Estimator’s General Construction Man-Hour ManualCONTENTS Preface Introduction Section 1- DEMOLITION Section Introduction Remove Site Drainage Items Remove Fencing, Guard Rails, Railroads, & Bituminous Pavement Core Drilling Conerete Slabs Break Out Concrete [tems ‘Saw Cutting Asphalt, Concrete, & Masonry Torch Cutting Stee! Masonry & Wood Items Removal of Steel, Equipment. & Pipe Remove Special Flooring Miscellaneous Materials Section 2 - SITE-GRADING & STRUCTURAL EXCAVATION Section Introduction Removing Trees Remove Tree Stumps Clearing Trees & Brush General Site Grading~9 Cubic Verd Payload General Site Grading-9 Cubic Yard Payload General Site Grading—11 Cubic Yard Payload General Site Grading—11 Cubie Yard Payload General Site Grading—23 Cubic Yard Payload General Site Grading-23 Cubie Yard Payload Shape, Compact, & Fine Grade Fill & Remove Top Soil Major Fills & Strippings for Building Sites Machine Excavation~Power Shovel Machine Excavation—Back Hoe Machine Excavation—Trenching Machine & Dragline Rock Excavation Hand Excavation Disposal of Excavated Materials Disposal of Excavated Materials Machine & Hand Backfill Loading Dirt from Stockpile with Clamshell Dike Construction for Storage Tanks. Gunite Banks for Slope Protection xvi 13 4XVIII TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 3 - SITE DRAINAGE PIPE & STRUCTURES ‘Section Introduction Cast [ron Soil Pipe Concrete Drain Pipe Reinforced Elliptical Concrete Pipe Vitrified Clay and Asbestos Cement Drain Pipe Corrugated Metal Drain Pipe Hand Shape Trench Bottom Headwall, Catch Basin, and Manhole Forms Box Type Culverts Headwall, Catch Basin, and Manhole Conerete Brick and Block Manholes and Plaster Installation of Manhole Frames & Covers Section 4 - SITE IMPROVEMENTS. ‘Section Introduction Place Road Base Material ‘Asphalt Concrete Pavement Curb & Gutter Wood Forms Curb & Gutter Metal Forms Curb, Gutter, and Road Pavement Finish Curb, Gutter, & Road Pavement Miscellaneous Paving Items Bituminous and Concrete Walks Chain Link Fencing Landscaping Section 5 - SHEET & FOUNDATION PILING ‘Section Introduction SetUp & Remove Pile Driving Equipment Hand Placed Wood Sheet Piling. Shoring & Bracing, Preumatic Driven Wood Sheet Piling, Shoring & Bracing Wood & Steel Sheet Piling Driven with Pile Driver Wood Pole & Steel Shell Piling Stecl “H" or I” Beam Piling & Caissons Precast Concrete Piling 37 39 40 40 a a 43 44 45 46 a7 48 st 52 53 54 55 56 37 58 59 oo ot 63 65 66 67 08 69 TABLE OF CONTENTS XIX Section 6 - FORMWORK ‘Section Introduction n Footing & Heavy Mat Forms n Foundation, Tilt Up Walls. & Grade Beams, B ‘Square Wood Pier Forms a Fiber Tube Pier Forms=12" Through 18" Round 75 Fiber Tube Pier Forms~20" Through 28” Round 6 Fiber Tube Pier Forms—30" Through 38" Round 7 Fiber Tube Pier Forms~40" Through 48” Round 7" Metal Wall Forms for Continuous Foundations 70 ‘Metal Wall Forms for Continuous Above Grade Walls 80 Continuous Wood Wall Forms zl Bt Gang Wall Forms 2 ‘Square Wood Column Forms 83 Fiber Tube Column Forms—12" Through 18” Round 86 Fiber Tube Column Forms~20" Through 28” Round 88 Fiber Tube Column Forms~30" Through 38” Round 86 Fiber Tube Columa Forms~40” Through 48” Round 87 Steel Column Capitals for Round Columns 88 Radial & Retaining Wood Wall Forms 80 Wood Beam & Girder Forms 0 Column Drop Heads & Box Out for Opening Forms 1 ‘Sheet Metal Box Out Forms and Sleeves 92 Wood Forms for Ground Floor Slabs 93 Wood Forms for Elevated Slabs sa Metal Floor Pan Forms... 95 Wood Trench & Curb Forms 96 Stairwell & Stair Forms °7 Loading Dock, Platforms & Canopy Wood Forms 98 Sills, Lintels, Coping & Balcony Form Wood 99 Column & Beam Pockets & Encasements, Chamber, Screeds, & Keyways 100 Equipment Foundations—Simple Layout 101 Equipment Foundations~Complex Layout 102 Re-Use Factors 103 Section 7 - REINFORCING STEEL AND MESH ‘Section Introduction 105 Reinforcing Rods a Reinforcing Mesh 108