Resco Electric
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What is the best way to calculate supervision hours on a project?
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iceworm
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Keep track of any time you are:
Keep track right down to .1 hours resolution
Even doing all that, you will likely be short.
Thinking about it
Talking about it
Writing about it
Even doing the billing
Include transportation time and mileage
Copy machine use
If you are getting a haircut and you are doing any planning while sitting in the chair, that is billable time.
If you are having a beer with the foreman and discussing the job, that is billable time. Although I likely would not bill the alcohol.
However, having lunch with the owner's rep is billable time and if you pay for lunch, that is a billable expense, including the alcohol.
Keep track right down to .1 hours resolution
Even doing all that, you will likely be short.
iceworm
Curmudgeon still using printed IEEE Color Books
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Whoops - maybe you meant estimate hours for a job bid.
In that case - I don't know. I'm a field dog.
In that case - I don't know. I'm a field dog.
Are you talking about field superintendent that oversees all jobs, just a single job
or project management?
brantmacga
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Probably not the best way, but I calculate it this way .....
Say it’s a 12 week job. Based on the complexity, me or someone else may need to stop in at least once a week to put eyes on it. So I’d figure 12 days of PM labor on that job, plus travel.
I cover office staff labor in total overhead expenses.
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Say it’s a 12 week job. Based on the complexity, me or someone else may need to stop in at least once a week to put eyes on it. So I’d figure 12 days of PM labor on that job, plus travel.
I cover office staff labor in total overhead expenses.
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petersonra
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If you are looking for an estimate for a new project the best solution is to look at what it took on similar jobs.
If you want to know what it is on an ongoing job it is what post #2 suggested.
As others have mentioned, if this is about estimating be sure to consider the complexity AND the length of time the project will go on. PM/supervision hours usually needs to be higher for a project with a long schedule when compared against a similar/identical project with a shorter schedule.
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