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 | Constructors' site overheads | general requirements

Parent: Renewal Costs
Preliminaries | Constructors' 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