[Closed] Varying cost of building materials in the UK

For concrete you'd need like-for-like to get any idea of a comparison.

e.g. distance from plant and pit, volume, size of mixer used, recipe etc plus competition existing and any big projects in the location.

Blocks are easier, and sand will be distance from pit and transport times plus any local restrictions on output.

Good point br,

Assuming all prices are based on max loads so say

Price per m3 based on 6 or 8m3 truck
Price per 1000 based on full load approx 880no
Price per tonne based on 20tonne load

In NI deliveries would rarely be more than 20miles from Plant or Pit but we are a reasonably small contry with large amount of raw materials so if we say within 30miles of the plant for mainland.

Thanks

Believe our prices in NI are somewhat cheaper than the mainland

C32/40 with wra £76.50 (straight opc would be dearer)
C20 found mix again wra £69.30
Type 1 £8.72 min 16t
Yellow building sand £18.25 min 16t
Blocks £5.50/6.00 a square metre
Mastercrete 25 kg cement £3.60/bag
All prices not had this January's "usual" increase as its a fixed quote from June but they won't have changed much.
That price on block if 7n is very cheap!
That's in Derbyshire btw.

It also depends who you are, how many you're buying, how many you intend to buy in the next year, whether you're in a buying group, etc. I'll get a different price to a jobbing builder to a small developer to a housing association, etc. I worked for a software company that priced this stuff until recently. Not trying to be awkward, but it really does depend.

I used to work in the industry.

The transport costs play a huge role in the price, there are also market considerations such as proximity to competing production facilities to take into account. If there is only 1 concrete works within 50 miles, then you'll pay a lot as the competition will have to charge a fortune for transport. It's not a simple as the cost of the raw materials.

In NI there are more resources owned by private firms therefore more competition, for instance where I am based there are approx 8 quarries within an 10 mile radius owned by 8 different companies, within the same radius there are 10-11 readymix plants owned by 9 different companies and 5 block plants owned by 5 different companies. The quality of the aggregates in NI is high therefore need less cement to achieve high strengths than some parts of the UK. Believe or not before the increase in Jan this year in some areas it would have been possible to get 7n dense blocks for £300/1000.

Thanks again and keep them coming

Blimey, I can imagine margins are slimmer then. Roadstone used to be one of ours.

Appreciate that there various factors dictating price, essentialy I want to get an idea of the approximate prices in various areas. Then see what the factors are that dictate these prices such as:

Distance from plant
Quality of aggregates
Availability of raw materials
Competition etc

You won't get any where near enough valid data from a mountain biking site to do anything useful. There are simply too many variables. If you are buying 1 ton you get a very different price than if you buy 100s per month and so on.

There are companies who exist only to put this sort of information together. (at least I don't think they do their data collection on STW ;-))

Hi s10old, this article will be helpful http://www.getproquotes.co.uk/prices-and-costs/building-prices.php in terms of building prices 🙂