COSTUS | UK Construction Pricing Intelligence

Construction pricing
intelligence for contractors Pricing Work

Are your assumptions costing you money?

Labour rates, material profit and market conditions updated monthly to support tender and commercial decisions.

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR NEXT TENDER…

Tender margins are often won or lost before the estimate is finished.

Incorrect assumptions of labour rates, material margin or market conditions can have a significant impact on profitability.

Don’t let outdated rates and assumptions cost you money.

COSTUS helps contractors reduce the risk of costly pricing mistakes before submitting tenders.

What’s included

Current labour rates for mechanical, electrical and building contractors

Material margin rates

Tender competition and live market conditions

Estimating and tendering information

This website preview contains redacted pricing data. Subscribers receive the complete monthly edition with current labour rates, material margin guidance and tender competition analysis. Updated monthly.

Built using selected construction market indicators including ONS, BCIS, S&P PMI and key material indices, each monthly edition provides practical market intelligence to support estimating and commercial decisions.

Eight-Page Monthly Edition Preview

Includes labour rates, material margin and tender competition guidance.

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Why contractors
Subscribe

  • Reduce the risk of underpricing profitable work
  • Avoid using outdated labour assumptions
  • Sense-check material margin
  • Understand current tender competition
  • Support commercial decisions before submission
  • Reduce the risk of pricing with outdated assumptions

Who Uses COSTUS?

Contractors and decision-makers responsible for pricing work and protecting profit margins.

✓ Estimators 

✓ Commercial Managers 

✓ Directors

✓ Electrical Contractors

✓ Mechanical Contractors

✓ Building Contractors

 

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Based on live project data and supported by key market indicators.