Carpentry for a construction cost plan

Theis article is all about the Carpentry page for a construction cost plan

Introduction

This is a simple article discussing the various elements of a construction cost-plan to attempt to articulate the best practice for construction cost-plans.

The Carpentry package page is simply one page of around thirty pages that lay out, item by item, the works involved in a construction project.

Carpentry can include the following items:

• Installation of internal doors, architraves, skirtings, coping,
• Installation of timber windows
• Installation of stairs
• Installation of timber or metal stud walls
• Anything to do with the installation of timber
• Installation of external cladding

We exclude the carpentry works associated with roof carpenter (installation of trusses, joists, rafters and so forth) because it makes sense for this to be in roofing.

Also, we include carpentry work in relation to new upper floors (timber joists, boarding) in the upper floors section.

What is the Carpentry page for a construction cost plan ?

The Carpentry page for a construction cost plan is simply the page that lists out all of the tasks that are involved in the Carpentry package of a construction project.

In a typical construction costs plan there will be separate sections for the following elements (trades/work packages):

• Cover page
• Summary page
• Preliminaries
• Demolition & Strip-out
• Foundations & Drainage
• Structural steel
• Brickwork
• Roof
• Upper floors
• External Windows and Doors
• Stairs
• Mechanical (Plumbing)
• Electrical
• Fire services
• Internal studwork
• Internal blockwork
• Internal ceilings
• Skim coat
• Carpentry
• Decoration
• Floor finishes
• Kitchen
• Joinery
• Tiling
• Fixtures and fittings
• External works
• Underfloor heating
• External cladding
• Client supply items
• Contingency for unforeseen items

What is the purpose of the Carpentry page ?

Its purpose is to summarise and total all of the various costs associated the Carpentry package page.

It means that the Client or any of the team members can see exactly 1) what the final total is 2) where the costs are split through the work packages.

The Carpentry page should have the following:

• Logo of the company producing the construction cost plan
• Title of the page e.g. Carpentry
• Address of the project
• Date of the cost-plan
• All of the elements for the Carpentry package including supply and installation of the Carpentry works
• All of the costs for the works above
• A final total

Here is an example that we have mocked up specifically for this article.

Any other notes on the Carpentry page for a construction cost plan

Carpentry costs can be found easily by contacting a local Carpentry business.

These businesses specialise in the complete Carpentry packages so you can get a fixed price from them for the works.

Some of these companies will price for supplying all of the materials but if you want to provide the materials then they can provide a labour only price.

This reduces your risk for this package as you are sub-contracting the risk out to someone who can handle it better (because they do nothing but Carpentry and therefore know their costs a lot better than you would).

It you want to read more about site carpentry then you can go here.

Order of measurement for internal doors

When calculating a budget for the internal doors you need to include for the following:

• Internal Doors and associated works e.g. ironmongery, painting doors,
• Door frames and linings e.g. door linings, architraves, painting of door linings and architraves
• External doors same as above- enumerate the number of doors and then separately the frames and linings
• Patio and garage doors