Page of 2 Question # 3 You decide to get some actual on-site experience this sum
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Page of 2 Question # 3 You decide to get some actual on-site experience this summer by taking a job that will have you "in the trenches". You get yoer wish and find yourself working in a muddy trench installing 8" storm drain pipe. Your crew foreman neods to know some information about unit cost and productivity, since they are bidding on a similar job next week. He asks you to help him with determining the following, given the information below. Your crew co sists ofthree labourers (8 hrs.) and one foreman for ½ day. You work with an excavator that stays on-site all day. The excavator digs the trench, moves the cage, brings sand into the excavation, and lifts pipe down to you and your workers in the trench. You work in a deep excavation, so a steel safety cage is required. Assume the trench is backfilled with native soil and any excess is stockpiled to be removed later. Assume the following: - Labourer earns $24.00/hr Excavator rents$100.00/hr. No overtime -Foreman earns $28.00/hr - Work is 8hr /day, 5 days/week Pipe costs $210.00 for a 10 ft. length of pipe - 4 yd' of sand is needed per foot of pipe -Safety cage rents for S125.00/day -Overhead is 15% -The crew can install 20 lengths of pipe/day -Bedding sand costs $30.00/yd Plate Compactor rents for $175.00/day -Payroll Burden/MERC's is 24% -Profit is 10% a) What is daily crew cost?Explanation / Answer
a) crew cost = labour cost + foreman cost
= $24+$28 = $52
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