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November 2020 / 39 for how many days, and at what labor rate? Include per-diem expenses with travel to and from the job site. How many hours will be worked per day? Will personnel earn overtime pay or work Saturday and Sunday hours? » Will rental equipment be needed? If so, what equipment and for how long? Don't forget charges for crane travel and setup time, as well as for the operator or rigger. » Construction material costs. Include everything from the steel and wood to the nuts, bolts, sanding discs, drill bits, gases, and more. » Electrical installation charges. (Don't forget to make sure you have adequate power available for any new equipment.) » Control systems — either stand-alone or inte- grated with your existing control system. » Vendor service technicians for equipment startup and training. How many days and at what rate? Include travel costs. » Freight costs for transporting equipment and materials. » Taxes. » Most contractors also will include a "Miscel- laneous" line item in their bid and so should you. will need as much information as possible to properly select and correctly size the equipment. » What permits will be required? » Are there any special considerations — equip- ment-related or otherwise — such as stainless steel constructions, SQF requirements, ASME welds, MSHA compliances, or others? Does your company have spe- cial requirements or policies? » Will the project consist of any footings or founda- tions that would require a soil analysis? » List all the equipment to be installed, including your vendor or supplier preferences, if any. » How will the contractor access the site with mate- rials, rental equipment, and new equipment? » Include all plans and drawings of the proposed site and equipment. Include both plan view and eleva- tion view if you have them. Provide building drawings, equipment drawings, electrical drawings, and piping layout and any necessary information for concrete work. You want all drawings to be as current as possi- ble. One option that might be helpful — done by you or someone you hire — is completing a laser scan of the site and producing accurate 2D or 3D drawings. With these, equipment vendors can supply accurate dimen- sional equipment drawings, ensuring a proper fit. » Will engineering drawings be required by your management at the project's conclusion? This should be stated up front. The list of information in an SOW can be long and detailed, but the effort to compile this list is time well spent. The document will be a foundation on which to base the budget. Management will need to know how much the work will cost, and the closer your estimate is to reality, the happier everyone will be. Budgetary information checklist What should be in your budgetary costs estimate? A lot. It will pull from much of the previously mentioned information but will also include additional items depending on the project's complexity. You should include cost estimates for: » All permits. » Soil analysis, if required for concrete footings or foundation work. » Building demolition or equipment demolition as required, along with the removal of existing equipment from the site. » The purchase price of new equipment. (Keep in mind that getting vendor bids on new equipment can take from 1 to 3 weeks or longer.) » Labor to do the work. This is one of the most dif- ficult estimates to determine, but it's a big percentage of the cost. How many workers will be needed, and Producing a laser scan of a potential project allows vendors to supply accurate dimensional drawings to ensure a proper fit.