Rebar price per Kg
Rebar price per Kg
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Hi everyone,
I'm just starting a peer review of a concrete project and was wondering about the rebar price per Kg (mat and labour) to have an appreciation of the savings we could get.
Any ideas about this?
Thanks in advance to everyone
I'm just starting a peer review of a concrete project and was wondering about the rebar price per Kg (mat and labour) to have an appreciation of the savings we could get.
Any ideas about this?
Thanks in advance to everyone






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what currency
what type of project
what is the structure?
what type of rebar?
how large - rebar and structure and total project size?
bridge, nuclear power plant or garden wall?
residential, commercial, industrial, highway project?
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Now you are just being silly.
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and Nutte, "talents" would be fine.....
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Within a normal range of common rebar sizes, the material cost of the steel does not vary appreciably.
Changing the bar spacing will increase the cost of labor.
Adding additional fabrication to the rebar will increase and be compounded by the number of bars. This could also impact the timing. Both can increase the total cost.
Splices will increase the total tonnage and the labor cost because extra steel is used to transfer the loads (laps) from bar to bar.
If you get into the real costs to justify a change in the design, you need the details to come up with a theoretical savings. There are also the normal references that are used for cost estimating that are based on averages with not no details, but assumed percentages.
If you look very close in a review, you need details or a CPA, unless it is a small job.
Dick
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the size of the job - larger jobs usually result in some cost savings over smaller jobs;
varies with the location - in the city may be cheaper due to more competition and skilled labor.
shipping the steel a long way may add to the cost;
Type of rebar - are you using standard rebar, welded wire mesh, pvc coated, z-bar?
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Every single thing means cost, but what is the difference between 10M@10 Vs 15M@12 in terms of costing? the price per Kg will change wheather is 10M or 15M?. and if so, by how much?
Changing the spacing will increase the weight, and as the cost is per kg, the labour and material are increased by the amount the weight is increased; is it linear? maybe not, but how linear can one be with a rainy day? or a too hot day? that for sure will affect the cost of labour? Adding additional fabrication could affect more the cost, but how much fabrication can be added to a rebar? it is not a W beam with a cope cut. Laps are function of the weight.
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Thanks again Apriley, I am having an interesting conversation with the other guys, though!!
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You are splitting the hairs too thin without any real information. Is this a top secret government job, a learning exercise or just a general analysis? - I recall the terms "approximately" and "roughly" being used.
The real engineering is an art that comes with the creation of the proper, constructable design using all the facts involved.
Dick
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Antonio, there is a high variability on cost as it has been pointed out. Heavy bars are faster and cheaper to fabricate and install for the same weight (to a point). Slabs are esier to install than vertical pieces, bended pieces more expensive than straight ones. Distance to fabrication yard counts, more the size of the job, if it is a small job, transport eats a lot of the value and the delivery does not fill a truck, are there several suppliers competing with each other? is it a city or countryside job... all commnon sense stuff really.
Having said that, and with all the necessary disclaimers, a good conservative price would be up to 2 dollars per kilo, installed, that should give you an idea of the cost but I am not mistaken the cost should be below that.
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Black bar = $.35 USD /lb = .77 USD /kg
Epoxy bar = .50 USD / lb = 1.1 USD / kg
If its a large order and is purchased bundled reduce that by up to 25%.
This is pricing I have got for Upstate NY not including delivery.
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Kelowna, thanks man. you started like the others, but then landed on a nice answer. Better yet, you called your fisrt paragraph a disclaimer, which is what everyone should do when talking engineering, cause nothing is written on solid rock, right?
So, guys, instead of asking a good amount of questions, why don't you just write your disclaimer and then contribute with your answer.
I worked on the estimation business for a number of years, and I know exactly what kind of factors influence the cost of rebar. I just don't know what is the price range these days!!!
Cvg, there you go, thanks...
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Is it so? that Australia had no recession? it was bad for Us here in Canada.
Greetings
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