Long time lurker, looking for some opinions on concrete cost. I am in the process of building a 48 x 72 pole building with 2 10x10 o.h.doors and 1 18x12 o.h.door. I am planning on heating it and will put the 2" foam insulation and pex and rerod in myself. I also plan on having a 6' trench drain installed. I will have a lift and plan on 5.5" of concrete. I have gotten 3 bids and they were within a few dollars of each other. Any ideas as to what it should cost? Thanks.
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Pole building concrete cost
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MagKarl
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Concrete is about $100 per yard in my area, labor to place and finish it is about the same but of course varies between outfits. If you have 3 bids that match closely, you already have an excellent idea what it will cost.
UnionMan
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It depends also where you are located. Prices can be drastically different. Just like building homes. I know I live in a higher cost area and prices here could seem like highway robbery to you. But I recently had a 40x60 slab poured inside my pole barn and a 9x32 slab poured outside for a porch. The interior Slab was 6" and 4,000psi, Exterior Slab about 5" and 3,500psi with a 12 inch turn down. I had wire mesh throughout and also had rebar in a 25x25 area. I came in right over $14,000 but also had to use 60 tons of #57 to bring up my grade and also paid extra for a pump truck.
UnionMan
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rburke65
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At 5 1/2" thick your looking at 60 yards easily. Around here that's $6900 with the tax. As said, a rule of thumb, labor is usually what the materials cost, so now your at damn near $14,000. Will ya need a pumper to place that 60 yards? That's all I know. Don't know if it helps you or not. Good luck!
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The first bid I got was for $20981 and I threw that proposal away thinking it was way out of line. The second bid was for $24192 and the third bid was $23995. All I am having them do is put the concrete on the ground and power trowel finish it. And yes it will require a pumper. I am not opposed to paying a crew a decent wage but around$15000- $16000 for a few guys for 2 days? Am I the one that is crazy? Maybe a little price fixing between contractors?
DonPowers
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My 32x48 (1,536 sq ft) slab is 6" thick and cost $10,000 in 2012. Consequently, I don't think your proposals are out of line for 3,456 sq ft.
UnionMan
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Fritoman4 - those bids seem way high to me. But then again I am not sure where you are located. I do know what I just recently paid for the concrete in my shop which is similar in size. I had 50yards of concrete delivered and power troweled and paid right over $14k like I said before. My original bid was for just over $13k but I needed some more gravel to bring up the grade of my slab and ended up getting 2 full loads (40 tons) because I can always use the extra stone around my property for driveway repair. I am not sure what makes your project so much higher. I have attached a link showing the last page of my build which shows the concrete portion.
Also just for the information. I paid $850 for the pumper truck. My price above all ready reflects that charge for the project.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297773&page=3
UnionMan
Also just for the information. I paid $850 for the pumper truck. My price above all ready reflects that charge for the project.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297773&page=3
UnionMan
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MagKarl
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I feel your pain, I've recently been in this same boat myself. The rates cannot be justified based on reasonable wages of the crew alone. They build in a ton of profit. But they have the skills and we usually don't. I paid for the stuff I was most worried about, and did the less critical broom finish areas myself.
How many concrete suppliers within 50 miles? If you only have one, chances are all the masons know one another anyway. What's the price at the plant? Now you just have to figure out how much a slab only costs, then the complications of owner pex, owner rerod, owner foam and owner schedule are really costing you. Might be the end of season too depending on where you are.
Snowman87
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Concrete for my 2400 sq. ft. pole building poured @ 5" thick with a 20' trench was ~$7,500 and they did the dirt prep work. I installed the plastic vapor barrier, 2" foam, and pex tubing after the prep work and prior to the pour.
Spudland_Dave
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My 32x48 (1,536 sq ft) slab is 6" thick and cost $10,000 in 2012. Consequently, I don't think your proposals are out of line for 3,456 sq ft.
+1 on Specific locations playing a huge role...
Don and I are both in Maine...I have intimate knowledge of his area...and I can also say down here where I am things are different, I had a 30x50 @ 6" thick, 4000psi poured & finished for 5k in June of 2013...(Might be 5500, I'd have to check my papers at home, but +/- that ballpark).
Only note to that quote was I paid for and did the re-bar work myself.
I just insulated my floor, laid out the pex and put the rebar in myself also. The guy I got to pour it is a concrete worker for a living so he got a discount on the concrete. He charged $1 a square foot to show up and pour/finish the floor. Concrete in my area is also around $100/yd. They were able to use the truck to get it where it needed to go or I think there would have been a little extra cost.
DonPowers
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+1 on Specific locations playing a huge role...
Don and I are both in Maine...I have intimate knowledge of his area...and I can also say down here where I am things are different, I had a 30x50 @ 6" thick, 4000psi poured & finished for 5k in June of 2013...(Might be 5500, I'd have to check my papers at home, but +/- that ballpark).
Only note to that quote was I paid for and did the re-bar work myself.
Dave
Did they use a pump truck or just pour from the cement truck? They used a pump truck on mine, may result in some difference in cost.
Was filing some paperwork today and pulled out my garage 2012 invoices. The 10k I previously mentioned included the cost of rebar, chairs and other misc supplies.
Cost for installing the forms, placing and finishing concrete was $8,499.20.