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Wet well and lift station structure for a force main/sewer line

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khkw

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I am trying to do a fee schedule/estimate for the structural design of a wet well and lift station structure for a sewer line. Any suggestions for the hours of the engineer and CAD designer? Thanks.
 
Of course, this depends on how complicated the structure is. Our rule of thumb is 20 hours engineering and 20 hours of CAD per sheet. Of course for a two sheet project, the numbers will be more. But if you don't know how to estimate it, I doubt you have much experience in designing it. So factor in a learning curve.
 
We did something similar but the reviewing engineer screwed everyone over and we ended up tripling the time it should have taken so I really don't have a good number to give you. Overall I'd say it wasn't too bad if you've done similar buried concrete structures.

Maine EIT, Civil/Structural.
 
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