Email Direct Labour Rates & Labour Constants – A. Primary School, Newcastle
Engineering
13th Jun 2025
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Email – Direct Labour
From: Andrew Quentin-Smith <aqs@Estom84308.com.au>
Sent: Monday, 10 March 2025 10:27 AM
To: Chief Estimator <estimator@Estom84308.com.au>
Subject: DIRECT LABOUR RATES & LABOUR CONSTANTS – A. Primary School, Newcastle
Good morning,
Following on from my last email, please see below the direct labour rates to be used for this project:-
|
Labourer (all grades) |
$64.00/hr |
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Skilled labourer – concretor |
$72.00/hr |
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Skilled labourer – reinforcement fixer |
$79.00/hr |
|
Formwork carpenter |
$84.00/hr |
|
Bricklayer/Blocklayer |
$90.00/hr |
|
Quantity Surveyor |
$250.00/hr |
The above rates include all holiday pay and loadings but need to be marked up with the relevant project overheads and margin.
The following labour constants (man hours) will apply to all direct labour:
|
Concretor pumped footings and slabs |
1.25hr/m3 |
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Formwork carpenter edgeboards ne250 |
0.4hr/m |
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Formwork carpenter soffits and walls |
1.2hr/m2 |
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Formwork carpenter sides and soffits of beams |
1.5hr/m2 |
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Reinforcement bar fixer ne20mm |
20.0hr/t |
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Reinforcement light fabric fixer |
0.05hr/m2 |
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Bricklayer 110 commons at GL |
0.85hr/m2 |
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Bricklayer 110 face at GL |
1.09hr/m2 |
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Labourer 110 walls (face & common) at GL |
0.35hr/m2 |
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Bricklayer 110 commons above GL |
0.95hr/m2 |
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Bricklayer 110 face above GL |
1.19hr/m2 |
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Labourer 110 walls (face & common) above GL |
0.48hr/m2 |
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Blocklayer 200 walls at GL |
0.85hr/m2 |
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Labourer 200 walls at GL |
0.35hr/m2 |
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Blocklayer 200 walls above GL |
0.95hr/m2 |
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Labourer 200 walls above GL |
0.48hr/m2 |
Updates will be advised when they become available.
Regards
Andrew Quentin-Smith (AQS)
Managing Director
Estom84308 & Associates Pty Limited
University Drive CALLAGHAN, NSW, 2308