Question # 3 You decide to get some actual on-site experience this summer by tak
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Question # 3 You decide to get some actual on-site experience this summer by taking a job that will have you "in You get yoer wish and find yourself working in a muddy trench installing 8 stom draim pipe. Your crew foreman ncods to know some information about unit cost and productivity, since they are bidding on a similar job next weck. He asks you to help him with determining the following, given the information below Your crew consists ofthree labourers (8 hrs ) and one framan for day You work with an excavator that stays on-site all day. The excavator digs the trench, moves the cage, brings sand nto the excavation, and lifts pipe down to you and your workers in the trench You work in a doep excavation, so a stcel 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 carns $24.00/hr -Excavator rents $100.00hr. No overtime Bedding sand costs $30.0olyd Foreman earns $28.00/hr. - Work is 8hr Jday, 5 days/weck 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 $125.00iday -Plate Compactor rents for $175.00/day -Payroll Burden MERC's is 24% -Profit is 10% -Overhead is 15% - The crew can install 20 lengths of pipelday a) What is daily crew cost?Explanation / Answer
Daily Crew Cost Pe unit No of units in a day Nos Cost Labor cost 24 8 3 576 Foreman 28 4 1 112 Excavator Rent 100 8 1 800 Plate contractor rent 175 Safety Cage Rent 125 Total pipe cost 210 20 4,200 Sand Cost 30 0 200 6,000 Cost 11,988 Payroll Burden/Merc 24% 2,877 Cost fot calculating Over head 14,865 Overhead 15% 2,230 Daily Crew Cost Per day 17,095