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Guideline areas for generic spaces
Room useCommentRoom size m²
WC for the disabled, pantry, cleaners’ room or disposal holding roomÌý4.5-5
Counselling, staff or client interview, single person office, clean utility, dirty utility room, nurses’ weighing roomÌý9-10
Examination/consultation, treatment room, single person therapy treatment space, small group/meeting room for four to six people, two-person officeÌý13.5-15
Treatment room, group room for six to eight people, meeting room for eight to 10 people, office for three or four people. These rooms could be connected by folding acoustic screens, to be opened up for larger group or therapy activitiesSuch a space could also be sub-divided to form two 9-10 m² rooms 18-20
Allowance: circulation, subdivision, voids, service ducts etc Ìý28-30%
Source: Planning and design guidance - primary and social care facilities. Dimensions of public spaces such as waiting rooms are defined in Health ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Note HBN 40 – Common Activity Spaces.
Primary healthcare centre cost breakdown
Ìýelement costcost/m² gfa £% of total cost
Substructure56,850.00111.478.97
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Excavation and disposal140 m3 @ 30 ÌýÌýÌý
Strip foundation with cavity masonry wall 150 m @ 130 ÌýÌýÌý
150 mm thick ground floor slab with thickenings 510 m² @ 65 ÌýÌýÌý
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Roof83,050.00162.8413.10
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Precast concrete planks 510 m² @ 55 ÌýÌýÌý
Single ply membrane, including insulation and labours 510 m² @ 90 ÌýÌýÌý
Allowance for roof inlets Item @ 2,500 ÌýÌýÌý
Aluminium rainwater down pipes 30 m @ 60 ÌýÌýÌý
Sunpipes 8 @ 600 ÌýÌýÌý
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External walls33,600.0065.885.30
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Brick cavity wall, facing brick outer skin with cavity, insulation, ÌýÌýÌý
140 mm inner blockwork leaf 240 m² @ 140 ÌýÌýÌý
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Windows and external doors49,650.0097.357.83
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Aluminium double-glazed windows 60 m² @ 350 ÌýÌýÌý
Single aluminium doors 3 @ 1,400 ÌýÌýÌý
Double aluminium framed glazed doors and screens to entrance 22 m² @ 500 ÌýÌýÌý
Single steel door to plant room Item @ 1,300 ÌýÌýÌý
Fixed metal grilles to windows Item @ 5,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Electrical roller shutter to glazed entrance screens, including controls 22 m² @ 325 ÌýÌýÌý
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Internal walls18,400.0036.082.90
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100 blockwork 470 m² @ 35 ÌýÌýÌý
Stud partition Item @ 450 ÌýÌýÌý
Security counter grille to reception desk Item @ 1,500 ÌýÌýÌý
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Internal doors28,750.0056.374.53
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Internal doors, wood veneer, stainless steel ironmongery 20 @ 900 ÌýÌýÌý
Internal doors and screen, inner door to lobby 5m²@ 500 ÌýÌýÌý
Wrot softwood storage cupboard door, stainless steel ironmongery 3 @ 450 ÌýÌýÌý
Fire-rated doors, stainless steel ironmongery 5 @ 1,100 ÌýÌýÌý
Double internal fire rated doors, stainless steel ironmongery Item @ 1,400 ÌýÌýÌý
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Wall finishes16,800.0032.942.65
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Plaster and one mist coat, three coats of emulsion paint 900 m² @ 15 ÌýÌýÌý
Ceramic wall tiles 60 m² @ 55 ÌýÌýÌý
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Floor finishes23,850.0046.763.76
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Screed 510m² @ 15 ÌýÌýÌý
Carpet tiles to reception area, staff areas 145 m² @ 25 ÌýÌýÌý
Vinyl to WC areas and practical areas, including skirtings 320 m² @ 30 ÌýÌýÌý
Heavy duty vinyl to entrance area, dirty areas 40 m² @ 40 ÌýÌýÌý
Entrance matting with aluminium matwell 5 m² @ 275 ÌýÌýÌý
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Ceiling finishes 17,575 34.462.77
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Mineral fibre suspended ceilings 80 m² @ 30 ÌýÌýÌý
Plasterboard ceiling, plaster skim and emulsion paint finish 405 m² @ 35 ÌýÌýÌý
Moisture resistance plasterboard ceiling, plaster skim and emulsion finish 25 m² @ 40 ÌýÌýÌý
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Fittings and fixings 32,700 64.125.16
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Supply and install group one medical equipment (fixed furniture) ÌýÌýÌý
