Subcontractor Unit Costs

If a subcontractor gives you a price quote based on square feet or some other measurement, use the same procedure that you'd use to calculate unit prices from a 'rule of thumb'.

If you sometimes subcontract a particular task and sometimes do it with your own crew, you may want to have two separate Specifications line items for the two cases.

EXAMPLE: In the illustration above, 1/2" wallboard may be either subcontracted, or done on a Labor and Materials basis. The MacNail construction estimating software uses different unit prices for each method.