Barbour ABI to Work with Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

LONDON, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Cost and pricing information experts BCIS are teaming up with industry analysts Barbour ABI to provide the construction industry with the latest information on construction costs.

As a leading provider of construction intelligence services, offering relevant insight and analysis of trends and developments within the industry, Barbour ABI has been tasked to request project data on behalf of BCIS. The resultant cost information will be used anonymously to feed into the BCIS Online service, and will feature in the 'BCIS Benchmark Reports', which allow data suppliers to gain insight when comparing their project costs with similar schemes from the BCIS database.

Adam Valentine, Group Content Director at Barbour ABI commented on the new business relationship: "As a business we have a long standing history with the construction sector, and are very well positioned to work with BCIS to further help develop their insightful cost and pricing findings. We are looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship with BCIS, which in turn will have a significant effect in helping the sector forecast future project costs.

Marianne Chowdhury, Head of Data Collection at BCIS commented: "We are looking forward to working with Barbour ABI on data collection to maintain the up-to-date, relevant and accurate building cost data available to BCIS subscribers. This is going to have a positive effect on the industry and our subscribers by increasing the sample sizes which underpin the service we provide. We are sure this will be a mutually beneficial relationship for all concerned."

Notes to editors:

About Barbour ABI:

Barbour ABI is a leading provider of construction intelligence services. With a team of in-house research specialists and a dedicated lead economist, it provides commercially relevant insight and unique analysis of trends and developments within the building and construction industry.

Barbour ABI is the chosen provider of Construction New Orders data to the Office for National Statistics and the Government's Construction and Infrastructure Pipeline, outlining future construction and infrastructure projects where public funding is agreed. Barbour ABI also provides data for independent organisations, such as the Construction Products Association.

Barbour ABI is part of global events-led marketing services and communications company, UBM, and is headquartered in Cheshire Oaks, Cheshire.

For more information, go to http://www.barbour-abi.com or follow us on Twitter @BarbourABI for all the latest construction data news.

About UBM:
UBM helps businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers and sellers together at events and online, as well as producing and distributing news and specialist content. Its 5,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into expert teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com or follow us on Twitter at @UBM_plc for all the latest UBM corporate news.

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