets m 6.35 5.25 5.2
Extra for bend item 3 2.5 2.45
PVCu bottle trap, 40 mm outlet item 5.95 4.9 4.85
Drainage below ground        
Excavating trench for pipe not exceeding 200 mm diameter, backfill with selected excavated material – average depth 1750-2000 mm m 27.5 24.35 24
– average depth 2000-2250 mm m 33 29.35 29
Bed and surround in granular material for 100 mm pipe m 7.85 7 6.9
PVCu pipe, 100 mm diameter m 6.5 5.75 5.7
Clay pipe, 100 mm diameter m 7 6.25 6.15
Extra for bend item 10.35 9.15 9
Clay pipe, 150 mm diameter m 11.25 10 9.85
Extra for bend no 15.5 13.8 13.65
Cast-iron pipe, 100 mm diameter m 25 23 22.75
Manholes        
Excavating 2 m maximum depth m3 7.5 6.75 6.7
Engineering brick class B walls, one-brick thick, fairfaced one side m2 73.5 65 64.5
Step iron item 5.3 4.75 4.7
Land drainage        
Perforated clay pipe, 100 mm diameter m 5.5 5 5
Extra for bend item 10 9 8.8
 
Key indicators
% change June 1999 to June 2000
Retail prices index  
Headline rate 3.3
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments – government’s target index 2.2
All items, excluding mortgage interest payments and indirect taxes 2
Industry generally  
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing industry 14
of which: materials 16.1
of which: fuel –1.8
Materials and fuel purchased by manufacturing, excluding food, beverages, petroleum and tobacco industries 5
Output prices of manufactured products 2.9
Output prices of manufactured products, excluding food, beverages, petroleum or tobacco 1
Construction industry  
Construction materials 2.5
Housebuilding materials 2.2
Machinery and equipment 1.8
Electrical machinery and apparatus –0.2
Source: Office for National Statistics. June 2000 figures are provisional. Machinery and equipment includes mechanical engineering items such as pumps, taps, valves, lifts, and 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.
Packages whose indices have risen most
Work category Index title % rise July 1999-July 2000
3-22 Cladding and covering: aluminium 12.2
3-35 Windows and doors: softwood 10.6
3-27 Waterproofing: liquid applied coatings 10.1
3-24 Cladding and covering: zinc 9.7
3-50 Insulation 8.8
3-58 Pipes and accessories: copper 8.4
3-01 Demolitions 6.5
3-16 Cladding and covering: fibre cement 6.4
3-17 Cladding and covering: coated steel 6.2
3-51 Pavings: coated macadam and asphalt 6
CIJC wage agreement 2000-2002
26-Jun-00 Basic pay (p/hour) 25 June 2001 24-Jun-02
General operative 478 504 549
Skill rate 4 515 543 591
Skill rate 3 546 576 627
Skill rate 2 583 615 670
Skill rate 1 605 638 695
Craft rate 635 670 730
All-in hourly rates for craft and general operatives
Time (weeks) Craft (£/week) (£/²â±ð²¹°ù) General (£/week) (£/²â±ð²¹°ù)
Wages at standard basic rate, productive time 47.8 247.65 11 837.67 186.42 8910.88
Lost time allowance (2%) 0.9 247.65 223.88 186.42 168.52
Non-productive overtime 1.74 247.65 430.91 186.42 324.37
Sub-total     12 492.46   9403.77
Annual CITB allowance (0.5% of payroll)     70.04   52.72
Annual and public holidays 5.8 261.35 1515.82 196.73 1141.04
Employer’s contributions to retirement cover scheme 52 1.9 98.8 1.9 98.8
National Insurance (average weekly payment) 48 21.5 1032.18 13.65 655.35
Sub-total     15 209.30   11 351.69
Severance pay and sundries (1.5%)     228.14   170.28
Employer’s liability and third-party insurance (2%)     308.75   230.44
Total cost/year     15 746.19   11 752.41
Total cost/hour     8.45   6.3
Calculation includes for five days sickness, in periods not exceeding three consecutive days, for which no payment is due. Holiday pay is based on the employer paying regular sums into the Template Holiday with Pay scheme sufficient to cover holiday pay in line with the Working Rule Agreement and the Working Time Regulations. All National Insurance payments are at not-contracted-out rates applicable from 6 April 2000.
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 effect on 25 June 2001.
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø & Allied Trades 12-Jun-00 11-Jun-01
Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC)    
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 23-Aug-99 Existing agreement to expire on 4 September 2000. Negotiations still under way in mid-August
Electricians The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry    
– main operatives 07-Feb-00 8 January 2001 Rates will rise 12.3% in second part of two-stage
– apprentices 04-Oct-99 Oct-00
Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry 07-Feb-00 08-Jan-01