Carbon construction cost book

The Capital Cost and Embodied CO2 GuideMott MacDonald has launched the first ever price book to contain estimated values for CO2 emissions of construction activities.

This exciting edition of the annual Hutchins UK Major Works Building Blackbook sets a new standard in the construction industry. It is the first building cost book to include an estimate of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for all activities of work, while retaining the accurate pricing that has made the price book a definitive guide for construction trades and professions.

We anticipate that the new book will change the way the industry measures cost and CO2 emissions going forward. Traditionally measured by separate teams, this publication will at last enable the industry to produce cost estimates and carbon footprints for design options at speed, with accurate consistency.

By introducing carbon data into the Blackbook, Mott MacDonald can now quantify the environmental impacts of building decisions with greater ease. Building owners, operators and businesses are being placed under growing pressure to reduce their CO2 impact. This CO2 measure will become increasingly influential as we move into times of CO2 taxation and trading to comply with the reduction agreed in the UK Climate Change Act.

We have a successful track record – spanning over ten years – advising on carbon markets and low carbon technologies issues and applications. Examples of our sustainability projects include assisting in the development of new emission reduction legislation in China and Eastern Europe, and the development of green building guidelines in the Middle East.

More recently, we have been assisting ScottishPower’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) team in the preparation of their submission to the UK government as part of the UK post-combustion CCS demonstration competition.

For more information about our new carbon construction cost book please visit: www.price-books.co.uk/hutchins.htm.