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All-in estimating costs
Inner London1.11
Outer London1.08
South-east1.00
South-west0.98
East Midlands0.92
West Midlands0.94
East Anglia0.95
Yorkshire and Humberside0.94
North-west0.91
Northern0.97
Scotland1.01
Wales0.98
Northern Ireland0.76
The costs are, unless otherwise noted in the text, appropriate for projects in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other regions.
Hospitals
Ìýunit cost£/m2 (gifa)
Diagnostic and treatment centres2,500-3,000
Acute services hospitals2,200-3,150
Radiotherapy and oncology units2,300-3,250
Community hospitals2,000-2,500
Transport
Ìý£/m2 (gia)
Railway stations1,700-2,700
Coach and bus stations1,900-2,700
Affordable housing
Ìýunit size m2unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Terrace; two-bedroom75650-850
Semi-detached; three-bedroom85750-860
Low-rise flats; two-bedroom62850-1,000
Medium-rise flats; two-bedroom62950-1,150
Masterplanning
Ìý£/m2 of public realm area £/acre of public realm area
Site preparation/earth works3–530,000–50,000
Roads and public routes20–30150,000–200,000
Public realm and landscaping30–50300,000–450,000
Drainage10–1570,000–100,000
Utilities15–30100,000–300,000
Water/art features2–420,000–40,000
Site specifics, off-site and s106 ÌýÌý
commitments typically add a further50–100300,000–600,000
Typical average total cost1801,360,000
Schools
Ìýunit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Primary schools1,650-2,250
Secondary schools1,500-2,050
Note: assumes a greenfield location and a naturally-ventilated design solution
Further education
Ìýunit cost £/m2 (gifa)
FE college1,900-2,300
Note: costs include allowance for abnormals (up to 5%) and FFE but exclude site abnormals and client’s equipment
Museums and art galleries
Ìýunit costs £/m2 (gifa)
International-standard art gallery/museum 4,000–5,000+
Regional-standard art gallery/museum 2,500–3,500
Local-standard art gallery/museum 2,000-2,500
Exhibition/gallery fit-out (all types gallery/museum)1,000-3,000
Note: owing to the iconic nature of galleries and museums there is no upper limit to the budget for an international standard building. Costs at the upper end of the exhibition fit-out are largely determined by the cost of the interactive technologies installed
Universities
Ìýunit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Central teaching facilities1,600-2,500
Central shared facilities1,900-2,750
Dry laboratory (teaching)2,600-4,200
Wet laboratory (research)3,400-7,200
Ìý£/unit
Halls of residencefrom £35,000
Car parks
Ìýunit size m2/carunit cost £/space
Surface20-22900-1,600
Surface landscaped20-251,600-2,800
Multi-storey flat slab24-288,300-14,000
Basement with mechanical ventilation28-3420,000-38,000