ME Measurement by K00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq Factors affecting ME Rates en-us 2020-10-20 09:18:34 UTC 2025-09-26 15:22:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Turnover= down in most sectors k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844171573 Due to economic climate and public sector cuts]]> 2020-10-20 09:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844171573 New Build workload expected to fall k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844184231 Due to rising commodity prices]]> 2020-10-20 09:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844184231 Cashflow demands = margins are at a minimum for ME contractors & suppliers k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844187973 England & Scotland facing pressure to secure turnover]]> 2020-10-20 09:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844187973 Entry into the market of a number of new contractors has increased competition k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844193563 2020-10-20 09:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844193563 Increased Market activity k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844196077 = contractors are attempting to recover costs by putting in higher tenders. ]]> 2020-10-20 09:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844196077 System efficiency and product innovation k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844201741  Previously innovative products are becoming the norm, for example, biofuel technologies ]]> 2020-10-20 09:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844201741 System standardisation and product value engineering k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844202824  Increased technological integration, system data and the use of Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) ]]> 2020-10-20 09:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844202824 Pre-fabrication k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844204102  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 ]]> 2020-10-20 09:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844204102 Design rationalisation k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844205626  With increased use of BIM, Integrated Project Delivery is beginning to be a reality across the sector ]]> 2020-10-20 09:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844205626 Globalisation k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844206481  Significant investment is being made in the Far East, where costs for skilled labour are competitive and there are low-cost manufactured goods ]]> 2020-10-20 09:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844206481 Carbon k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844207354  Phrases such as low carbon, zero carbon, whole-life carbon are now common, but are confusing and poorly understood ]]> 2020-10-20 09:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844207354 Regulation k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844209460  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 ]]> 2020-10-20 09:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844209460 Factors outside control of project team k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844218126 Example- Covid-19]]> 2020-10-20 09:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844218126 Commodity prices k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844223377  having a major impact on building services, with high volumes of metals used. Economic conditions are generating rapid change in this area ]]> 2020-10-20 10:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844223377 Labour k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844226406  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%]]> 2020-10-20 10:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844226406 Preliminaries and margins k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844232589  Increased investment in prefabrication facilities and the continued development of BIM object libraries will place pressure on overhead recovery ]]> 2020-10-20 10:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844232589 M&E Market = aggressive & Competitive k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844234556 Most frameworks have fallen away in favour of raw competitive tendering. ]]> 2020-10-20 10:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844234556 Tender lists = increasing k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844239428 Main contractors inviting multiple M&E contractors to tender – which can result in more than 20 specialists for one job ]]> 2020-10-20 10:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844239428 Reliability of tender returns = dependant on quality of baseline tender info k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844246021 2020-10-20 10:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844246021 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844574196  growing market in the evaluation and upgrading of existing assets, which will require assessing the business case for investment in technologies. ]]> 2020-10-20 12:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844574196 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844577933 "Marginal abatement cost curves” = likely to become much more common – these help clients focus on where they get the “biggest bang for their buck”.]]> 2020-10-20 12:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844577933 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844585715 Organising utility connections = Most common delay in construction projects]]> 2020-10-20 12:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/844585715 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845075387 Delays affect clients, developers, occupiers and tenants]]> 2020-10-20 14:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845075387 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845126107 2020-10-20 14:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845126107 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845130185  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 ]]> 2020-10-20 14:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845130185 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845144926  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 ]]> 2020-10-20 14:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845144926 Items excluded from price books or cost plans k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845148739 2020-10-20 14:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845148739 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845202870 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:]]> 2020-10-20 15:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845202870 k00233231 https://padlet.com/k00233231/mwr4nqidq0yus9pq/wish/845208231 ■ 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.

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