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Keep up to dateIndicative costs of building services installations | |
Indicative specification | Indicative cost (£/m² gifa) |
Commercial offices for selling on to the investment market | Ìý |
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø completed to shell and core with category A fit-out. Naturally ventilated with LTHW heating | 270-285 |
Extra for enhancements for owner occupier or investor/developer | 30 |
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø completed to shell and core with category A fit-out. Mechanically ventilated with two-pipe fan-coil and LTHW heating | 455-470 |
Extra for enhancements for owner-occupier or investor/developer | 75-85 |
Healthcare buildings | Ìý |
District general hospital, including medical gases, standby generation and nurse call systems; LTHW perimeter heating; extent of mechanical ventilation and cooling varies | 450-640 |
Private hospital. Including medical gases, standby generation and nurse call systems; Air-conditioning | 645-715 |
Arts buildings | Ìý |
Museums and galleries. Naturally ventilated with LTHW heating | 330-370 |
Extra for air-conditioning | 190-210 |
Performing arts buildings. Naturally ventilated with LTHW heating | 580-640 |
Extra for air-conditioning | 120-145 |
Retail buildings | Ìý |
Shopping centre; naturally ventilated open arcade, rate based on floor area of landlord’s accommodation | 295-325 |
Shopping centre; air-conditioned, enclosed mall, rate based on floor area of landlord’s accommodation | 515-565 |
Department store shell; air-conditioned | 370-410 |
Hotels and residential | Ìý |
Four and five-star hotels; air-conditioned with four-pipe fan-coil units; life safety standby generation | 750-840 |
City-centre apartments; LTHW heating | 430-540 |
High-quality city-centre apartments; LTHW heating; localised cooling; centralised kitchen and bathroom extract | 600-700 |
The above are costs for building services installations, suitable for estimates produced at RIBA stages A and B. Costs include services contractors’ on-costs, overheads and profit and builders’ work but exclude: specialist installations such as catering equipment, exhibition and show lighting; lift and conveyor installations; external services and services connections; main contractor overhead and profit, preliminaries and contingencies; professional fees; VAT; inflation beyond 2nd quarter 2007. Costs are based on an outer London location in 2nd quarter 2007, for a large-scale competitively procured project. |
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