CMU retaining wall
$21.49 / SF
CMU retaining wall costs about $21.49 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
MS-D3-007 · MasterFormat 04 22 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit covers CMU retaining wall, measured per square foot. The bricklayer lays commercial CMU retaining wall with tooled joints. The rate covers the listed material, 5.00% material waste, labor, and small tools. below-grade CMU wall, concrete retaining wall, excavation, waterproofing are separate units.
Includes
- CMU units / block as specified
- Type S mortar allocation
- bed and head joints with tooling
- layout and installation described above
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- concrete-retaining-wall
- excavation / earthwork
- waterproofing
- garden / landscape walls
- tax / freight
- after-hours, premium access, and hazardous-material handling
Build-up
- Labor 0.18 hr × $55.00 wage and burden
- $9.90
- Material and small tools
- $7.86
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $17.76 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $1.78
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $1.95
- Loaded rate
- $21.49 / SF
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