National Schedule of Rates

The first National Schedule of Rates was launched in response to the Government's legislation on competition in the public sector.

Together with the appropriate contract conditions, The National Schedules allow customers to issue a series of works orders, confident that the charges for the work will be based on a pre-determined and agreed basis of measurement and pricing.

The National Schedules of Rates are a library of items, all priced and conforming in general to the classification and description requirements of the Standard Method of Measurement, 7th Edition, used to estimate. Further the National Building Specification is used by the civil section for design resulting in a standard co-ordinated project information delivery process. Saving time and money.

The National Schedules are republished annually incorporating development and price changes. Price updating is based on re-appraisal of material, labour and plant price movements on an individual item basis. Basic prices for material and labour are also available.

The Civil Minor works contract is based on the National Schedule of Rates Together with the NEC contract terms and conditions.

Note: National schedule of Rates for Roadworks

The Road Works Schedule – This Schedule of Rates has been jointly sponsored by the National Schedule of Rates and Carillion for use in both the public and private sectors. This is the second Schedule of Rates to be published by the NSR as a joint venture with PSA Specialist Services and their successors Carillion and it is hoped that it will produce benefits for both clients and contractors concerned with roadworks.
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