Rough grading, dozer (large area)
$0.05 / SF
Rough grading, dozer (large area) costs about $0.05 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
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What’s in this rate
This is a production rate for dozer rough grading on large, open sites — building pads, parking areas and lots where the machine can make long, continuous passes. It covers one operated D6-class dozer shaping existing on-site material to about ±0.1–0.2 ft of subgrade. It is priced per square foot of machine pass and assumes large quantity; it is not a turnkey small-yard grading price. Small, tight or hand-worked areas, mobilization, and any cut/fill moved, hauled or compacted are priced with the related rates below.
Includes
- dozer rough grade ±0.1–0.2 ft on large, open areas (production machine pass)
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- small, tight or obstructed areas and equipment mobilization
- fine grading (earthwork-fine-grading)
- haul / import / export (earthwork-haul-*, earthwork-import-*, earthwork-export-offsite)
- compaction / fill placement (earthwork-common-fill-*, earthwork-structural-fill-*)
- 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, 0.00022 hr × $53.00
- $0.01
- Material and small tools
- $0.00
- Equipment, crawler dozer ~D6 class, 0.00022 hr per unit
- $0.03
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $0.04 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.00
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.01
- Loaded rate
- $0.05 / SF
Worked extension: 50,000 SF building pad. At the build-up's production (about 0.00022 dozer and operator hours per SF), that is roughly 11 hours of operated dozer time. Small areas will not reach this production; price them by the hour or as a minimum charge. × $0.05 = $2,500.00 loaded for 50,000 SF. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Fine grading, motor grader (large area) — $0.12 / SF
- Dozer cut to fill, 100 ft push — $1.56 / CY
- Common fill, place and compact, 12 in lifts — $2.08 / CY
- On-site haul, up to 2,000 ft — $3.22 / CY
- Subgrade preparation and proof roll — $0.12 / SF
- Common fill, place and compact, 18 in lifts — $1.73 / CY
- Dozer cut to fill, 200 ft push — $2.13 / CY
- Structural fill, 12 in lifts — $2.84 / CY
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