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Worked pre-tender example

This example is based on a trade package let under a construction management contract.

Site location: Central London

Work location: Retained basement slab; working around existing structure
Package: Concrete work
Duration: 36 weeks

When estimating this type of work the preliminaries need specific attention. The pricing
schedule broke down the preliminaries into headings. In order to price these, the headings
need to be assessed for the works required.
Preliminaries

Site management and staff

716,720.00

Accommodation and furniture

3,600.00

Hoisting/lifting/craneage

96,000.00

Temporary services

47,900.00

Communications

20,060.00

Safety

173,800.00

Rubbish removal

34,200.00

O&M manuals/record drawings

45,000.00

Plant

123,840.00

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Concrete test cubes

12,000.00

Overhead and profit (6%)

82,663.20

Total preliminaries

1,460,383.20

The associated measured works came to 5,804,186.49, which meant the preliminaries
elements came to 25.16% of the measured works. It is only in understanding the nature of the
works being carried out is it possible to develop up a version of the preliminaries rather than
relying on a typical percentage addition. This is particularly prevalent in atypical projects.

In the context of this pre-tender estimate the measured works included the following concrete
works:

Crane bases (Level B3)

Level B3 bases and pits
Level B3 slabs
Level B3 lining walls
Level B3 columns
Level B3 stairs (steps for change in levels)
Level B3 service tunnel
Level B2 slabs
Level B2 upstands
Level B1 slabs
Level B1 upstands
Ground floor slabs
Ground floor upstands
Core A (level B3 to roof)
Core B (ground to level 4)
Core C (level B2 to roof)
Core capping slabs
Below slab drainage
Ancillary items - earthing pits, column strengthening, etc.

Item

Description

Qty

Unit

Rate

Total

36

wks

2500

90,000.00

Preliminaries

Site management and staff

Project
manager

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Foreman

36

wks

2500

72,000.00

Senior
engineer

20

wks

1800

36,000.00

Site engineers 80

wks

1400

120,000.00

Assistant site
engineers

80

wks

1000

80,000.00

Logistics
manager

36

wks

1500

54,000.00

QA engineer

36

wks

1500

54,000.00

IT/document
controller

36

wks

1200

43,200.00

Construction
support

36

wks

900

32,400.00

Reinforcement 20
engineer

wks

1500

30,000.00

Planner (40%) 14.4

wks

1800

25,920.00

Senior
surveyor
(40%)

14.4

wks

2000

28,800.00

Assistant
surveyor

36

wks

1400

50,400.00

wks

50

3,600.00

Accommodation and furniture

Stores (2Nr)

72

Hoisting/lifting/craneage

Erect

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hoists to
cores
B

Driver and
hire

36

wks

2000

72,000.00

Temporary services

Electrical
connection

item

500.00

Trailing leads

item

2,000.00

Lighting
tripods

item

1,000.00

Equipment

item

10,000.00

Slip cables
and wiring

item

15,000.00

Standby
generators

Temp
plumbing hose

18

wks

800

item

14,400.00

5,000.00

Communications

Calls

36

wks

100

3,600.00

Fax

36

wks

35

1,260.00

Copier

36

wks

25

900.00

Stationery

36

wks

25

900.00

Site two way

radios

216

wks

25

5,400.00

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(6Nr)

IT equipment

item

8,000.00

Safety

Supervisor

36

wks

1300

46,800.00

Equipment

36

wks

750

27,000.00

Protective
screens

item

50,000.00

Safety netting

item

50,000.00

Rubbish removal

Labour cleaning

36

wks

27,000.00

Skips

36

wks

7,200.00

item

45,000.00

O and M manuals/record drawings

Allowance

Plant

Concrete
pumps

72

wks

86,400.00

Setting out
equipment

108

wks

14,040.00

Small tools

36

wks

14,040.00

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Consumables 36

wks

9,000.00

General
access

item

10,000.00

Scaffolders labour

wks

39,600.00

Haki stairs

item

25,000.00

Handrails and
the like

item

30,000.00

item

12,000.00

Scaffolding

36

Concrete test cubes

Allowance

Overhead and profit

OHP on
preliminaries

6%

82,663.20

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