Spon's Construction Cost and Price Indices Handbook

Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations and acronyms. Introduction. Part A: Construction indices: uses and methodology. Uses of construction indices. Problems and methods of measurements. Part B: Currently compiled construction indices. Introduction. Output price indices. Tender price indices. DOE public sector building tender price index, 1975; PSA QSSD index of building tender prices, 1968; BCIS tender price indices, 1974; DOE road construction tender price indices, 1970; DOE price index of public sector housebuilding (PIPSH), 1964; Scottish Office housing tender price index, 1970; D L & E tender price index, 1966; Cost indices. BCIS building cost indices, 1971. Spon's cost indices. Building cost index, 1966; Mechanical services cost index, 1966; Electrical services cost index, 1966; Constructed civil engineering cost index, 1970; Constructed landscaping cost index, 1976; 'Building' housing costs index, 1973; Scottish Office building cost index, 1970; ABI/BCIS house rebuilding cost index, 1978; Association of Cost Engineers - erected plant cost indices, 1958; BMI maintenance cost indices, 1970; PSA APSAB cost indeices, 1970; Comparison and review of current indices. Part C: Historical construction indices. Introduction. Historical cost and price indices. Jones's selling price of building index, 1845-1922; Saville's selling price of building index, 1923-1939; Maiwald's indices of cost for building and other constuction, 1945-1938; Redern's indices of costs for building and works and for housing, 1839/1850-1953; CSO CCA index of costs for new building works, 1888-1956; Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) index of building costs, 1896-1956. Venning Hope cost of building index, 1914-1975; Banister Fletcher's index of the comparative cost of building, 1920-1939; BRS measured work index, London area, 1939-1969 Q2; DOE cost of new construction (CNC) index, 1949 Q1-1980 Q1. Comparison and reviw of historical indices. Bibliography. Appendices. Glossary. Index.