cleopatra enterprise and dace labour norms
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contain the cost assemblies based on DACE
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Each assembly is built up of details for material, labour
and rental
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Multi‐disciplinary (piping, E&I, Equipment, Civil, etc.)
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Allows for fast estimating, while maintaining the details
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Based on detailed data qualifications>
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Cost Assembly
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Unit-Rate
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General description
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Direct hours
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Activity
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Rate
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Productivity
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Indirect
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Initiative of the DACE workgroup
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Improve communication between involved parties
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Avoid discussion by definitions
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Evolved from Linde’s
dataset
Standardisation of “Labour norms”
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Direct labour
norms: activity description
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Only hours, no pricing or rates
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Definition of indirect costs
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Composition of labour
rates
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Applicable factors
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Europe
Data Qualifications
Data Qualifications
Construction of the hourly rate
The hourly rate included:>
The direct costs of the relevant staff till the range or
position of the cooperating foreman, including payroll tax, social security, holiday pay, holidays, ATV days as
well as health insurance, accident and pension insurance, profit, bonuses, transport costs, travel time,
normal travel expenses commuter traffic
and all further indirect costs.
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The costs for the use of normal hand tools and protective clothing.
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The costs for the use personal safety, such as safety shoes, helmets, safety glass, gloves and work clothing
Productivity / efficiency
Definition
Productivity
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Labour productivity is a relative measure for the labour efficiency against a norm has been established based on experience. It is a common misconception that labour
productivity really means “working hard”.
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Labour productivity is a function based on a number of specific variables such as the organisation, the equipment and the
motivation of the people involved.
Productivity / efficiency, Bedaux
Specific site conditions
Productivity
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Material costs have a tendency to be 5‐10% higher on a renovation project than in greenfield
development.
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Man hours can be 10‐50% higher and detail engineering can be about 50% higher.
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The unexpected cost is also in need of a much higher percentage.
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