Calculating construction costs

A suite of resources on calculating construction costs for the T Level in Design, Surveying and Planning

Version: July 2025

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Lesson 1

Calculating unit rates

Lesson slide deck (.pptx, 5 mb) Video: Estimating construction costs Video: Role of a quantity surveyor Video: Unit rate calculation explainer Introduction worksheet (.docx, 60 kb) Introduction worksheet answers (.docx, 63 kb) Activity 1 worksheet (.docx, 64 kb) Activity 1 worksheet answers (.docx, 63 kb) Activity 3 reference sheet (.docx, 67 kb) Actvity3 worksheet (scaffolded) (.docx, 66 kb) Activity 3 worked solutions (.docx, 62 kb) Consolidation worksheet (.docx, 62 kb) Consolidation worksheet answers (.docx, 64 kb)

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Lesson 2

Bills of quantities

Lesson Slide deck (.pptx, 165 b) Activity 1 worksheet (.docx, 69 kb) Activity 1 worksheet answers (.docx, 69 kb) Activity 1 case study (.docx, 143 kb) Activity 2 worksheet (.docx, 68 kb) Activity 2 poster checklist (.docx, 68 kb)

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