dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
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> 4) Any other important details that have been overlooked? Assume that
> unskilled/semi-skilled labour is available for free for really basic tasks,
> like building forms, laying and tying rebar, digging drainage ditches, etc.
The really "basic" tasks you mention make up the bulk of your costs.
Kind of like pricing a house based on how much wood is in it. Concrete
is cheap. Proper preperation is not. First of all, find free labor (or
labour to you:) to do a 16 acre pour. =-o If you can, you should be in
the construction biz. Proper drainage underlayment (gravel), and
compacted sand base, and *miles* of re-bar account for more material
costs than the concrete by far. Call around to some construction places
to get a ballpark idea of what *installed* concrete costs. I wish it
were that easy though!!!!
Pat
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