Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 2Apr 09, 2017 3:46 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 4Apr 09, 2017 7:31 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 7Apr 30, 2017 8:47 pm Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 8May 01, 2017 9:01 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 12May 01, 2017 2:04 pm StructuralBIMGuy @Chops_47 Unfortunately that's what you deal with in not knowing and being able to compare apples with apples. Tradies love confusing clients with differing quotes and units LOL... There is a price difference of 5 Times (Ouch!) Rawlinsons? $350m3/200mm= $70/m2 (assume 5m2 per m3 concrete) A guesstimate should be between $70-$100m2 BTW, If you want accurate costs you must provide accurate Engineering/construction details, info and data, sizes,spans, site access, etc,etc You need to account for all the variables and analyze all the alternative costs.. remember to be realistic with your costs, labour rates, variables & Constants Thanks for the update.. Exactly! Unfortunately I'm in the position where I know too many professionals and not enough trades who would be able to help out in this case.. I assume your guestimate of $70-$100m2 doesn't include labour, reo, etc? Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide: https://www.rawlhouse.com/construction-cost-guide.php In regards to costs I fully agree with your comments but it's almost impossible to make a comparison when the trades themselves won't provide information. Case in point is the steel work where I've received quotes with variations of 50% for exactly the same technical spec. In the case of windows I've had quotes vary from $40K to $160K but in this case technical specifications does vary due to the manufacturers raw components. Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 13May 01, 2017 3:16 pm $100m2 is all inclusive simple slab (2 way span) , I pay guys that with a truck, basic formwork, with bugger all overheads. In regards to working out what's a fair price you just need their final quote and you can extrapolate all the other info quite easily On owner builders trades quotes, trades generally try to peg some of the builders Profits & Margins for themselves, +50% difference in quotes is not that uncommon across all trades. so Take some time off and pour the concrete yourself Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of Suspended Slab - Melbourne 14May 01, 2017 8:24 pm What about Hebel Powerfloor with steel structure? You get the benefits of concrete (no noise or bounce) and may not require additional insulation. Supposedly lower cost than in-situ suspended reinforced concrete. Curious too about Bondek being more expensive - On quite a few projects I've worked on the builders have used Bondek as it worked out lower cost than formwork suspended slab. That may be because form workers on unionised sites are expensive and unreliable, and could also be because Bondek slabs allow fitout works to commence on the floor below much quicker. On a domestic project these are probably irrelevant Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29762 How are you doing Ben? Extremely interested in hearing what you are doing or plan to do! 12 15182 custom probably not. Volume, most defiantly, but spec would vary. If youre doing a knock down, there additional costs associated with that that will eat into your budget… 1 10283 |