ICMS Cost definitions

Cost categories

Costs are categorised into four levels as follows:

• level 1: project or subproject
• level 2: cost categories
• level 3: cost groups
• level 4: cost sub-groups

Preliminaries | Constructor’s site overheads | general requirements

Parent: Construction Costs

Preliminaries | Constructor’s site overheads | general requirements costs include:

• Construction management including site management staff and support labour
• Temporary access roads and storage areas, traffic management and diversion (at the Constructors' discretion)
• Temporary site fencing and securities
• Commonly shared construction plant
• Commonly shared scaffolding
• Other temporary facilities and services
• Technology and communications: telephone, broadband, hardware, software
• Constructor's submissions, reports and as-built documentation
• Quality monitoring, recording and inspections
• Safety, health and environmental management
• Insurances, bonds, guarantees and warranties
• Constructor's statutory fees and charges
• Testing and commissioning