Footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in
$6.51 / LF
Footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in costs about $6.51 per linear foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
EW-020 · MasterFormat 31 23 16 · LF
What’s in this rate
This unit covers Footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in, measured per linear foot. The operator excavates a 24 by 30-inch continuous footing trench and the laborer hand-trims the bottom. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Spread footings, forms, rebar, concrete, and haul-off stay on their own units.
Includes
- excavate 24 x 30 in continuous footing
- hand trim / clean bottom
- spoil alongside
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- concrete-strip-footing-* / concrete-trench-footing (concrete scope)
- forms, rebar, concrete
- over-excavation
- haul-off
- 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, 0.025 hr × $53.00
- $1.33
- Laborer, 0.04 hr × $41.00
- $1.64
- Material and small tools
- $0.03
- Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~20 t / ~1 CY bucket class, 0.025 hr per unit
- $2.38
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $5.38 / LF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.54
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.59
- Loaded rate
- $6.51 / LF
Worked extension: 1,000 LF of commercial footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in × $6.51 = $6,510.00 loaded for 1,000 LF. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Trench excavation, 48 in wide x 10 ft deep — $34.46 / LF
- Footing excavation, spread footing — $157.89 / EA
- Hand excavation, spot — $80.11 / CY
- Mass excavation, common earth — $3.00 / CY
- Rock excavation, rippable — $9.17 / CY
- Bulk excavation, stiff clay — $3.38 / CY
- Rock excavation, hydraulic hammer — $34.56 / CY
- Bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil — $2.11 / CY
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