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Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

(OP)
Hello,

I have to cost out the piping system for a constuction project located in the Caribbean.

Is anyone aware of Mechanical Cost Data adjusting factors for construction sites in the caribbean, in particular, Anguilla Island?

I have the 2003 RSMeans Mechanical Cost Data Manual.

Any thougts?

--Steve M.

RE: Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

SMontgomery119

Is the cost estimate including all material or installation only?  Also, what is the purpose of the estimate - is it for a competitive bid or for a client to look at alternatives?  Have you been given direction on the estimate as far as accuracy?

Greg Lamberson, BS, MBA
Consultant - Upstream Energy
Website: www.oil-gas-consulting.com

RE: Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

(OP)
We're looking for a rough estimate of Material and Labor costs to provide the developer. We are not providing an estimate for bid.

RE: Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

We work with an ASME shop in Trinidad and their costs are 70 - 90% of those in the US, depending on the size of the project.

RE: Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

SMontgomery119

What I would do is take widla's information and also check a few material costs & compare them to your 2003 cost data and that should give you an idea of how to escalate it.  I would look at materials and labor separately and not try and come up with a single factor.  Local labor rates can be compared to what is in Means for a labor factor.

Then use your Means to come up with a cost and use your factors to get to a rough 2008 estimate.  I would also docuement the estimate assumptions.

Greg Lamberson, BS, MBA
Consultant - Upstream Energy
Website: www.oil-gas-consulting.com

RE: Piping Cost Data, Caribbean

I would not fotget the extremly high ex-pat charge rates. On the island of Trinidad I find it to be a minimum double of stateside comparable costs. As all these types of projects normally involve heavy ex-pat involvement this cost should be looked at.

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