8 in CMU wall
New Construction
$10.84 / SF
8 in CMU wall costs about $10.84 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
MS-001 · MasterFormat 04 22 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit covers 8 in CMU wall, measured per square foot. The bricklayer lays standard 8-inch CMU in running bond with tooled mortar joints to the wall face. The rate covers the listed material, 5.00% material waste, labor, and small tools. grout-filled CMU cell, vertical rebar in CMU, ladder joint reinforcement, CMU bond beam block course, paint-cmu finishes are separate units.
Includes
- 8 in 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-*)
- tax / freight
- after-hours, premium access, and hazardous-material handling
Build-up
- Labor 0.1 hr × $55.00 wage and burden
- $5.50
- Material and small tools
- $3.46
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $8.96 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.90
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.98
- Loaded rate
- $10.84 / SF
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