Preliminaries are considered to cover the following:
• Site set up / take down;
• Site facilities (stores, offices, servicing etc.);
• Temporary works;
• Contractor’s overheads (site overheads and percentage of head office, staff training, back office staff salaries);
• Contractor margin;
• Contractor’s site vehicles;
• Travel expenses;
• Bonus payments;
• Site information boards;
• Progress photos;
• Scheme registration (considerate contractors);
• Landfill costs / skip licences;
• Licences.
Preliminaries do not include site clearance or work associated with contaminated land, both of which are covered under Other Costs instead. By default Preliminaries cost are calculated as a percentage of Works + TM + Scheme's Engineering Difficulty costs.
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Works+TM+Scheme Eng Diff Cost
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Additional Cost for Preliminaries
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<£50,000
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20%
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<£250,000
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15%
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<£1,000,000
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12.5%
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£1,000,000 +
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10%
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Article ID: 85, Created: 1/4/2011 at 5:11 PM, Modified: 8/27/2015 at 11:26 AM