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“An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs…”
— Cost Engineer on ‘Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book’
Spon's Civil Engineering And Highway Works Price Book 2012 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual for the UK’s civil engineering, surveying and construction business. It gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a full...
Published October 5th 2011 by Spon Press
Now in its thirty-first edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2012 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, and forms an indispensable...
Published September 28th 2011 by Spon Press
Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2012 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available. It provides detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher-level...
Published September 21st 2011 by Spon Press
Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2012, compiled by Davis Langdon, 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...
Published September 6th 2011 by Spon Press
SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2011 provides a comprehensive work manual for the industry. It gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with...
Published September 29th 2010 by Spon Press
Now in its 30th edition, SPON'S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK 2011 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 reference book for...
Published September 22nd 2010 by Spon Press
SPON'S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES PRICE BOOK 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...
Published September 15th 2010 by Spon Press
With tender prices rising slightly, looking at price lists is not enough – you need SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK 2011 to get a competitive edge. SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK, compiled by Davis Langdon, provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant...
Published September 7th 2010 by Spon Press
Series: CIB
Residential Open Building, the result of a CIB Task Group 'Open Building Implementation', provides a state-of-the-art review of open building, fundamental principles, recent developments, and international coverage of current projects on both the public and private arena. Open Building is a highly...
Published April 28th 2010 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Estimating Costs Guides
Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub "just an idea...a ballpark figure..." ? The earlier a pricing decision has to be made, the more difficult it is to estimate the cost and the more likely the design and the specs are to change. And yet a rough-and-ready...
Published January 26th 2010 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
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...
Published October 6th 2009 by Spon Press
Modern concert halls and opera houses are now very specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. With new contemporary case-studies, this updated book explores these characteristics as an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians. Supported by...
Published September 23rd 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
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...
Published September 17th 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
"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...
Published September 7th 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's House Improvement Price Guide contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit....
Published August 31st 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
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....
Published August 17th 2009 by Spon Press
A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for all students studying building refurbishment at all levels. Includes: existing floor and wall...
Published May 26th 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon Research
Buildings and infrastructure represent principal assets of any national economy as well as prime sources of environmental degradation. Making them more sustainable represents a key challenge for the construction, planning and design industries and governments at all levels; and the rapid...
Published February 8th 2009 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2009 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available. Prices have been overhauled in line with buoyant market conditions. A new infrastructure section includes typical connection...
Published August 31st 2008 by Spon Press
Series: Spon's Price Books
Now in its 28th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2009 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. This year, for the first time, the download includes a versatile and powerful ebook. This edition includes the following...
Published August 31st 2008 by Spon Press
Conflicting signals! Public sector cutbacks, soaring input costs, and a mixed picture all round. You need SPON’S ARCHITECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ PRICE BOOK 2013 to get the detail right. SPON’S A&B PRICE BOOK, compiled by Davis Langdon, provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant...
To Be Published August 31st 2012 by Spon Press
Public sector cutbacks are biting hard, and materials costs are still soaring, although by different rates. Get a much clearer picture of where we are now. SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2013 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual for the UK’...
To Be Published August 31st 2012 by Spon Press
How else can you get reliable industry prices? Where else can you get the detail? Now in its 32nd edition, SPON'S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK 2013 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in...
To Be Published August 31st 2012 by Spon Press
‘An essential reference for everybody concerned with the calculation of costs of mechanical and electrical works.’ – Cost Engineer With high commodity prices worldwide and strong labour rates, coupled with aggressive market competition, puts contractors' margins under pressure. SPON'S MECHANICAL...
To Be Published August 31st 2012 by Spon Press