Building Cost Index Subscription

BER Building Cost Information Service

Empowering you to make informed decisions regarding your building/property project.

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What is included

  • Four comprehensive reports per year.
  • A five year forecast of building input costs
  • The historical BCI and a five year forecast
  • A quarterly overview of the state of the building and property sectors.
  • Premium Subscribers also get access to the BER's project BCI calculator and historical residential and nonresidential data
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Product insight

The BER Building Cost Index is a measure of the percentage change in average building costs in South Africa. It is based on an analysis of the tariffs (rates) in accepted tenders supplied by quantity surveyors (QS).

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Why is it unique?

Unlike other input cost indices, the BER Building Cost Index reflects market conditions. It includes building contractors' profit margins in addition to builders’ input costs (labour, materials, plant, and fuel) and allowances for contingencies.

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What are the benefits of the index?

There is often a delay between the tendering and awarding of contracts. Estimates of future cost escalations can significantly reduce uncertainties when evaluating building contracts.

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We offer two easy subscription options

The benefits and costs of the Premium and Standard pakages are listed below. Sign up easily and pay by credit card to access key insights into your industry each quarter

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The BER offers two subscription options:

STANDARD BER BCIS

Cost of annual subscription:

R6970.00*

(incl. VAT)

Subscribers get a quarterly report which contains:

  • The historical BER BCI, along with a 5-year forecast (pre-tender escalation) - also in excel
  • A 5-year forecast of the Contract Price Adjustment Index (Haylett index) for workgroups 180 and 181 (post-tender escalation) – also in excel
  • The rates of the 27 representative items on which the BER BCI is based

* Members of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) are entitled to a 20% discount provided they subscribe through the ASAQS membership portal

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PREMIUM BER BCIS

Cost of annual subscription:

R8800.00*

(incl. VAT)

In addition to that included in the Standard BER BCIS, premium subscribers also get:

  • The historical residential and non-residential BCI – in excel
  • The history and forecast for the components of the derived Haylett index namely, the consumer price index, building material inflation and plant and machinery equipment – in excel
  • Access to the BER's project BCI calculator (click here to view a video), a tool that will enable users to gauge their own project BCI by selecting weights appropriate to that project#

* Members of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) are entitled to a 20% discount provided they subscribe through the ASAQS membership portal

#The BER does not endorse any calculation generated by the project calculator. The BER BCI remains the official measure of output inflation in the building construction sector

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