Excellent post coloeng. Yes much variability. In the loess hills, we encounter much silt. Average crews. One installing. One backfilling. Good. Ever place specific performance requirements for certain installation operations, say, install 7,500 lf of water main within tillable land within...
7,000' x 50' swath / 43560 * 170 buschels per acre * $9/buschel = $12,000 ish; yes about 0.6-0.8% of the project. Our program forbids paying for land or easements. I get nervous, for the clients we serve have poor cash flow and are underserved so I am always thinking how to get them to pay $0...
I should make a clarification, not because of the replies to this thread, but just so you know my true intent of posting my question: I am really interested in the duration that this installation will take, as we will be traversing corn fields and would like to minimize crop compensation for...
Have you had success in such an endeavor? Most contractor's are reluctant to provide such information...hard enough to get a work schedule once they have won the project! lol...thanks bimr
Harco makes some smaller diameter fittings for PVC piping.
https://www.harcofittings.com
We specify these on our federal and tribal procurment projects.
How would you go about estimating the production on the installation of a 12" C900 DR-14 PVC Water Main installed in rural Nebraska? 5' cover. 2 crews each consisting of 1 backhoe operator and 2 pipe fitters. I have 14,500 feet to install. No groundwater, little to no utilities.
