Upper floors for a construction cost plan

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

Upper floors generally include:

• Stainless steel hangers
• Timber floor joists
• Insulation between the joists
• Plywood
• Possible acoustic underlays

What is the Upper floors page for a construction cost plan ?

The Upper floors page for a construction cost plan is simply the page that lists out all of the tasks that are involved in the upper floors 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 Upper floors page

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

• Logo of the company producing the construction cost plan
• Title of the page e.g. Upper floors
• Address of the project
• Date of the cost-plan
• All of the elements for the upper floors package including supply and installation of the upper floors
• 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 Upper floors page for a construction cost plan ?

Upper floors costs can be found easily by contacting a local site carpentry or roof 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 site carpentry and therefore know their costs a lot better than you would).

If you want to know more about site carpenters then go here.

Sequence of measurement for upper floors

If you are measuring quantities for timber upper floors you should follow a take-off list such as:

• Plates and bedding
• Floor joists
• Strutting if required
• Boarding
• Insulation

If you are measuring suspended in-situ concrete slabs you can follow a take-off list such as:

• In-situ concrete floor slabs
• Bar reinforcement
• Fabric reinforcement
• Formwork to the soffits of floor slabs
• Formwork to edges of suspended slabs
• Insulation
• Propping, shuttering

If you are measuring precast concrete slabs you can follow a take-off list such as:

• Precast concrete beam and block floors
• Bar reinforcement
• Fabric reinforcement
• Formwork to the soffits of floor slabs
• Formwork to edges of suspended slabs

If you are measuring concrete ground floor beds you can follow a take-off list such as:

• Hardcore and similar beds
• Surface treatments e.g. blinding
• In-situ concrete
• Reinforcement
• Mechanical tamping
• Power floating
• Trowelling