1999 Means Building Construction Cost Data, 57th Ed. Tank Cutting - Includes cutting expenses necessary for safe decommissioning only. This includes use of explosivity meter, use of cutting or sawing equipment, and labor to remove each end of the tank.
Costs are for in-place measurements.
Ft Excavation - Costs include either loading directly into trucks or stockpiling adjacent to excavation and rehandling excavated material to load into trucks. Hauling - Costs include equipment and operator costs for hauling contaminated soil to an approved dump site and fill material to an excavation site. On-site time resulting from loading activities or inefficiencies due to direct loading into trucks is included in the allowance for excavation. Expenses for compaction tests are reimbursable only when the final grade will be subject to vehicle traffic. Test results and invoices must be provided.