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Comparative Cost Study
The steel industry has published a comparative cost study for multi-storey commercial buildings since 1993. Gardiner & Theobald, Peter Brett Associates and Mace Group have now updated the cost study to reflect developments in construction techniques and current construction practice for multi-storey office construction to provide impartial cost and programme guidance for Quantity Surveyors and design teams.
Market share trend in multi storey construction 2012
Cost effectiveness is one of the many advantages of structural steelwork. This position is reflected in another long established independent industry-standard survey, which has measured the relative market share of structural frames annually since 1980.
Cost of Structural Steelwork 2012
For most projects, the decision on the frame material choice and form happens early in the design process, often on the basis of early design principles, limited information and budget costings. Once selected, the frame material is unlikely to change, as to do so can have significant programme implications from the consequential impact on the design of other major elements, such as cladding, M&E installations etc.
Cost planning of structural steelwork through the design stages 2012
Once the early optioneering process is complete and the configuration of the proposed building has been established, the decision on the framing material has usually been made. However the design will not yet have progressed sufficiently to prepare detailed cost information on individual products and systems, necessitating the presentation of costs as a rate per m2 of gross internal floor area (GIFA) based on the adjustment of typical cost ranges for similar buildings.
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