Client supply items for a construction cost plan

The Client Supply items page for a construction cost plan

What's in this Article ?

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

What is the The Client Supply for a construction cost plan ?

The Client Supply page for a construction cost plan is simply the page that lists out all of the products that the Client will supply e.g. washing machines and light fittings.

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

What is the purpose of the Client Supply page ?

Its purpose is to summarise and total all of the various costs associated the Client Supply 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 Client Supply page should have the following:

Logo of the company producing the construction cost plan
Title of the page e.g. Client supply items
Address of the project
Date of the cost-plan
All of the elements for the items e.g. washing machine
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 Client Supply page for a construction cost plan

The Client Supply costs can be found easily by contacting all of the businesses that will supply the items and collating them.

These businesses specialise in supplying these items so you can get a fixed price from them for the works.

You may be better off getting your builder to supply the items as it means they will be responsible for the ordering, delivery and installation of all the items with zero involvement or risk on your behalf.