Masonry Magazine December 1976 Page. 2
Yesterday's Scaffolding Wasn't Designed for Today's Labor Costs!
When masons were paid $3.00 an hour, you could afford to keep masons and laborers on tubular steel scaffolding.
At today's labor rates, that old-style scaffolding is costing you $50 per mason per day in lost profit!
"In Wall" labor and equipment costs for average masonry man-day production based on $256.46 man-day costs with equipment, overhead and fee."
Daily Production Rate
Average Unit Cost
Daily Production Rate
Average Unit Cost
100 Units
$2.56
500 Units
$0.51
125 Units
2.05
550 Units
0.47
150 Units
1.71
600 Units
0.43
175 Units
1.47
650 Units
0.39
200 Units
1.28
700 Units
0.37
225 Units
1.14
750 Units
0.34
250 Units
1.03
800 Units
0.32
275 Units
0.93
850 Units
0.30
300 Units
0.85
900 Units
0.28
350 Units
0.73
950 Units
0.27
400 Units
0.64
1000 Units
0.26
450 Units
0.57
A typical mason may place 200 8"x8"x16" concrete block per day at an average unit labor cost of $1.28 per unit.*
An increase of 20% production from Morgen Scaffolding would be 40 units a day. 40 units at $1.28 = $51.20 additional profit per man per day.
In this day and age, can you afford to keep your masons on old-style scaffolding?
Reprinted with permission from "MASONRY ESTIMATING... FOR A PROFIT."
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