Field Manpower Chapter Titles and Wage Rates 30 Craft Names and Wage Rates US Country Base ...... 30-3 UK Country Base ...... 30-4 JP Country Base ...... 30-5
Questimate Mechanical/Non-Mechanical Wage Rates ...... 30-6
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Craft Names and Wage Rates
The rates in this chapter (for COST, ICARUS 2000, ICARUS Process Evaluator and ICARUS Project Manager) are escalated by the Construction Index value specified by the user in the Indexing/Escalation data.
US Country Base
(IPM Only) Unloaded Loaded Craft Code US Craft Name Wage Rate ($/MH) Wage Rate1 ($/MH)
51 Laborer 12.20 26.60 52 53 * Millwright 19.90 43.40 54 Rigger 17.10 37.30 55 56 Light Vehicle Driver 13.30 29.00 57 Heavy Vehicle Driver 13.70 29.90 58 59 Oiler 12.70 27.70 60 Mechanic 17.10 37.30 61 62 Light Equipment Oper 15.40 33.60 63 Medium Equipment Oper 16.50 36.00 64 Heavy Equipment Oper 16.90 36.90 65 66 * Pipefitter 19.70 43.00 67 * Pipe Welder 19.80 43.20 68 69 Cement Finisher 15.50 33.80 70 Carpenter 17.20 37.50 71 Bricklayer 16.70 36.40 72 Ironworker - Rebar 18.00 39.30 73 74 Ironworker - Struct 18.00 39.30 75 Welder - Structural 18.00 39.30 76 77 Welder - Special 19.20 41.90 78 * Welder - Fabricator 19.20 41.90 79 * Boilermaker 20.00 43.60 80 81 * Instrument Fitter 19.60 42.80 82 83 * Electrician - Line 18.30 39.90 84 * Electrician - Wiring 19.90 43.40 85 86 * Sheetmetal Worker 19.70 43.00 87 Insulator 19.50 42.50 88 89 Painter 14.40 31.40 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Craft Helper 13.20 28.80 99 Foreman ** **
1 The Loaded Wage Rate excludes equipment rental. *Principal Crafts. **Foremans rate is 110% of highest paid craft in crew.
Base Construction Index Value (1Q 1998) = 1430
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UK Country Base ***
(IPM Only) Unloaded Loaded Craft Code UK Craft Name Wage Rate (PS/MH) Wage Rate1 (PS/MH)
51 Labourer 7.30 16.10 52 53 * Fitter/Millwright 9.50 20.90 54 Rigger 9.50 20.90 55 56 Light Vehicle Driver 8.50 18.70 57 Heavy Vehicle Driver 8.50 18.70 58 59 60 Plant Fitter 9.50 20.90 61 62 Light Equipment Oper 8.50 18.70 63 Medium Equip Oper 8.60 18.90 64 Heavy Equipment Oper 9.50 20.90 65 66 * Plater/Pipefitter 9.50 20.90 67 * Welder 9.70 21.30 68 69 Concrete Finisher 8.50 18.70 70 Joiner 9.60 21.10 71 Bricklayer 8.60 18.90 72 Steel-Fixer 8.50 18.70 73 74 Steel Erector 9.50 20.90 75 Welder - Structural 9.50 20.90 76 77 Welder - Special 9.80 21.50 78 * Welder - Fabricator 9.70 21.30 79 * Boilermaker 9.50 20.90 80 81 * Instrument Fitter 9.50 20.90 82 83 * Elec. Technician 10.40 22.90 84 * Electrician 9.50 20.90 85 86 * Sheetmetal Worker 9.50 20.90 87 Insulator 9.50 20.90 88 89 Painter 8.50 18.70 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Craftmen's Mate 7.80 17.20 99 Foreman ** **
1 The Loaded Wage Rate excludes equipment rental. * Principal Crafts. ** Foremans rate is 110% of highest paid craft in crew. *** Wage Rate Basis: National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry, 1998 Update. Rates include measured incentive bonus appropriate to large process industry sites. Rates for civil work reflect comparability with rates for engineering trades on large process industry sites.
Base Construction Index Value (1Q 1998) = 2550
Note: PS indicates Pounds Sterling
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JP Country Base
(IPM Only) Unloaded Loaded Craft Code JP Craft Name Wage Rate (KY/MH) Wage Rate1 (KY/MH)
51 Laborer 1.80 3.80 52 53 * Millwright 2.60 5.50 54 Rigger 2.60 5.50 55 56 Light Vehicle Driver 2.35 4.90 57 Heavy Vehicle Driver 2.75 5.80 58 59 Oiler 2.20 4.60 60 Mechanic 2.65 5.60 61 62 Light Equipment Oper 2.70 5.70 63 Medium Equip Oper 2.70 5.70 64 Heavy Equipment Oper 2.70 5.70 65 66 * Pipefitter 2.90 6.10 67 * Pipe Welder 3.10 6.50 68 69 Cement Finisher 2.80 5.90 70 Carpenter 2.95 6.30 71 Bricklayer 3.25 6.80 72 Ironworker - Rebar 2.65 5.60 730 74 Ironworker - Struct 2.60 5.50 75 Welder - Structural 2.60 5.50 76 77 Welder - Special 2.85 6.00 78 * Welder - Fabricator 2.85 6.00 79 * Boilermaker 2.85 6.00 80 81 * Instrument Fitter 2.40 5.00 82 83 * Electrician - Line 2.65 5.60 84 * Electrician - Wiring 2.65 5.60 85 86 * Sheetmetal Worker 2.10 4.40 87 Insulator 2.15 4.50 88 89 Painter 2.25 4.70 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Craft Helper 2.00 4.20 99 Foreman ** **
1 The Loaded Wage Rate excludes equipment rental. * Principal Crafts. ** Foremans rate is 110% of highest paid craft in crew.
Base Construction Index Value (1Q 1998) = 1350
Note: KY indicates thousand YEN
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Questimate Mechanical/Non-Mechanical Wage Rates
Questimates wage rates differ from ICARUS Project Managers because ICARUS Project Managers wage rates do not include equipment rental. Questimates wage rates include equipment rental. Therefore, Questimates wage rates are higher than ICARUS Project Managers wage rates.
Country Mechanical Non-Mechanical Base Wage Rates Wage Rates
US $46.70 $38.10
UK PS21.30 PS19.60
JP KY6.90 KY5.80
Mechanical and Non-Mechanical wage rates are differentiated as follows:
Wage Rate Defines Mechanical Equipment setting (including rental equipment and operators), piping, instrumentation and electrical accounts.
Non-Mechanical Civil, sitework, steelwork, insulation and painting accounts.
Note: $ indicates US Dollars PS indicates Pounds Sterling KY indicates thousand YEN.
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