Anyone Doing Other Stuff? How Did I Do?

the_turd_man

Got a signed contract for basement excavation 20x60
will cut it 28x68x9' depth 9 ft. contract states if I hit ledge the
excavation is going shallow and the house raised to accomodate the 9'
basement.

excavated material stays on site
hole only/homeowner builder will pour
cost $4900.00

did I do ok at the price?

denick

All you are doing is dig the hole on a level, cleared lot?

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dayexco

if that's a bare lot, and the hole is a "throw and go"........you did REAL well, approx $7.70 a yd. that's more than twice of what we get here. throw and go holes here go for $3.50 i expect to pitch 60-70 yds on the average per hour out of a hole which makes $210-245 an hr for excavator/operator/grade checker.

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4theroc

what are size excavator are you digging it with? how long will it take you to get it done

dayexco

with a 200 sized hoe, it's a 10 hr. job

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the_turd_man

Its a 200 size hoe, I bid high I was thinking $3000 or so. But 4900 flowed out of the pen on paper.
Its a rental machine so I figgured it in the price. I own 2 backhoes
and when rarely needed I rent a trackhoe. I figgured 12-13 hours time
I could do it with the backhoe if I want to spend 3 days ill pass.
I am still finding the market prices on excavation. Im a septic guy
this is new to me. I based it on my time 13 hrs worst case. It may get done in 10hrs

4theroc

how long would u guys estimate a job like this with a 120 size hoe?

dayexco

average your cycle times x capacity of bucket. in your cycle times, don't forget that you'll lose time to position yourself, for the grade checker, the pee break, the customer showing up and wanting to talk, etc, etc. that'll show you real quick. we dig basements with a 6' wide bucket. i can save 1/3 of my trim passes, over a 4' bucket. hogging dirt out of a hole goes quick, it's the trim passes and grade checking that takes time

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rino1494

Is this a square hole or does it have jogs in it ?? Is there garage footers, porch footers or frost footers ??

I say that you did a real good job. Well, I wouldn't say that you did a good job on bidding, but you will come out ahead on this one. Another thing to think about is that you can't just throw the dirt out and call it a day. You need to level it out to get cement trucks in. Also, what about a driveway to get cement trucks in?

For a job like this, I would charge around $2,600 to dig and level out for trucks.

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dayexco

on a typical 1/4 acre lot here, 1700 sq ft home, by the time we strip/stockpile topsoil, run the 40' of water/sewer service, dig basement, garage footings, provide and place the pea rock over drain tile, backfill garage and bring up to grade, rough grade driveway and lot....ballparky...is $10k

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rino1494

^ That is about the avg for us too.

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dayexco

this time you lucked out with the ink flow...apparently there was nobody else quoting the job.

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dayexco

rino, speaking of corners....we charge $3.50 a yd to pitch a basement. that gives you "4" corners....these new houses have a zillion in them, in fact, last basement i dug had 13 corners. we charge $50 per corner over 4, it takes about that much time to start, clean one out. works for us!

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the_turd_man

It does include knockdown and dirt leveling for trucks

tgeb

You'll make out good Turd man.

Is this site up North or down South?

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Driftwood

Home tech says 9 ft deep hole those dim. is worth $1.26 sq. ft for the exc. cont. or $2399 with G. C .overhead and profit ,it would be charged out at $1.89 or $3598 That's priced for zone 11 calif.

congrat.s Turd , You're My Kinda Guy Tight pants and Big Ballzz

dayexco

ooooooooooooooooooookay, whatever works for you! personally, i'm into breasts and legs of the female persuasion.

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the_turd_man

Home tech says 9 ft deep hole those dim. is worth $1.26 sq. ft for the exc. cont. or $2399 with G. C .overhead and profit ,it would be charged out at

"STUPID QUESTION PLS" WHAT IS HOME TECH? IS IT JOB COSTING SOFTWARE OR MANUAL? WHERE DO YOU GET IT?

My forte is sewer tie in res/septic
digging basements is new im a southern contractor transplanted up north. We dont have basements in fl lol

Driftwood

1 st for Day That statement Meant He had the balls to go with his guts ,and up the bid. Very funny GUY

I have used home tech remodeling and renovation cost estimator for years with good results 1-800-638-8292 there outa Maryland. I remodel homes. It.s fast. I can't say it would be that usefull for your work. Came in handy today though. estimating a 2car garage on a sloped site.
Our peir and grade found on hills.in Ncalif. Get real spendy because of earthquakes. Garage will go around $57,000

Cat385

Here in our area which is pretty much all sand we get 1.50 sq. ft. for 8' walls and 1.75 for 9' walls. The last one we did with a 210 kobelco took about 3 1/2 hours to dig. Usually by the time we're done with the extra's they are at 8-10k. There are a couple builders I cut a break seeing as they do 10-15 a year.