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Cladding Restoration

Brickwork Restoration = 6.5 m2/day Stonework Restoration = 20.0 m/day (single course)

The ‘notices’ provision in the Contract

  The ‘notices’ provision    Many of you will deal with industry-standard form contracts, while others will deal with company Standard or even bespoke forms; whatever the form of contract, the notices provision contained in the conditions of contract...

Steel

Internally

One coat primer, 1 undercoat, 1 gloss 2.40 m2/hr As above to steel stanchions and beams 1.30 m2/hr As above to balustrades, railings etc 1.40 m2/hr

Externally

One coat primer, 2 undercoats, 1 gloss 1.70 m2/hr As above to steel stanchions and beams 0.90 m2/hr As above to balustrades, railings etc 1.00 m2/hr As above to gutter and downpipes etc 2.50 m/hr

Excavate & Reduce Levels

Excavate By Hand Trenches (m3/hr)      Depth in Metres->Ne 1.51.5-3.03.0-4.5    Sand/Soil lose0.660.450.33Sand/Soil firm0.570.380.28Gravel0.450.310.23Clay/Heavy Soil0.460.310.24Boulder Clay0.380.260.19Pits or Bases Ne 2 m2 (m3/hr)                   D...

Beam Falsework Formwork

Rates include for making, fixing, cleaning and minor repair works etc, rates in m2/hr.Soffits - On runners and props, including erection of props etc. Hight of Beam Soffit--->      0 - 3.5 m3.5 - 5.0 mWidthFixStrikeFixStrike     100 - 200 mm0.701.230...

Mixing Concrete

Mixing By HandA typical rate of 0.32 m3/hr of concrete. Compulsory Paddle Mixer Generally with one or two 3.5m3 drums, giving a cycle time of 60 to 80 seconds (m3/Hr).                          Mix Time -->60 secs80 secsSingle drum plant210158Double d...

Place Concrete

Barrowing Concrete (m3/hr).Receive concrete from mixer/lorry direct to barrow, wheel to placing position, tip and return.Distance0 - 10 m2.32 10 - 20 m1.81 20 - 50 m1.08As above but including load concrete from deck/tray.                Distance0 - 1...

Granolithic Flooring

Typically carried out with a gang of 2 layers and a single labourer.   Typical rate of 3.15 m2/hr  

Sand / Cement Floor Screeding

 ·         Lay sand and cement floor screeds to accurate levels and finish with steel/wood float.  Rate apply to a gang or 2 labourers and 1 screeder with materials being delivered by hoist and barrow. Screeding Rates (m2/hr) Thickness  ->  15 to 20m...

Terrazzo Flooring

·          Typically carried out with a gang of 2 layers, 2 labourers and 1 polisher. In situ flooring 3.60 m2/hr Precast flooring 4.65 m2/hr

Mosaic Tiles

Standard tiles of 0.045 x 0.045 m. A typical rate of 1.55 m2/hr

Computer Room / Raised Floors

Typically installed by a 2 man gang Medium sized room incl cutting 2.67 m2/hr

Wood Block Flooring

 Parquet and Wood block floor systems   Lay Blocks 1.5 m2/hr Clean, sand, polish 3.1 m2/hr

BCWS

Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) is used in Earned Value Analysis For a fuller understanding, this Wiki entry should be read in conjunction with ACWP and BCWP.   BCWS is the cumulative budget cost of doing work as defined in the Base programme....

ACWP

Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) is used in Earned Value Analysis For a fuller understanding, this Wiki entry should be read in conjunction with BCWS and BCWP.     ACWP is the Actual cumulative cost of doing work, and is usually compared to the c...

BCWP

Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP) is used in Earned Value Analysis For a fuller understanding, this Wiki entry should be read in conjunction with ACWP and BCWS.     BCWP is the cumulative value of the activities complete (or partially complete)....

Start to Finish

Here is an example for start to finish relationship Let us consider a scenario Roof slab concrete is to be poured to a structure which is an expansion to an existing building. The formwork is done, the reinforcements have been done and dowel rods fro...

Critical Path DRAG

 Critical path DRAG (Devaux’s Removed Activity Gauge) is a new scheduling metric in critical path analysis [[critical-path-method]].  It is the amount of time that an activity on the critical path [[critical-path]] (i.e., the longest path through the...