We’ve had several OSB and ply threads along these lines, so my curiosity has lead me to create a concrete one.
What are you paying for a yard of premixed, delivered concrete? Yes, I know it varies by type and region, but lets have some numbers anyway.
When the truck shows up with the crete, how much is it breaking down to by yard? For what kinds of crete?
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Here in northeast central Texas (last week at least), a delivered yard of 3000psi was going for $65-85 on site. The variance in the rate comes from how much you buy per job & historically, too. The concrete sub I know buys 50 or 100 yards a week on average, so they get a better rate than a gc buying 20-40 every two weeks.
HO price delivered is $95-125 depending on how dumb the HO is.
Last time I checked, it was running about $100, so we're probably comparable cost to your area of TX.
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Edited 9/21/2005 5:11 pm ET by JohnT8
The price quoted to me is about $82 - $85 just for the 3500# mix. Then we pay extra for ferry tickets and waiting time. Add for hot water or calcium during the winter, and I use a round $100/yard for my estimates.
My crete guy ( with all th edisclaimers for variables ) roughes it out to be formed and placed at $250/yd last year, but I know it is going up this year. On three pours last year, he averaged right at 250, time the bills were in.
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In central coastal Maine I recently paid $70/yd for 2 trucks, 14 yds total
I'm on Islesboro. Which yard that?
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week before storm, $82 3000 psi 5 yard minimum. Now dont know, Biloxi in our delievery area.
< ferry tickets and waiting time.> This might be a stupid question, but since concretehas a "shelf life" how do you get concrete thathasn't already "set" or is about to?Do they add water when they arrive? If that can evenbe done, which doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Yep, it's drymix until they arrive on site, more or less.
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All of you are lucky. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area it hovers around $120/yd for 3500psi. That is material only with no admixtures, no pumper, nothin. Just truck-n-crete.
A month and a half ago in Boise redi-mix was $85. Dry mix outfit about the same.
I'm a non-pro homeowner building a 1800 sf shop. It was a major pain in the a** to deal with the redi-mix guys. I know they're busy and have regular customers and all, but the typical response I got from a call was:
1. "Have an account?" "No?" "We don't do COD."
2. "We don't do pre-pay, either."
3. "We are scheduled out 6 weeks."
4. "We'll call you back." (guess how many call backs I actually got....).
These calls were for a 30 yard slab pour during the week.......not some one or two yard order on a Saturday.
I fully appreciate the difficulties the redi-mix companies have in dealing with calls day in and out for a yard or two job when they're trying to schedule their regular customers who order hundreds of yards a year. I just didn't like being treated like crap when I went out of my way to try to get a good-sized pour scheduled.
Ended up doing most all of it with dry-mix. They seemed to want my business, and helped me line up the pump, too (and that's another story all together......).
Just priced out a fairly new product from LaFarge called Agilia, supposed to be a self-leveling, self compacting concrete. They said 120 per CY.More expensive but should lessen labor costs significantly.TomYou Don't Know.
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Southwestern Vermont. $95 a yard, minimum 4 yard order. Must be out of the truck within one hour of site arrival or you get charged per minute for standing. Saturday delivery is an extra $5 a yard. Basic mix is 3/4" stone, 3000-pound. Small stone is extra. Retarder or accelerator is extra, fiber extra, everything is extra. Hot water too. The driver will not leave the truck cab for any reason unless he is ready to wash out and leave.
And they have a monopoly because the next nearest batch plant is an hour's plus drive.
I tip the drivers who are helpfull and have half an idea what they are doing.That helps get them out of the cab
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I pay 100 Canadian (About 80 dollars U.S) for concrete per yard. Actually it is sold by the metre here but that is the conversion
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Cliffy
Edited 9/21/2005 8:39 pm ET by cliffy
>>About 80 cents U.SNow that's a deal.
Oops my math is off after a long day. I guess you know our dollar is only worth 80 cents. It hurts the wallet a little whenever I travel stateside.
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Cliffy
Cliff, better make that shopping trip, the loonie was 85.5 cents US today, a 14-year high.
Here in interior BC we pay $115 CDN per metre for basic mix (20 MPa, whatever that is in psi). Now lemme see, a cu yd is 0.77 cu m, so that's $89 CDN a yard. At today's exalted exchange rate, that would work out to $104 US per cubic yard. And that's the price our company pays, I'm sure the HOs and small contractors are paying a good bit more than that since Greyback buys many thousands of metres a year. Each job gets put out for tender to the three local batch plants. Lignum est bonum.
I hadn't checked the rate lately other than hearing on the news the other day (before Rita) that we could be heading to a 90 cent dollar soon. I live about 5 minutes from the concrete plant and I always buy from them. I build one house a year and small jobs to fill in the gaps so I'm not their number one customer but they still appreciate my loyalty.
How about your canucks this year? Are they going far?
Have a good day
Cliffy
I dunno about the Canucks. They have re-signed virtually the identical team from 2003/04 so I guess on paper they can do all right. Season pass sales are through the roof, they are a very hot ticket. Interestingly the WHL Vancouver Giants have actually increased their season pass sales this year as well. They all knew they would have a banner year last season with the lockout, but looks like they have kept some of the growth. Locally the WHL Kelowna Rockets have sold out of season passes, they capped it at 5800 since the arena is only 6300 seats. I prefer watching jr hockey, more intense, and less professional apathy than the NHL. Those kids give 100% all night every night. And $15 tickets make it really attractive. I haven't been to an NHL game in years.Lignum est bonum.
Cliffy,
Onaping, is that just north of Sudbury, or south of Timmins (depending on which way you are coming).Sounds familiar. Once went on a school trip to the Kid Creek Mine (coming from Ottawa). I was just tesin about the 80 cents BTW, I kinda guessed that was what you were refering to. I forgot they sold concrete by the CM.
Onaping is 30 miles from Sudbury on the highway to Timmins. The Kid Creek MIne Tour is up in Timmins about 180 miles north of here.
Onaping is a little town with zero traffic lights!
Are you from Ottawa? I went two years to Carleton before I decided to come back here and finish my degree at Laurentian right in Sudbury and save a ton of money.
We are going for a family trip to the big apple in two years. Any tips?
Have a good day
Cliffy
HO here 100 miles N of NYC. Had 8.5 yards delivered 3 weeks ago for a workshop slab. 3000 psi mix was $81/yard. fiber was $7/yard. fuel surcharge was $8. Total, with tax, = $96/yard.
A month ago a friend had 50 yards placed by a mason for an airplane hanger slab. $190/yard (site prep, forms, crete, finishing, control joints,etc)
By the way, for my order I went to the batch plant to place the order and schedule the delivery. They were nice and friendly to me (even though recognizing I might be a one-shot customer) and completely co-operative on the delivery timing. Gave the driver 2 doughnuts to start and $20 at the end.
Here in Manhattan, it's pushing $1000/cy placed with reinf. for foundation walls.
North central Illinois, Six bag mix $80.00 CY with a $3.00 discount for pay on delivery. everything except advice was extra. I know most of you spec in psi but here they ask what bag mix you want . The guy I got mine from claimed that he is still useing 94 lb. to calculate portland proportion.
94 lbs per bag is the standard. everybody should me doing it that way. A 6 sack is a mild 4000 psi. with the right rock and slump it will hit 5000.
He said that some batch plants are useing 85lb. and then bringing strength up with chemical additives to match what you would have with a 94lb. mix.. First I had heard of it . I don't think it is right and the consumer should be told before the sale is made that the mix is being shorted.
I am a HO I had 7 yards delivered at $115 at the end of July.
I am in west central Florida
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