Aggregate base, 8 in
$1.45 / SF
Aggregate base, 8 in costs about $1.45 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
EW-043 · MasterFormat 32 11 23 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit covers Aggregate base, 8 in, measured per square foot. Crushed gravel base at a single regional quarry (Maine) public list price is hauled, spread 8 inches thick in two lifts with a grader, watered, and rolled. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Subgrade prep, geotextile, thinner base, and paving stay on their own units.
Includes
- crushed gravel base at a single regional quarry (Maine) public list price, 8 in compacted (two lifts)
- operated truck haul from the quarry
- grader spread
- water and roll
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- subgrade prep / fine grading
- geotextile
- asphalt / concrete paving
- tax / freight beyond the stated delivered material prices
- after-hours, premium access, and contaminated / hazardous soil handling
- geotechnical testing, surveying / staking, and permits
Build-up
- Operator, 0.00049 hr × $53.00
- $0.03
- Laborer, 0.00025 hr × $41.00
- $0.01
- Crushed gravel base
- single regional quarry (Maine) public list price
- sourced water (utility volumetric)
- utility volumetric $0.11/CY · 0.0027
- Material and small tools
- $0.90
- Equipment, motor grader ~14 ft blade class, 0.00018 hr per unit
- $0.02
- Equipment, smooth-drum vibratory roller ~84 in class, 0.00025 hr per unit
- $0.02
- Equipment, water truck ~2,000–4,000 gal (driven by Operator), 0.00006 hr per unit
- $0.01
- Equipment, tandem/tri-axle dump truck hire, driver included, 0.0019469 hr per unit
- $0.21
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $1.20 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.12
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.13
- Loaded rate
- $1.45 / SF
Worked extension: 1,000 SF of commercial aggregate base, 8 in × $1.45 = $1,450.00 loaded for 1,000 SF. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Aggregate base, 6 in — $1.11 / SF
- Geotextile, nonwoven separation — $0.23 / SF
- Aggregate base course, 10 in compacted — $1.82 / SF
- Aggregate base, 4 in — $0.74 / SF
- Aggregate base course, 12 in compacted — $2.17 / SF
- Geotextile, woven stabilization — $0.19 / SF
- Biaxial geogrid, Type 1 (BX1100 class) — $0.44 / SF
- Biaxial geogrid, Type 2 (BX1200 class) — $0.63 / SF
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