Cost estimates should be broken down into activities and the costs based on those activities.
This is an example of a "detailed cost estimate" consisting of a breakdown of activities into categories, tasks, and unit costs.
Please use this as a guideline.
- Final Cover
- Infiltration Layer
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Geotechnical
- Vegetative Layer (Erosion Layer)
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Flexible Membrane Liner
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Filter Fabric (Geomembrane)
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Venting Layer
- Drainage Layer
- Final Grading
- Surface Water Control Structures
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Seeding, Mulching, Fertilizing
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (seed unit cost, fertilizer, mulch)
- Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Gas Venting System
- Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
- Materials (unit cost)
- Project and Construction Management, (QA/QC)
- Engineering labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)(5% to 15% of total cost)
- Legal and Administrative (labor category, unit cost, hours)(5% of total cost)
- Computer, graphic supplies, reproduction
- Other direct costs (1% of total cost)
- Mobilization
- Per diem
- Lodging
- Overhead and Profit
- Contingencies (10%)
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- Groundwater Monitoring
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Analytical
c) Data Assessment
d) Equipment category, unit cost, hours)
e) Well Replacement Costs (25-to-30-year life)
- Leachate Sampling and Analysis
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Analytical
- Gas Monitoring
a) Labor, (labor category, unit costs, hours)
b) Analytical
c) Equipment (equipment category, unit costs, hours)
d) Replacement and Repair costs (unit costs)
- Leachate System Management
a) Labor (labor category, unit costs, hours)
b) Equipment (equipment category, unit costs, hours)
c) Transportation (equipment category, unit costs, hours)
d) Maintenance & Inspections (labor category, unit costs, hours)
e) Disposal Cost (unit cost)
f) Pump Replacement Costs (10-to-15-year pump life)
- Site Inspections
a) Labor (labor category, unit costs, hours)
- Final Cover Repair (Add 1 ft. of cover over 5% of area/year)
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Materials (unit cost, transportation)
c) Equipment (equipment, category, unit costs, hours)
- Seeding Repair (10% of landfill/year)
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Materials (unit cost)
c) Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Mowing
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Rodent, Weed & Tree Control
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Materials (unit cost)
c) Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Maintenance Repair or Replacement of Fence and Gate
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Materials (unit cost)
- Surface Water Control Structure Maintenance
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Equipment (equipment category, unit cost, hours)
- Record keeping and Administration
a) Labor (labor category, unit cost, hours)
b) Computer, graphic supplies, reproduction
- Other direct costs
a) Mobilization
b) Per Diem
c) Lodging
- Overhead and Profit
- Contingencies (10% of annual total)
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