Yes there is lots of competition. Lately, clay brick prices coming down.

Why did your uncle stop using clay bricks?

Hi guys,

Could anyone share the information on the current construction labour rates charges for the following building elements:-
1) Casting concrete works. I was told is about 18.00/m3 for horizontal element and RM 20.00/m3 for vertical elements.
2) Erecting formwork
3) Steel bars
4) Laying of brick
5) Plastering
6) Painting work
7) etc,

Thanks in advance

uu
hi there..i am a civil engineering student and i am a female..do you mind sharing what is your routine on a usual working day? do civil engineers work under sun very often? i am told that there are many kind of engineers in the industry..may i know which kind is the one that requires least working under sun? Is it possible for a civil engineering graduate to work as a QS? Thanks

Hi, i am a fresh face in the heavy lifting logistics industry, and one of my potential industry would be the construction area. Possible to give me any pointers on which department i should contact in regards of offering my company's services and potential of working together in the future?

Thank you sir

different nature of work different pricing. and also different qty different pricing also. why u wanna ask this question? for what purpose? as which party u wanna ask this?

don't worry. if u study civil engineering, please join consultant firm. u probably go to site once a week. and that 1 day only go for couple of hour for meeting purpose.

what lifting logistic u talking abt? elaborate more? like what kind of machinery?

Hi iwubpreve,

Thanks for your response. Currently I'm working for a Consultant QS firm and is checking the rates of the Tender priced submitted to see if they are fair or not. I need to know the sub-con price to work out the overall rate. e.g, material price + Sub-Con price + Profit and Attendance to the Main Con. Hope you or someone could share some info of this nature. Thanks again

hmm, what kind of cost u assess? if it is tender, u have several tenderer give u the price right?

We've to determine are the Tenderer's prices reasonable or not. If I've the sub-con price, then I could work out the fair value. e.g Ready mix cement for grade 30, material price about RM 220.00, plus sub-con labour for casting about say RM 20.00, then plus plant say RM 15.00, wastage and profit say 15%, the fair price should be around RM 300.00 per m3. As such I need helps from you or anybody to advise on the sub-con labour price for each and every element works in the building construction industry. Perhaps, in this forum, the sub-con or the supplier of any building material / work elements may post their rates here. If their prices are fair, people might contact them and might land him a business deal here. I for one will be looking at it. Tq

I mean as consultant u only get 1 subcon to quote? then the price won't be competitive. also alternatively u can call the supplier give u the quotation which they will happily give it to u. for a main contractor, the price should be around 290 per m3. again when u find it cheap u will surprise that there are other can offer even cheaper.

But sometime need to consider price vs quality also right? Is like Apple vs Mi phone.. haha

need to do prequalification first.

eg. in order to tender this project u must have this xx years experience, tender project more than xx million, class x contractor etc.

of course if u wanna compare again, say among those qualified contractor, there are still higher price especially japanese or US contractor. u wiling pay them 10% extra to do the job? if a contract is 200 million, u need pay 20 million extra. nobody want also.

Very well said. I totally agree with you.
I find it getting the material prices from suppliers is easy. But for subcontract labour price, it's quite difficult as we don't know who to contact as they are mainly labourers. If there is a forum on the subject of building material and labour prices, it'll be very useful for the QS out there.

Anyone know how to calculate the tonnage of concrete spun pile? I want to price the MLT test of the 400mm diameter spun pile.

Should be x2 Design Load.

ULT is x3

edited ,
wrong section sorry

This post has been edited by propertymart: Oct 11 2016, 11:37 PM

hi iwubpreve,

what is the cost to build a 20x70 22x70 shop?
together with land conversion from argi to commercial,
construction cost , land size around 1-2 acres

hi iwubpreve,

Chan Shao Lin area which Stainless steel shop "peng leng zheng"
means affordable n good quality ? , stainless steel door