Documentation & Estimating (level 1)

Estimating Workshop Tester (tester 3)

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SOLUTIONS Complete the following:
1 Excavation Excavate basement, 39m2 on plan, to 2.90m deep i) Question: Calculate the volume of material to be excavated. (1 mark) Solution: 39m2 x 2.9m = 113.10m3 = 113m3 (rounded off) (1 mark)

ii) - the excavator has been estimated to work at an output of 8m3/hr and at a rate of 15./hr - two 4m3 nett capacity lorries have been provided to remove the spoil to tip at a rate of 14/hr/lorry - the cost of the tip is 25/load - a labourer is in attendance upon the excavator at a rate of 5.50/hr Questions: a) what is the length of time required to complete the work on site? (5 marks)

b) what is the cost of excavation? (5 marks) c) what is the cost of transporting and disposal of spoil? (10 marks) d) what is the unit rate for excavation? (1 mark) e) what is the unit rate for disposal? (1mark) Solutions: a) Vol. of material = 113m3 Excavator time = 113 2x4m3capacity b) excavator labourer = 14.125hrs p 211.88 77.69 289.57 (5 marks)

14.125hrs @ 15/hr 14.125hrs @ 5.50

(5 marks)

c) Number of trips =

113m3 = 28.25 = 29 trips 4m3 lorry cap. p

Total job time = 14.125hrs

thus, lorries cost 2 x 14.125HRS x 14 395.50 tip fee 29 trips x 25/trip 725.00 1,120.50(10 marks) d) Total cost of excavation = 289.57 = 2.56 total quantity 113 Total cost of disposal = 1,120.50 = 9.92 total quantity 113 (1 mark)

e)

(1 mark)

2 Concrete

The floor construction plan, 150m2 is:- 200mm bed of hardcore - 50mm bed of sand - 175mm bed of concrete - 50mm cement mortar floor screed.

The following prices have been quoted for the various materials required: 75mm clean limestone hardcore - 8.50 tonne Filling sand - 7.20 tonne 2 Concrete 21 N/mm - 46.87/m3 Cement Mortar Screed - 44.63/m3 Note: 2.10 tonnes of hardcore are required/m3 1.75 tonnes of filling sand are required/m3

Question: What will be the total cost of the materials required? (10 marks) Solution: h/c sand concrete screed 2.1t/m3 x (150m2 x 0.2) @ 8.50/t (7.5m3) 1.75t/m3 x (150m2 x 0.05) @ 7.20/t (26.25m3) 150m2 x 0.175thick @ 46.87/m3 150m2 x 0.05thick @ 44.63 /m3 p

(30m3)

535.50 94.50 1,230.34 334.73 2,195.07 (10 marks)

(7.5m3)

3 Brickwork An external wall to a building is to be 45m2, consisting of: - Half brick cavity wall in facings

- 100mm thick thermalite block cavity wall - 50mm cavity with 5 Nr tie irons per m2. Pricing date: - Facing bricks 175/1000 - Thermalite Blocks 6.20/m2 - Mortar 44.63/m3 - Allow 60 Nr bricks/m2 - Allow 0.03m3 of mortar/m2 for brickwork - Allow 0.005m3 of mortar/m2 for blockwork - Wall ties 0.03 each - Bricklayers output: - 50 Nr bricks/hr/man - Blockwork 0.88 hrs/m2/man including bedding wall ties - Forming cavities, 0.05hrs/m2/man A 2 & 1 Bricklaying gang will carry out the work. (2 bricklayers and 1 labourer) Labour - all in hourly rates: - bricklayer 6.70/hr/man - labourer (hod carrier) 5.50/hr/man. Questions: a) How long will the work take to complete ? (10 marks) b) How much will the facing brick wall cost per m2 ? (10 marks) c) How much will the block wall cost per m2 ? (10 marks) d) How much will the cavity and ties cost per m2 ? (10 marks)

Solutions: a) Time for bricks time for blocks 45m2 x60bks/m2 = 2men x 50bks/hr/man output 45m2 x 0.88hrs/m2/man 27 =

Hrs 19.8

time for cavity

2 men 45m2 x 0.05hrs/m2/man 2 men

1.125 47.93 hrs (10 marks)

b) Cost of bricks/m2

60bks/m2 @ 175 1000 mortar 0.03m3/m2 @ 44.63 1.34 Labour: tradesman 60bks/m2 = 1.20hrs @ 6.7/hr 8.04 50bks/hr output labourer 60 x 1 = 0.60hrs @ 5.50/hr 3.30 50 2 cost/m2 23.18(10 marks) c) Cost of blocks/m2 6.20/m2 mortar 0.005m3/m2 @ 44.63 Labour: tradesman 0.88hrs @ 6.7/hr labourer 0.88 = 0.44hrs @ 5.50/hr 2 cost/m2 p 6.20 0.22 5.90 2.42 14.74(10 marks) p 0.15 0.34

p 10.50

d) Cost of ties 5Nr @ 0.03 Labour: tradesman 0.05hrs @ 6.7/hr labourer 0.05 = 0.025hrs @ 5.50/hr 0.14 2 cost/m2 0.63 (10 marks) 4 Woodwork i) Question: You require 500m of timber 25 x 75mm section. What volume of timber is required ? (2 marks) Solution: Vol. 500 x 0.025 x 0.075 = 0.94m3 (2 marks) 3 ii) - Joiner takes 14 hrs/m to fix roofing timbers of a structural nature. Questions: Calculate the time per metre to fix the following sections: a) 25 x 50mm (2 marks) b) 25 x 75mm (2 marks) c) 75 x 75mm (2 marks)

Solutions: ii) a) Time b) Time c) Time 14hrs/m3 x 0.025 x 0.05 = 0.018hrs/m 14hrs/m3 x 0.025 x 0.075 = 0.026hrs/m 14hrs/m3 x 0.075 x 0.075 = 0.079hrs/m (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks)

iii) Questions: The timbers all cost 210/m3. Now calculate the cost per metre to purchase the following sections: a) b) c) Solutions: iii) a) Cost b) Cost c) Cost 210/m3 x 0.025 x 0.05 = 0.26/m (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) 25 x 50mm 25 x 75mm 75 x 75mm (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks)

210/m3 x 0.025 x 0.075 = 0.39/m 210/m3 x 0.75 x 0.75 = 1.18/m

iv) Questions: Calculate how many linear metres contained in a cubic metre of timber, for the following sections: a) b) c) Solutions: iv) a) Length 1 = 0.019 x 0.025 section 2105m (2 marks) 19 x 25mm 19 x 38mm 75 x 125mm (2 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks)

b) Length c) Length

1 = 0.019 x 0.038 section 1 = 0.075 x 0.125 section

1385m 107m

(2 marks) (2 marks)

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