ABSTRACT
The resources on which resource estimating unit rates are based are, depending on the item being priced, some or all of the following:
• Labour costs – the all-in labour rate. This is built up from operatives wages plus obligatory statutory on costs such as National Insurance. Labour costs include the costs of employing both skilled (tradesman) and unskilled (labourer) operatives, together with the additional payments set down in nationally negotiated agreements.
