This section is from the book "Cement And Concrete", by Louis Carlton Sabin. Also available from Amazon: Cement and Concrete.
Items. | Cost per Cu. Yd. of Concrete, Cents. |
Quarrying (exclusive of 8.3 cents for explosives) | 8.2 |
19.2 | |
Crushing............... | 12.8 |
platform beside the mixer......... | 8.1 |
forms, exclusive of timber.......... | 14.2 |
mixing, including shoveling materials from platform to | |
mixer............... | 25.0 |
Placing and tamping............ | 11.6 |
Total............... | 99.1 |
Cost of plant (no salvage allowance)....... | 56.7 |
Powder for quarrying........... | 8.3 |
Cement and sand............. | 158.6 |
Total Cost concrete per cu. yd........ | $3,227 |
The amount of concrete used on this section was 44,811 cubic yards.
The detailed Cost is as follows:
 
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