| Vehicles and equipment: | ||
Air compressor, 951/sec | 14.1K/hr | -'dry' hire |
Concrete mixer, <7ft3 | 22.1K/day | - " |
Grader, Komatsu GD31 | 20.0K/hr | - " |
Komatsu GD623 | 49.0K/hr | - " |
Front end loader, Ford 550 | 10.0K/hr | - " |
w/backhoe, approx | 18.0K/hr | - " |
Cat 930 | 21.1K/hr | - " |
Komatsu D55S | 26.0K/hr | - " |
Dozer, light, Komatsu D30P, 31P | 14.0K/hr | - " |
D37 | 25.0K/hr | - " |
medium, Cat D6 | 40.0K/hr | - " |
light, Komatsu D20 | 30.0K/hr | - inclusive |
medium, Cat D4D | 45.0K/hr | - inclusive |
Wheel loader, Aveling BTS230 | 35.0K/hr | - inclusive |
Cat D4E | 45.0K/hr | - inclusive |
Cat D6D | 58.0K/hr | - inclusive |
Low loader, Nissan | 26.5K/hr | -' dry' hire |
Kenworth | 53.0K/hr | - " |
Truck, flat bed, 4 × 2, 3 to 5t | 96.0K/day | - " |
Truck, tipper, 2m3 | 9.5K/hr | - " |
| 47.4K/day | - " | |
Landrover 110 | 58.0K/day | - " |
Note: dry hire is exclusive of driver and fuel.
| Labour/staff | |
Driver, class A (specialist) vehicles | 3.0K/hr |
Driver, general | 12.0K/day |
- overtime, beyond 8hrs | 3.0K/hr |
Casual labour, rural areas | 40.0K/14 days |
- urban areas | 80–90K/14 days |
Foreman, work supervisor | 150–200K/14 days |
| Materials, goods | |
Crushed aggregate, per m3 | 32K |
Ordinary Portland Cement, retail/t | 115–120K |
Sand, per m3 | 10–30K |
Reinforcing bar, per t | 600–900K |
Timber: | |
hardwood decking, 125×75mm/metre | 3.7K |
" 200×100mm/metre | 4.6K |
pine, 50×50mm/metre | 1.3K |
" 150×50mm/metre | 3.5K |
Plywood: 2.4 × 1.2m, shuttering grade | 57.7K |
Pipes: 50mm pressure grade/5.85m | 16.8K |
150mm drain pipe, PVC/5.85m | 85.0K |
Pipe fittings: 63mm couple, screw type | 14.3K |
63mm cap " | 13.3K |
40mm 90o bend " | 15.0K |
63mm " " | 23.0K |
16mm couple " | 2.2K |
bung tap, 3/4 " | 1.2K |
40mm glued T, pressure | 1.2K |
15mm 45o elbow " | 0.5K |
20mm " " | 0.6K |
25mm " " | 0.7K |
50mm " " | 1.3K |
Panel doors | 42.5K |
Roofing, corrugated iron/m length | 4.7K |
" fibreglass/m length | 10.5K |
Polythene sheet, 3 × 50m | 66.7K |
Reinforcing mesh, 2.4 × 3m | 41.0K |
Galvanised mesh fence, 15m × 1.8m | 71.0K |
Wheelbarrows | 48.0K |
Concrete mixer, 2ft3 | 890.0K |
Prices for equipment hire, etc obtained from Dept of Works, Madang, PNG. Other prices are estimates from Burns Philp, Merchandise Division, also Madang. Prices obtained 10/7/89.
