board walk production rate

[guardiola]

Hey Guys, I am bidding a job in NM that is calling for an 1380 lf by 8ft wide composite board walk manufactured by a company called WICKCRAFT. We have never used this type of decking. I am wondering if any one out there is familiar with this product and can give me a production rate for a totaly green crew.
Thanks
Manny

[mmike032]

me and a helper could knock it out in a couple days

[bert0168]

Depends on what you mean by "totally green"

[Driftwood]

You have no business bidding this job. No mention of any demo. Peirs, joists,
,stainless fastners? Hand rails, ballisters. Bond Money.Yea, I have the info.
Why would I give it to a green horn? NEXT

[deckman22]

I've never worked with or even heard of that product. However with that much decking your crew should get it down fairly soon. Kinda hard to tell you how fast without knowing how many guys on your crew. You doing the frame/footings also? You going to have rails? How hard is it to get materials to work area? Need a lot more details to give a good answer.

I did a commercial decking job of similar size a few years ago & it took 1 month, my crew is a long way from green tho, more like gray.

[MartyCD]

I think what you're talking about is a pre-fab aluminum dock/pier system. I have never worked with Wickcraft, but I have worked with Shoremaster which is similar, from what I can tell from their website. Looks like they're out of Madison, Wis. Basically, the system is prefab frames of a manageable size that have sleeves in the corners that accept legs that go down in the water. You put the legs in and tighten a setscrew to determine the height of the frame out of the water. Then the decking is typically a prefab crisscross, usually 2 per frame section, that you just drop in place. These crisscross pieces usually weigh about 40# each and might or might not get screwed down, depending on how predictable the water level is; but even if they did it would be just one screw in each corner. In Maine we leave those sections free so they can float away when the water comes up (or with composite they just stay put because it doesn't float).
Hope this helps.
Marty

[72chevy4x4]

give the guy some credit fellows. By 'green crew' he probably means they love the environment and will use eco-friendly fasteners. By all accounts, you should charge more for a green crew!