Ceilings

NSolano

The architectural drawings did not specify what type of ceilings were going to be used in some part of this project. Therefore, the contractor has asked us to price ceilings, one would be a dropped 3 5/8" 20 gauge metal stud ceiling, and another would be a suspended drywall ceiling (tie wires, with CRC, and DWC).
What is you guys opinion on this, which one would be the cheaper and most effective way to go?
What are some regular labor rates?

The floor separations are concrete slabs therefore this system has to be installed to this. The walls are all metal stud walls.

Abram Germano

Well, first off the amount of distance between walls should determine what system you should use. If the walls are closser together I would frame it like it's a wall verticaly and my square foot numbers and that system would be around 8 bucks a square, but we are a union shop in ny. The syspended gyp system is faster and more efficient in bigger, open areas and the square foot numbers for me are around 5 /sf. With union labor rates.
-Abe