Met Office: Building and construction

	Building and construction

Are you looking for a weather service, which will help you to manage your risk and so enhance safety on your site at the same time as saving you time and money? If so the Met Office has the answers to your needs, be that forecast information to help you with planning and allocation of resources or historical weather reports to settle contractual claims quickly.

"We have been able to stand some operations down for a period of time and agree weather stops in advance due to the confidence that we, and more importantly, the client had in weather forecasts. This has saved considerable amounts of money...."

Birse Civils used the Met Office forecasting services on its M62 project

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Helping you plan ahead

MetBuild Direct
A personalised forecast service where you pick which weather elements you want. Including a detailed forecast for today and the next five days, for any of over 45 UK areas. Delivered by fax or e-mail and written by a forecaster daily, the service is designed to suit your needs.
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Tower-crane forecasts
This site-specific forecast is specifically designed to help those working with tower cranes. It details mean and gust wind speeds and direction at various heights, with general weather outlook and temperature information, for the next five days.
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NEC Planning averages
Helps you to forecast how many days 'downtime' you will have throughout the duration of your project. Designed for users of the Institution of Civil Engineers New Engineering Contract (NEC), these reports improve efficiency in the tendering and planning stage of the project.
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Degree days
These regional reports help you to understand how a building's energy consumption relates to the weather - so you can monitor energy-saving measures and plan heating requirements with confidence.
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Helping settle contractual claims

Downtime Summaries
A summary of the previous months (hourly, 0700-1700) weather conditions, with comparisons against long-term averages. A fast, easy and cost-effective way to access invaluable data for monitoring site progress and settling contractual disputes.
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NEC Monthly Summaries
A summary of the previous months daily (24-hour) weather conditions, with comparisons against long-term averages and one-in-ten year extremes. Designed for users of the Institution of Civil Engineers New Engineering Contract (NEC), these reports contain all the statutory weather information required to make contract claims quickly and efficiently saving both time and money.
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General Monthly Summaries
A basic summary of daily weather conditions by calendar month, including monthly long-term averages. These reports are ideal for assessing how different weather events have affected various activities.
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