Pricing A Trench

Frame To Finish

I need to dig a trench along an existing brick building 3 feet out & down to the footing, which is about 5 feet down from grade. The length of the trench will be 130 feet. I will be using a mini excavator to remove the material & will back fill with a skid steer when the bricky's are done water proofing. I have given a quote of $6900.00 for the job. There are no utilites to dig around or through, so should be straight digging. I would appreciate some feedback on the price I have submitted, just to see if i'm in the ball park or not.

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dayexco

at those numbers, if i lived within 100 miles of you, i'd haul my 210 hyundai and dig it. be about a 2 hr. ordeal

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dayexco

let me rephrase that....if all you're doing is excavating 130', 5' deep.......and backfilling it, i assume you're not compacting it, you never said so....ever hear the phrase of "getting screwed like a housecat"? i mean, i'm all for getting whatever the market will bear...but dude, you're spankin em pretty hard.

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PipeGuy

Dude, 'the going price' is nothing more than a snap-shot of any given market at a particular point in time. And if you roll down there tommorrow morning, track down the man's customer and slip him a quote of $6210.00, well now you're presence just influenced that market by 10%.

Besides, contract offers don't spank; time spanks. With enough time one can almost always buy for less or sell for more. And unless someone is compelled against their will into a deal, the only spanking that gets done is that which we do to ourselves.

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denick

Frame,

You don't say if this is a residential or commercial job? Is this lawn, asphalt or dirt surface? Are you just casting the dirt to the side or moving it a distance? Are you cleaning the wall? Are you doing anything with the footing drain? Are you backfilling with the excavated material or bringing in drainable soil? Are you compacting the backfill? Are you re-asphalting, seeding or grading? Are there any other job requirements?

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dayexco

he was asking for feedback. i assumed he was asking to find out whether or not it was a fair deal for him or the customer, and i also assumed he was wondering " i have this problem of trying to read between the lines". if that pricing structure he's using might serve him well in the future. maybe in his locale that is what things cost. based on the info he provided, which was very sketchy, bidding opportunities like that, for me anyway....are few and far between. i'm not begrudging the man from making money. more power to him!! but once word gets out, which it will, what he got paid for that job, he no doubt will have some bidding competition on the next one.

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jojo

Frame,,how did you come up with that figure,,6900,,I may be new to the biz,,but you seem to be way high,,in my area I think that job would be some where around 2000,,maybe,,I know I would do it for that with a backhoe,,If it was good digging.....

rino1494

haha, I was thinking the same thing. That is money in the bank right there.....assuming that you don't break anything

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kid creole

well nobody really answered his question?how much to charge? is it by cubic yard? the difference(in cost) between a residential or commercial job? the difference(besides the obvious) of asphalt or dirt surface?

Are you just casting the dirt to the side or moving it a distance?whats the breakdown of moving it ?is it done by cubic yards X miles to drop off?

Glasshousebltr

6/6/06 .....I'll bet he's already done the job ....if he didn't get cut out from under.

Bob

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justplayn

I quess someone should say, "Thanks but I didn't really want your help."