Civil Engineering Association

Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2012 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available. It provides detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher-level costs for a diverse range of systems and different building applications.


This year’s book provides a market update of labour rates and daywork rates, material costs/ prices for measured works, and all-in-rates and elemental rates in the Approximate Estimating section. Engineering features have been revised in line with new legislation and regs on Part L, CO2 targets and renewables. Feed-In Tariffs have been overhauled and a new feature has been added for infrastructure.


All the standard features you have come to expect from Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book, considered essential for today’s services cost professional, are also included:


detailed materials prices, labour constants, labour costs and measured work prices for mechanical and electrical works, from above ground drainage to automatic transfer switches, and circuit breakers to sprinkler systems
an extensive Approximate Estimating section for quick, rule-of-thumb pricing of mechanical or electrical installations, together with elemental services costs for different types and standard of buildings
full details of wage rates, daywork and cost indices on a national and Central London basis

Infrastructure work is still declining, although there are plans to release £1.3bn worth of road network schemes over the next few years.

Network rail has published plans to spend £38bn on upgrade works over the next five years.

Water firms are to bring forward $400m of work into this financial year.

Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2015 from AECOM gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with the latest CIJC wage agreement. Beyond prices, it can be used as a comprehensive work manual for the UK’s civil engineering, surveying and construction business.

Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this edition until the end of December 2015. We now provide SPON’S Online, a versatile and powerful online data viewing package, which replaces the estimating software and ebook of recent years.

This 29th edition incorporates a comprehensive review throughout:

   Updated to come into line with the CESSM4 structure as well as MMHW
   And with an expanded range of rail elements