Prices this year are all over the place. But what's happening in detail?Now in its 29th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2010 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. All the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts are covered, forming an indispensable

Materials prices are still rising for most products, subcontract prices are volatile, tender prices falling What's happening in detail and where are things heading in this demanding market?Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2010 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual that many in the civil engine

In today’s economic turmoil most materials costs are still rising but tender prices are falling sharply. So looking at price lists is not enough – you need Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2010 to find out what contractors are actually charging and to get for real price data. Compiled by Davis Langdon, Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information currently available for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year, provides an ongoing reality check and adjustment for changing market conditions. This is the only price book which sets out a detailed cost base for Major Works contracts exceeding £3,500,000 in value. Major changes have been made to this 135th edition: Overheads and profits have been revised sharply downwards to 2.5% in line with actual levels. Preliminaries have also been dropped to 13%, on a lower cost base. And labour rates have been adjusted to reflect today’s economic conditions. As well as updating all prices, Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2010 includes about 150 new Measured Works items, including: Additional ACO drainage systems such as Qmax – a large capacity drainage channel and Kerbdrain made from recycled and recyclable material An overhauled Kalzip roofing section Plus, over 900 key Approximate Estimate items with high & low rate ranges And 13 elemental building cost models Buyers of this 2010 edition can make a free internet download of Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ price data, which will run to the end of 2010 and: – Access Spon’s new Approximate Estimates rate data, as well as the Measured Works data – Produce estimate and tender documents – Generate priced or unpriced schedules – Adjust rates and data and enter rogue items – Export schedules into Excel – Carry out an index search This year, for the first time, the download includes a versatile and powerful ebook. ...plus all the standard features you have come to expect from Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book: – 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified items, the majority with labour constants and detailed build-ups – 600 pages of Major and Minor Works items – Hundreds of alternative materials prices, easily substituted into the build-up calculations, for the more unusual items – Detailed guidance on wage rates, daywork, cost limits and allowances, property insurance and professional fees, plus useful formulae, design criteria and trade association addresses – Updated, free of charge, every four months – see insider for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

"An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs of mechanical and electrical works." – Cost Engineer Market conditions remain unfavourable and construction output and orders obtained by contractors continue to decline. The costs of some items have increased, but profits and overheads have fallen and are expected to fall further in the coming year. But price changes have varied across the industry. Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2010 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available, providing detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher level costs for a diverse range of systems and different building applications. This year’s book provides an overhaul of the unit rates and composite rates. It contains a new section on the Façade System in engineering features which explains the relationship between the building envelope and the provision of cooling And the new series of topical features continues, focusing on subjects which affect M&E costs within buildings; and design schematics are provided for several M&E services. All the standard features you have come to expect from Spon’s M & E are also included, considered essential for today’s services cost professional: Detailed materials prices, labour constants, labour costs and measured work prices for mechanical and electrical works, from above ground drainage to automatic transfer switches, and circuit breakers to sprinkler systems. An extensive Approximate Estimating section for quick, rule-of-thumb pricing of mechanical or electrical installations, together with elemental services costs for different types and standard of buildings. Full details of wage rates, daywork and cost indices on a national and Central London basis. An overhauled index and guidance notes. Updated, free of charge, every four months – see enclosed card to register. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk Buyers of this 2010 edition can make a free internet download of Spon’s Mechanical & Electrical Services price data data, which will run to the end of 2010 and: produce estimate and tender documents generate priced or unpriced schedules adjust rates and data and enter rogue items export schedules into Excel carry out an index search This year, for the first time, the download includes a versatile and powerful ebook.

Spon's Landscape and External Works Price Book 2005 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts. Quantity surveyors, landscape architects and contractors will find it essential for compiling estimates, specifications, bills of quantities and works schedules.