Okay, I'll bite. Scot - if you mean rock, as in ROCK then $85/ft. is a pittance. Hard-pan can be bad enough that a big hoe or blasting could be required. Real rock strata requires an track hoe with an incredibly powerful breaker AND explosives. I used to bid underground on the condition that it could be dug with a Case 540E or equivalent (yeah, dating myself there). It established that if the conditions were challenging to the point that we required extraordinary measures or equipment, there would be additional charges.
If there are no local excavators that will responds to your RFP, how will you get it dug in any case? Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of å... .... Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: estimating trench costs through rock thanks. I have. no one is responding. and i am in a foreign company. me encanta la cultura méxicana, pero aquí me trata como un cholo, amigo. thanks VERY much for the help. I will estimate $85/ft. scot for your reading and eye-opening pleasure: no, it is NOT that... http://www.couchsurfing.com/ On 8/16/07, Neil Stong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Call a local excavator. $65/ft is petty soft rock > > Neil Stong > Stong Fire Protection > 742 W Front Street > Chester, PA 19013 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 610-872-8831 x231 > 302-798-1483 > 610-496-7690(cell) > 610-874-3980(fax) > > > cost of digging a 3 ft deep ditch in rock on 3° grade, then > laying 8-inch pipe, filling and tampering? Hot tap NOT > included. > > 65$/ft? > > You can reply privately for fear of being wrong. > I apparently am not afraid, or too dumb to care. > > Scot Deal > Excelsior Fire > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