Fit only group two and three medical equipment (loose equipment)ÌýÌýÌý
Reception area, desks and fixed furniture item @ 8,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Waiting room item @ 5,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Consulting rooms 6 @ 1,600 ÌýÌýÌý
Treatment rooms 2 @ 1,100 ÌýÌýÌý
Nurse rooms, including health visitor 4 @ 1,100 ÌýÌýÌý
Records store Item @ 500 ÌýÌýÌý
Admin rooms 2 @ 600 ÌýÌýÌý
Multipurpose/interview rooms 2 @ 900 ÌýÌýÌý
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Sanitary fittings 14,280 28.002.25
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WCs 6 @ 300 ÌýÌýÌý
Hand basins 6 @ 180 ÌýÌýÌý
Medical handwash basins 12 @ 500 ÌýÌýÌý
Disabled toilet, including WC, wash hand basin, grab rails and other fittings 2 @ 1,200 ÌýÌýÌý
Cleaners sink, 510 × 380 2 @ 700 ÌýÌýÌý
Baby changing unit Item @ 400 ÌýÌýÌý
Sink and slop hopper Item @ 1,200 ÌýÌýÌý
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Disposal installations 4,080 8.000.64
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Waste, soil and vent installation; PVCu pipework and fittings 510 m² @ 8.00 ÌýÌýÌý
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Water installations 13,300 26.082.10
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Cold water system 28 @ 250 ÌýÌýÌý
Hot water system 21 @ 300 ÌýÌýÌý
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Space heating and air treatment 40,800 80.006.44
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Space heating, all costs associated with the supply and installation of the heating system, ÌýÌýÌý
temperature control and distribution pipework 510 m² @ 80 ÌýÌýÌý
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Ventilation installations 19,500 38.243.08
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Extract ventilation to clean areas Item @ 12,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Extract ventilation to dirty areas Item @ 5,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Extract ventilation to toilet areas Item @ 2,500 ÌýÌýÌý
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Electrical installations 45,900 90.007.24
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Mains and sub-mains installation 510 m² @ 20 ÌýÌýÌý
Small power installation 510 m² @ 30ÌýÌýÌý
Lighting and general luminaires; emergency lighting 510 m² @ 40 ÌýÌýÌý
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Gas installation 1,500 2.940.24
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Lightning protection installation 2,000 3.920.32
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Communications installation 25,400 49.804.01
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Fire alarm installation; smoke detectors; call points 510 m² @ 15 ÌýÌýÌý
Telephone and data wireways; internal telephone system 510 m² @ 5 ÌýÌýÌý
Patient call and induction loop systems Item @ 5,000 ÌýÌýÌý
Security installation; intruder detection, panic buttons, disabled toilet alarm, ÌýÌýÌý
CCTV 510 m² @ 20 ÌýÌýÌý
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø management system installation 5,000 9.800.79
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Builder’s work in connection 4,500 8.820.71
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Preliminaries and contingencies96,515189.2515.22
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Preliminaries allow 15% Item 80,400ÌýÌýÌý
Contingencies allow 3% Item 16,115ÌýÌýÌý
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Total construction cost – building only634,000.001,243.14100.00
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Alternative specifications £/m² change based on gifa ÌýÌý
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Option 1: Provide access door controls to single door 1.50 ÌýÌý
Option 2: Automatic sliding door to entrance 45.00 ÌýÌý
Option 3: Anti bacterial wipe-down paint to consulting, nurses and treatment rooms 12.00 ÌýÌý
Option 4: Replace flat roof with pitched roof and concrete tiles –38.00 ÌýÌý
Option 5: Replace facing brick cavity wall with rendered blockwork cavity wall –8.50 ÌýÌý
Option 6: Enhanced security, roller shutters to windows 65.00 ÌýÌý
Option 7: Sliding folding partition to divide large room 12.00 ÌýÌý
Option 8: Replacing vinyl tiles with rubber tiles 15.00 ÌýÌý
Option 9: Sound-absorbent walling to waiting room 10.50 ÌýÌý
Option 10: Add shower for staff 6.50 ÌýÌý
Location factors
Inner London1.09
Outer London1.03
South-west0.97
East Midlands0.93
West Midlands0.93
East Anglia0.97
Wales0.91
Yorkshire and Humberside0.95
North-west0.94
North0.94
Scotland0.92
Northern Ireland0.75