Cost update

Fordham, Peter

Cost update - 2006 - Building 271(8459) 8 December 2006, 49-51(3) .

Details of Davis Langdon's quarterly analysis of construction materials and labour prices. Reports that building, mechanical and electrical costs continue to rise above inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index. Steel and timber prices have recorded the sharpest increases, due to European demand, and the summer wage award saw an increase in basic rates of just 3.5%, the lowest for a number of years.


DAVIS LANGDON QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND LABOUR PRICES


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