Feasibility Study Processes are actually worked out and planned – checked for technical flaws – checked for permit flaws Format – Pre-feasibility may give you a lot of factored cost estimates – Start Shifting big ones to itemized cost estimates – Itemized estimates become more detailed Feasibility Study Overviews Major Cost Items are Identified – Quotes are secured on major cost items – Minor items tend to be listed with general comparison cost estimates attached. Important error avoid - missing and double counting. Pre-Feasibility/ Feasibility Contrast
Major Cost Items from Pre-Feasibility move
either to Itemized Cost format or are expanded Example - Our Mine Shaft could easily be a big cost – Advance rate likely to be 8 feet per day using 3 eight hour shifts in solid – Only get 2 feet day through first 200 feet of unconsolidated – Lets Detail the crew Shafting Crew Typical Sinking Crew would be 5 people – 4 laborers – 1 supervisor – doing rounds, support ect. (from SERPA) – wages $15.46/hr (1997 base from WMCS) – 4*24*$15.46 = $1,484/day – Time 100 days for first 200 ft 69 days more for next 550 ft through solid rock – 169 days at $1,484/day = $250,823 – I’ll deal with supervisor later Support People Engineering/Technical Crew – 1 person (some would use 2) (3 for 3 shifts) SERPA – $16.15/hr 1997 cost WMCS – $388/day * 169 days = $65,504 Mechanical Crew – 2 people (6 for 3 shifts) SERPA – $20.98/hr 1997 cost WMCS – $1007/day*169 days = $170,190 Surface Crews Surface and Yard Workers 2 Rate $11.89/hr – 2*$11.89*24*169 = $96,452 Sinking Hoist Operator – $16.50/hr*24*169 = $66,924 Supervisory Crews 1 supervisor/shift $23.94/hr – $23.94*24*169 = $97,101 Total Labor Cost – $746,994 say $747,000 Indexing Labor – $747,000* 17.89/16.15 = $827,500 The Burden of Burden Workers get fringe benefits – health, vacation time etc. – government mandated programs social security / medicare / unemployment / workers compensation Often Expressed as a percentage of wage – Quarries around 30% – Metals commonly around 40% – Some coal may be 60% – WMCS estimates 36% for Shaft Sinking Dropping the Burden on the Project
$827,500 * 1.36 = $1,125,000
Explosives Cost – Rounds at 4 lbs/ton – Need to know concrete thickness have about 15 inch thick (some squeeze for horizontal stress) for 20 ft finished diameter - need 22.5 feet – with some over-excavation 23 feet – Rock density about 170 lb/ft^3 35.3 tons per foot of Advance Having a Blast 35.3 tons/ft * 4 lbs/ton = 141 lbs of explosive per foot of advance – 106,000 lbs @ $1.54/lb = $163,000 At about 1 round shot/day – 110 caps/day * 169 days = 18,590 caps – @$1.81 each = $33,650 Chord and Supplies about 50% of caps (no boosters here) – $16,824 Breaking Cost $213,500 for explosives Drilling Consumables at about 25% of explosives – $53,400 Breaking Cost (less labor counted elsewhere) – $267,000 Index to end 2002 – $267,000 * 149.7/149.1 = $268,000 Non-Labor Mucking Costs At $2.50/ton (include disposal) – 35.3 tons/ft * $2.5 = $88.30/ft – for 750 ft $66,216 (current cost) Concrete Cost – 23 ft outside diam - 20 ft inside – 3.75 cubic yard per foot of advance – Concrete at $80/cubic yard delivered to site – $225,000 for concrete Other Supplies Steel cost at about 1.5 times concrete – $337,500 – includes materials to advance utilities down shaft and put in guides for skips Concrete and Steel – $562,500 10% for misc supplies – $56,250 total Supplies Subtotal $618,750 Direct Cost of Shaft Labor $1,125,400 + Breaking $268,000 + Mucking $66,200 + Supplies $618,750 $2,078,350 10% contingency $2,286,200 15% contractor mark-up and mobilization – $2,629,000 Note that we did consider some site specific problems with large amounts unconsolidated Overburden and ground stresses Pre-Feasibility / Feasibility Contrast At Order of Magnitude just scaled off of someone elses approximate cost Pre-Feasibility was either a factored cost estimate or a simple itemized cost estimate (ie cost per foot of shaft) At Feasibility stage it became a much more carefully itemized exercise – we were still flakey on cost of service lines pipes As move to Budget Authorization likely bring in contractors to bid specifically on the job