Initial Project Setup Cost

Construction ITEM DESCRIPTION

Construction unit cost for initial setup time.

Labor Costs

The unit size is an hour of setup time. We divide it 50/50 between skilled and unskilled labor.

Material Costs

None.

Suggested Quantity

No suggested quantity. We have never figured a good "rule of thumb" estimate since it seems to depend on the quirks of the project. You might want to include 1 to 5 hours of setup time for small projects, and 10 to 50 hours for larger ones.

HINT-- Including adequate setup costs in your estimates will help you to shift some of your overhead expenses to "hard" construction costs.

Source of Construction Pricing

Very simple logic.

Places Included

Construction Starter File

Comments

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