UNIT 4 & 5

PARAMETER
(RECTANGULAR
BUILDING)
OUTSIDE (Pe)
PERIMETER
INSIDE (Pi)
Work hours
Productivity rate
Adjusted work hours
PRICING LABOUR

Depreciation
Repair
Interest cost per hour

Head Office Cost

Allocation
Expenses (Travel –
relocation)
UNIT 6
m 3 of haul
Cut
Fill
AVERAGE END AREA

Average length (or

width) of cut

Volume of cut

Owning costs

Operating costs
Fuel cost
Maintenance (cost/hr)
Oil Cost
Labour
Total Cost of Oil Change
Cost per hour
Tire Depreciation
Tire repair
Tire cost
Hourly cost of equipment/overhead
produtivity rate = no. of work hrs/ unit of work
 UNIT 4 & 5

2 (EXTREME LENGTH + EXTREME WIDTH + DEPTH OF RECESS)

Prime Perimeter+ 8d
Prime Perimeter - 8d
Quantity takeoff x Productivity rate
number of work hours/ unit of work
Work hours x Productivity factor
Work hours x hourly wage rate
Quantity required X Productivity Rate
Cost / Useful life
Original Cost – Salvage Value
Typically 15% of depreciation
CxIxL/2XH

Annual estimated head office costs/ Estimated annual revenue

Duration of each staff person on the project X Rate per diem Persons to
be relocated X Cost per person
UNIT 6
Net in place quantity x swell percentage Loads
Required Net in place m 3 / Shrinkage percentage
Sum of cuts at intersection x Area/ Number of Intersections
Sum of fills at intersection x Area/ Number of Intersections
Distance x (Cut 1 + Cut 2)/2
Distance x (Fill 1 + Fill 2)/2
Horizontal distance of slope/2 + Working space + Footing projection
+Length (or width) + Footing projection + Working space + Horizontal
distance of slope/2
Average length of cut x Average width of cut x depth of cut

purchase price of machine + financing + taxes – disposal price

fuel + maintenance + replacement costs of tires, tracks and other
components + overhead
hp*power utilization*range of diesel engine (0.15 to 0.23)*use factor (in hrs)*fuel cost per litre
oil cost+labour+oil filter+grease cost+Air filter cost
Cost/litre * total litre of oil to be changed
Oil change labour cost * oil labour hours
Lubrication Charge+labour+oil filter
Total cost of oil change/lubrication schedule
Cost/useful life
depreciation percent*tire depreciation
tire repair + tire depreciation
(Cost of equipment*repairs to equipment in decimals)/useful lfe
rs/ unit of work
 d is Horizontal distance from P was calculated to
where the new perimeter is to be calculated

C= Loan, I = interest in decimal, L = loan time, H=

Useful life equipment

factor (in hrs)*fuel cost per litre

A diesel engine requires about 0.15 to 0.23 litres of fuel per horsepower per hour when operating at full capacity
a gasoline engine will use between 0.23 to 0.26 litres of gasoline per horsepower per hour when operating full capacity.