BCIS: tender prices up, but processes slowed

The Building Cost Information Service's civil engineering tender price index panel has estimated tender prices are up 2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, but warns that costs of tendering are making contractors more selective, as the process of moving projects forward slows.

State Audit Clouds Future of Proposed NC Outer Banks Bridge

Increases in construction costs have more than doubled the project’s original estimate, with the current cost now estimated at approximately $1.2 billion.

Forecast rise in material prices set to push up data centre costs

Critical construction material prices could rise by more than a tenth over the summer, driving up the cost of data centre projects in particular, a report has warned. Consultancy Currie & Brown said the cost of aluminium could soar by 12.4 per cent in the… The post Forecast rise in material prices set to push up data centre costs appeared first on Construction News.

Offices haven’t disappeared but they’re having to step up, Turner & Townsend finds

UK-headquartered consultant Turner & Townsend has issued its 2026 office cost fit-out guide, which found that demand is rising for premium, highly amenitised office space and that costs are rising… The post Offices haven’t disappeared but they’re having to step up, Turner & Townsend finds appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Ongoing bridge repairs and cost of closing modular business help double Severfield losses to £40m

Steelwork contractor says new chief executive’s review will target more work in India and aim for 8% margin

Constructacademy - Cost Value Reconciliation, The Definitive Guide to CVRs, 20032021

This video explains the basics of a CVR, why they're useful and more importantly how to prepare one. This is the most requested topic from Constructacademy viewers and Richard Wimbush gives a comprehensive explanation of the CVR process. CVRs are an important tool in construction reporting but they are often misunderstood. This can be as a result of the CVR template being too complicated or poorly interpreted. If you want to know how to compile a CVR then look no further than this video

Cost benefit analysis template - Published by You Exec

Have you ever wondered where to start on this when challenged in a meeting. Well maybe this template will help with a straight forward cost benefit analysis approach.

Costing Steelwork June 2022 - AECOM, BCSA, and Building

This quarter’s Costing Steelwork provides an update of the five previously featured cost comparisons covering oces education industrial retail and mixeduse

Mace - UK Market View Q1 2022

The attached report by Mace provides their view on the UK construction market "Construction orders look strong as we go through the first quarter of 2022 however this growth is likely to be tempered by geopolitical factors driving rising oil and gas prices. This, combined with inflation, interest rate and taxation rises will put pressure of the cost of living, the cost of borrowing and construction costs which in turn may translate into a slowing of growth in the economy over the medium term"

Building - Cost model - Low carbon frames, 21022022

Structural frames are one of the biggest contributors to embodied carbon, but issues with data quality and design approaches have made tackling this difficult – until now. Aecom cost consultant Mark Claridge and structural engineer Adam Parkes walk us through the options, obstacles and opportunities

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