Prices
What mechanical installations work sells for
Awards published by UK public bodies. Private work is not in the harvest and is not estimated here.
The record
- Source
- UK public contract awards
- Awards read
- 516
- Period
- November 2016 to September 2026
- Refreshed
- 20 September 2026
What it went for
£87,270
the middle of 516 awards, from £3,699 to £6,157,044
Half of all mechanical installations awards fell between £44,010 and £163,669.
Against the estimate
Awarded at the estimate.
25 of these jobs advertised an estimate before bids came in
How long the decision takes
112 days from advert to award. 15 days shorter than the all-trades middle of 127 days.
the middle of 30 jobs whose advert and award were both published
When heating & ventilation work comes out to bid
April is the busiest month and May the quietest - 5 against 1, across one full year.
- January: 4 advertised
- February: 3 advertised
- March: 2 advertised
- April: 5 advertised
- May: 1 advertised
- June: 5 advertised
- July: 2 advertised
- August: 3 advertised
- September: 4 advertised
- October: 2 advertised
- November: 2 advertised
- December: 4 advertised
counted on tenders advertised, which is what a contractor plans around - a month with nothing held is shown as a dash, never a zero
Where these figures come from
Every figure is read from contract award notices published by UK public bodies - councils, NHS trusts, housing associations, government departments - under the Open Government Licence. Nothing is estimated, modelled or filled in. A figure appears only once enough awards support it, and it always states how many.
The figures are rebuilt each night, last on 20 September 2026. They cover publicly tendered work, which is not the same as domestic or private commercial work: a price here is what a public body paid a contractor on a contract that went through a formal tender.
Other trades
- Whole buildings£157,555
- Roads & groundworks£141,125
- Finishing work£118,982
- Roofing£138,404
- Demolition & earthworks£108,456
- Electrical£108,726
- Civil engineering£162,578
- Water & drainage£152,618
- Plumbing£103,224
- Joinery & carpentry£136,500
- Fencing£90,000
- Painting & glazing£75,982
- Industrial & energy£88,855
- Site preparation£186,815
- Floor & wall coverings£55,516
- Insulation£375,000
- Plant hire (operator)£66,324
- Drilling & boring£245,817
- Earthmoving plant hire£104,000
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