A serious question for construction bods....
 

Anyone got any good sources for constuction costs in £/m2 in the UK? Industrial type construction, steel structure with cladding - light duty plant housing....

I think someone's trying to charge me silly prices cause he thinks we're naive petrol heads.... (£2K/sq m for a glorified shed!!!)

{and yes, i know it's a me forum but so many of you are from UK construction firms and I don't know any construction people here... Nor do i want to.}

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

Definitely sounds to me like you might be getting shafted........although steel has shot up over the last year. Have you got a QS on board, they should have access to some basic cost models for different types of units.

Remember some of the work for my previous employer and including prelims etc I think £/m2 for a steel and blockwork trainig facility came in at about £1300 per m2

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

This is a steel structure + cladding type unit, 2 storey, hollow rib cast concrete first floor, 250m2 floor area total, very basic fit-out of M&E, nothing fancy. Building costs are 500K GBP!!! The QS seems all too chummy with the contractors, I'm smelling a rat....

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

assuming pad foundations and ground bearing slab 1-1.2k sqm tops

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

Hmm. anyone got any suggestions for a reliable contractor in the Oxfordshire area to get a stalking quote from?

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

For smallish projects then possibly Rok, they have an office in Oxford

http://www.rokgroup.com/myarea/office.jsp

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

We are building small industrial units in the UK on contract placed 12 months ago- 6m eaves, 35KN/m floor loading, steel portal frame with profile steel walls and roof,elec in to distribution board and nil office content. Good ground ie reinforced pad foundations only at circa £400/sq.m. If I was starting now would expect a cheaper price maybe 10-15% less!!!!!

Hope this helps.

Re: A serious question for construction bods....
 

Wow. Well, thanks to your help & some bench-mark figures I've managed to get my supplier down to £1300/sqm....

But if you can PM the details of your company at £400/sqm I would certainly give them a try. I can through in free tickets & hospitality at GP races for next season if that helps.....