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Due to economic climate and public sector cuts

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Due to rising commodity prices

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Cashflow demands = margins are at a minimum for ME contractors & suppliers

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Cashflow demands = margins are at a minimum for ME contractors & suppliers

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England & Scotland facing pressure to secure turnover

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Entry into the market of a number of new contractors has increased competition 

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Entry into the market of a number of new contractors has increased competition 

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= contractors are attempting to recover costs by putting in higher tenders.

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System efficiency and product innovation

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System efficiency and product innovation

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Previously innovative products are becoming the norm, for example, biofuel technologies

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System standardisation and product value engineering

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System standardisation and product value engineering

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Increased technological integration, system data and the use of Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)

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Combined with BIM, the development of pre-fabrication processes and facilities will increase. Site facility costs will also be cut, with less labour needed on site

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With increased use of BIM, Integrated Project Delivery is beginning to be a reality across the sector

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Significant investment is being made in the Far East, where costs for skilled labour are competitive and there are low-cost manufactured goods

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Phrases such as low carbon, zero carbon, whole-life carbon are now common, but are confusing and poorly understood

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Part L introduced further requirements for industry with number of direct implications for building services. The balance between facade design and material specification is generating debate

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Example- Covid-19

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having a major impact on building services, with high volumes of metals used. Economic conditions are generating rapid change in this area

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1). Electricians have benefited from a  wage deal negotiated by the Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry.

2).  Plumbers earnings will increase by 3%

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Increased investment in prefabrication facilities and the continued development of BIM object libraries will place pressure on overhead recovery

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Most frameworks have fallen away in favour of raw competitive tendering.

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Main contractors inviting multiple M&E contractors to tender – which can result in more than 20 specialists for one job

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Reliability of tender returns =  dependant on quality of baseline tender info

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Reliability of tender returns =  dependant on quality of baseline tender info

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growing market in the evaluation and upgrading of existing assets, which will require assessing the business case for investment in technologies.

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"Marginal abatement cost curves” = likely to become much more common – these help clients focus on where they get the “biggest bang for their buck”.

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Organising utility connections = Most common delay in construction projects

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Delays affect clients, developers, occupiers and tenants

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degree of complexity involved
in getting a connection varies
greatly according to the size and
nature of the development

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large schemes involve multiple connections and may require extensive reinforcement of the network, including design, planning and construction of physical infrastructure such as pipelines, cables and switchgear and the preparation of complex legal agreements for construction, connection and adoption of elements

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Improving current situation will require further changes in the competition regime, adoption of more efficient working practices by utility companies and tougher penalties for poor performance

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Items excluded from price books or cost plans

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Items excluded from price books or cost plans

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Following are overall costs for building services installations, suitable for use in estimates produced at RIBA stages A and B. The costs include the services contractor’s costs, overheads and profit and builder’s work, but exclude the following:

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■ Specialist installations, including catering equipment, exhibition and show lighting and cleaning cradles
■ Lift and conveyor installations
■ External services infrastructure and services connections
■ Main contractor overhead and profit, preliminaries and contingencies
■ Professional fees
■ VAT
■ Inflation beyond second quarter 2011.
Costs are based on an outer London location current in the second quarter of 2011, for a
large-scale, competitively procured project.