What Are You Charging For New Home Site Work?

giannid

I am just starting to do new home site work and am wondering what you guys are charging. I have been mostly a concrete flatwork and masonry contractor. We have our own equipment and usually do all our own excavating and tears outs for our own jobs. I have dug a few basements for the builders we work for when they get in a bind with there excavator. Since our new work is getting slow we are starting to bid the sitework for the new homes we are already doing the flatwork on. I found out what the excavating contractors are charging to do the work and I am curious on how it compares to other places in the country. So the prices that follow are the average 12-13 course 2100 square foot basement, 3 car garage (650 square foot), with the home setback 60-80 foot off the road, and a 1/4 to 1/3 acre lot.

$1000 to excavate basement
$150 to cut construction drive and spread stone
$500 to backfill foundation with spoils from excavation and fill garage
$1200 to install 60' of 6" sanitary sewer (deep trench) limestone bed incl.
$600 to install 60' of 6" storm sewer (shallow trench) limestone bed incl.
$555 to install 60' of 1" copper waterline
$350 to trench and backfill gas and electric(lines installed by others)
$550 for final grade

Above prices do not include any gravel except for sewer laterals. All sewers are sdr 35 pipe and must be in a seperate trench. Trucking is not included to haul any spoils from job site but we provide this service for $55/hour for a tandemn axle dump.

How do the prices above compare to the rate you are charging in your area?

rino1494

For the type of house you are describing, I typically charge this much.

Excavate basement: $1,200-$1,500
Backfill: $800-$1,000
60' 4" sanitary sewer: $1,000
60 3/4" copper water line: $550
2" conduit for gas line: $4.25/ft
3" conduit for electric and (2) 1.5" conduit lines for phone/cable: $10.50/ft
Final rough grade: $650

Tri-axle $75/hr......prolly going up to $80.

For garages, porches and frost walls, we backfill with mine rock which is fine shale that covers coal. Only cost $30 for a tri-axle load. We then cover it with 4" of 2B stone (crushed gravel).

Sounds like you would be very competitve in my area.

P.S. I hope that Day doesn't read this thread.

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dayexco

hey rino, i'll be thinking of you when i'm in vegas sitting in the front row at crazy horse II.
i don't think giannid was asking us to price his work for him....he was just looking for comparables. as i've said before, what works here, probably won't work anywhere else.

typically...a 1800 sq ft house, dig bsmnt. garage footings, strip topsoil off lot, haul away excess dirt, 45' of 1" k and 4" sdr 35, 1' of pea rock over the drain tile, 6" of class 5 material to within +/- 1" in areas where there's concrete, backfill and rough grade.........here runs between 10-12k...depending on how much dirt needs to be hauled out.

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giannid

Actually I am just trying to compare prices with similar homes in different areas, as I can't ask the local competition. I am trying to line up as much work as I can and trying to be as competitive as possible. I have a relationship with builders and would like to expand into the excavating and sitework of of new homes more. I am trying to see how low can I go and still make a profit. The market is bad here and I need to stay busy.

dayexco

then you need to identify what your costs are where you're at, for your operation, and that won't happen in here!

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