Structural steel page for a construction cost plan

Structural steel 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 structural steel page is simply one page of around thirty pages that lay out, item by item, the works involved in a construction project.

What is a Structural steel page for a construction cost plan ?

The structural steel page for a construction cost plan is simply the page that lists out all of the tasks that are involved in the structural steel 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 a Structural steel page

Its purpose is to summarise and total all of the various costs associated with Structural steel.

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 structural steel page should have the following:

• Logo of the company producing the construction cost plan
• Title of the page e.g. Demolition and strip-out
• Address of the project
• Date of the cost-plan
• All of the elements for the structural steel including supply and installation of structural steel plus fire proofing of the structural steel elements if required.
• 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 Structural steel page for a construction cost plan

Structural steel costs can be found easily by contacting a local Structural steel business.

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

Some of these companies will only supply the steel whilst some will supply and install.

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 structural steel and therefore know their costs a lot better than you would).