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Build Up Rate for Excavation Costs

The document discusses elements that make up price rates for construction work, including direct costs like labor, materials, equipment, and profit. It provides details on calculating costs for each element, such as including transportation and wastage in materials costs. The document also discusses rules for measuring excavation work by volume or area and factors like soil expansion percentages that are included in determining excavation rates.

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Build Up Rate for Excavation Costs

The document discusses elements that make up price rates for construction work, including direct costs like labor, materials, equipment, and profit. It provides details on calculating costs for each element, such as including transportation and wastage in materials costs. The document also discusses rules for measuring excavation work by volume or area and factors like soil expansion percentages that are included in determining excavation rates.

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  • Build Up Rate Introduction
  • Elements of Price Rate
  • Build Up Rate – Excavation Work

Build Up Rate

BFC 31602 (Contract & Estimation)


Dr. Azeanita Suratkon
Elements of Price Rate
• The basic 4 elements:
– labour/worker costs,
– materials costs,
DIRECT COST
– machinery/plant /equipment costs,
– Profit.

• Labour/worker costs
– Salary /payment for the works/activities done by the labours/workers
including over time, bonus, etc.
– The payment differs among the workers depending on their skill level,
experience, and market price.
– Labour constant: a duration for a labour/worker to complete a specific
job/work/task.
Elements of Price Rate
• Materials costs
– Comprises of original price of materials, transportation, storage and
wastage.

• Machinery/plant/equipment costs
– Only motorised machinery/plant/equipment such as lorry, excavator,
backhoe, etc. will be calculated.
– The price rate will include:
• Rental price
• Depreciation machinery/plant/equipment
• Fuel consumption and operating costs
• Repair and maintenance costs

• Profit
– Normal profit : 10% - 15%
Build up Rate – Excavation Work

• Rules of measurement:
– Excavation can be carried out manually (using hand with aid of tools
such as hoe) or using machine such as excavator.
– Excavation work is calculated in meter cubic (m3) or meter square (m2)
– Addition to volume of excavation due to soil expansion must be
calculated.

Types of soil % of volume soil expansion


Sand 10%
Clay 20%
General soil 25%
Rock 50%
Build up Rate – Excavation Work

• Rules of measurement:
– The build up rate will include costs for:
• Excavation to formation level
• Filling in and ramming soil (void in the excavation pit after a
structure built)
• Carting away remainder load (unused excavated materials)
• Spreading up soil in making up level
• Strutting work in the excavation pit (if necessary)

Build Up Rate BFC 31602 (Contract & Estimation) Dr. Azeanita Suratkon
Elements of Price Rate • The basic 4 elements: – labour/worker costs, – materials costs, – machinery/plant /equipment cost
Elements of Price Rate • Materials costs – Comprises of original price of materials, transportation, storage and wastage. •
Build up Rate – Excavation Work • Rules of measurement: – Excavation can be carried out manually (using hand with aid of too
Build up Rate – Excavation Work • Rules of measurement: – The build up rate will include costs for: • Excavation to formation

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