ABSTRACT

The most recent Schedule is dated July 2007 and is published by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association. Copies may be obtained from : CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION 55 Tufton Street London SW1P 3QL Tel: 020 7227 4620 Fax: 020 7227 4621 These schedules identify a number of items that are excluded from the rates and percentages quoted, but should be recovered by the Contractor when valuing his Daywork account. Under normal circumstances it is impractical to accurately value these items for each Daywork event, although certain items can be allowed for by means of a percentage addition. Suggested methods of calculating such additions are included in this section. In Summary the Daywork schedule allows for an addition:- of 148% to wages paid to workmen of 88% to labour only sub-contractors and hired plant drivers of 12.5% to subsistence allowances and travel paid to workmen of 12.5% to materials used on dayworks of 12.5% to full cost of plant hired for dayworks of 12.5% to cost of operating welfare facilities of 12.5% to cost of additional insurance premiums for abnormal contract work or special conditions. Part 3 of this book (Resources - Plant) includes detailed references to the plant section of the 2007 Daywork Schedule. The text of the document is as follows :