ᐅ Civil engineer calculates excavator performance based on tons – any experiences?
Created on: 7 Aug 2021 00:20
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NeuerBauherrHE
Hello dear forum,
Today we received a quote from the civil engineer for the excavation work.
His task is to load the soil onto articulated trucks, which will be provided by the landfill.
Instead of charging for labor as usual, the civil engineer charges €5 per ton of soil.
In our case, that amounts to 1000 tons, so €5000 plus VAT.
This seems very expensive to us, considering he plans to operate the excavator for only two days.
From my research online, excavator rental and operator costs usually max out at around €1000 per day.
Therefore, we are wondering whether he is making additional profit from our soil or if the €5/ton or €5000 fee is justified?
Today we received a quote from the civil engineer for the excavation work.
His task is to load the soil onto articulated trucks, which will be provided by the landfill.
Instead of charging for labor as usual, the civil engineer charges €5 per ton of soil.
In our case, that amounts to 1000 tons, so €5000 plus VAT.
This seems very expensive to us, considering he plans to operate the excavator for only two days.
From my research online, excavator rental and operator costs usually max out at around €1000 per day.
Therefore, we are wondering whether he is making additional profit from our soil or if the €5/ton or €5000 fee is justified?
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sascha-t4-le7 Aug 2021 08:20driver55 schrieb:
And are there no landfill fees, or are those billed separately?The question remains unanswered.
sorry, but no one really understands this again…
NeuerBauherrHE schrieb:We don’t know which work/costs are already included where or which are not.
The quote actually includes earthworks and sewer works for the basement with €5000.
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NeuerBauherrHE7 Aug 2021 08:43sascha-t4-le schrieb:
The question remains unansweredLandfill fees are separate. I have already answered that.
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NeuerBauherrHE7 Aug 2021 08:46driver55 schrieb:
Sorry, but nobody seems to understand this again…
We don’t know which work/costs are already included where or not. We are asking ourselves that now too, what is actually included 🙁
The basement is also listed separately.
NeuerBauherrHE schrieb:
That sounds way too expensive to us just for two days of digging.To me, the price for just digging sounds cheap to normal. It was similar for us in 2013.NeuerBauherrHE schrieb:
The construction service description doesn’t mention that digging will be billed separately.It also doesn’t say what will be charged extra. You have to carefully check what is included and what is not.sascha-t4-le schrieb:
The question remains unansweredHere it says:
NeuerBauherrHE schrieb:
Disposal and transport are billed separately and cost us 30,000 euros.N
NeuerBauherrHE8 Aug 2021 14:07ypg schrieb:
To me, that only sounds affordable to average for just the shoveling. It was similar for us in 2013.
Did you also have a 210 m² (2,260 sq ft) plot?