Ground-face CMU wall
$16.15 / SF
Ground-face CMU wall costs about $16.15 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
MS-D-002 · MasterFormat 04 22 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit covers Ground-face CMU wall, measured per square foot. The bricklayer lays architectural ground or honed-face CMU with aligned joints and tooled mortar. The rate covers the listed material, 5.00% material waste, labor, and small tools. split-face CMU wall, scored-face CMU wall, ribbed-face CMU wall, glazed CMU wall, paint-cmu finishes are separate units.
Includes
- ground-face cmu wall units / block
- Type S mortar allocation
- bed and head joints with tooling
- layout and installation described above
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- grout fill of cells
- vertical / horizontal rebar
- ladder / truss joint reinforcement
- bond beam course
- control joints, weeps, flashing
- paint / coating (paint-cmu-*)
- scored-face / ribbed-face / standard field CMU where this face is scoped
- tax / freight
- after-hours, premium access, and hazardous-material handling
Build-up
- Labor 0.13 hr × $55.00 wage and burden
- $7.15
- Material and small tools
- $6.20
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $13.35 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $1.34
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $1.46
- Loaded rate
- $16.15 / SF
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