Footing excavation, spread footing
$157.89 / EA
Footing excavation, spread footing costs about $157.89 each installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
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What’s in this rate
This unit covers Footing excavation, spread footing, measured per each. The operator excavates a spread-footing pit with working room and the laborer hand-trims the bottom. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Continuous footings, forms, rebar, concrete, and haul-off stay on their own units.
Includes
- excavate ~6x6 ft x 3.5 ft pad and working room
- 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-spread-footing-* / concrete-column-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, 0.6 hr × $53.00
- $31.80
- Laborer, 1 hr × $41.00
- $41.00
- Material and small tools
- $0.69
- Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~20 t / ~1 CY bucket class, 0.6 hr per unit
- $57.00
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $130.49 / EA
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $13.05
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $14.35
- Loaded rate
- $157.89 / EA
Worked extension: 1 EA of commercial footing excavation, spread footing × $157.89 = $157.89 loaded for 1 EA. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in — $6.51 / LF
- Hand excavation, spot — $80.11 / CY
- Rock excavation, rippable — $9.17 / CY
- Rock excavation, hydraulic hammer — $34.56 / CY
- Mass excavation, common earth — $3.00 / CY
- Over-excavation and recompaction — $6.09 / CY
- Bulk excavation, stiff clay — $3.38 / CY
- Dewatering sump pit — $673.87 / EA
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