Cost of Direct Field Labor for Construction Projects

The cost of direct field labor for construction projects in the chemical processing industries usually range in the order of 15 to 40 percent of the total direct cost.  For buildings, the total direct cost may contain over 50 percent labor cost.  For the cost engineer faced with determining the expected labor productivity for the construction workforce, or having to evaluate the productivity at alternative locations, there is often little available data and information allowing an impartial methodology to address this problem.  The Worldwide Construction Labor Productivity book has been designed for the professional cost engineer faced with the daunting task of estimating the expected direct construction field labor productivity for a planned construction project during the early stages of project development.