BCIS


The Building Cost Information Service, known as BCIS, is a provider of cost and price information for the UK construction industry. It is a part of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

History

BCIS was set up in 1961 to provide the profession with cost information in elemental format and to promote the use of elements and of elemental cost planning. The BCIS "Standard Form of Cost Analysis" remained an industry staple, largely unchanged, until the late 2000s. In 2012 the "New Rules of Measurement" for cost management throughout the construction process was accompanied by a modernised version of the SFCA.
The BCIS approach is the most popular costing method employed by quantity surveyors in the UK.