Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2021

The definitive M&E price book with additions to the measured works, updates to approximate estimating and new engineering features.

Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2021 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available, providing 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.

Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with an book of this 2021 edition on the VitalSource® Bookshelf platform, available for access and use until the end of December 2021.

In this year’s book:

• An overhaul of the uninterruptible power supply section, and revised costs for air source heat pumps

• new items including:

– HDPE pipe for above ground drainage systems

– fire protection mist systems

– electric vehicle chargers

• new engineering features: data centre cooling, later living developments, residential heat pumps, large scale heat pumps, and local energy networks

• Articles on intelligent buildings to boost productivity efficiency and well being, ways data analytics is transforming BIM, digital delivery and the design process, and coronavirus and the future of work

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

• 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.

• an overhauled index and guidance notes

• updates, free of charge, twice a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk