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No concrete cutting, the equipment is gas, the gc is supplying the lighting track and heads. permit $300, there is an Ansul, with 2 outlets under hood. No time restrictions the walls are frp. I charge $100 an hour for 2 men. its 35 miles from the house with a supply house 6 miles away
Don't you have any business expenses? $100 per guy is low, let alone 2 guys.
 
Huh?

Typically a bid for me is based on the direct cost of labor, O&P are added on at the end.
I suppose you can do it either way.

This is a small TI project, and I would bid it with the OH lumped in the hourly rate. If it was a larger project, then I would figure in OH as a lump sum.

I find easier to adjust my hourly rates (with OH included) depending on how much I have produced so far in that year.

I have seen too many times people here adding OH separately and it is always something like OH=10%. This to me seems like someone pulled a number out their ass. Why isn't it ever a more accurate number? Like 14.28% or 63.77%?
 
I dont have a shop and i only have 1 truck. I just hired the second guy and now have just gotten buried with work. my problem is I need payroll to get to draws. right now I could add 2 more guys but I wouldnt b able to make payroll the first week.
So, are you saying since you don't have a shop and only one truck, you have low overhead? That is a huge mistake. As a percentage, a "one man shop" has nearly 100% overhead. This is a very small job, if you can get a draw after rough, you should be fine. The additional payroll costs aren't that bad.
 
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