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How to Calculate Overhead Costs in Construction Projects?

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Question added by ARUN K VIJAYAN , Quantity Surveyor Engineer , Dhabi Contracting
Date Posted: 2018/04/26
Khalid Mehmood
by Khalid Mehmood , Site Supervisor , Ravi Construction

Labour Coast,Materials,accidental,and others.

Hameed Safi
by Hameed Safi , Logistic & Procurement officer at Cordova , CORDOVA

In construction, overhead costs results from the organization structure, size and form of the enterprise, 

Stanislav Bondar
by Stanislav Bondar , Executive Director , Megabud Service Pro LLC”, Kyiv

In order to calculate overhead costs it is necessary to analize and collect all the expenses of the company such as office rent, warehouse rent, telephone calls costs, stuff needs, stuff transport, etc and define overhead cost of the company.

 Overhead costs result from the organization structure.

you know what i mean..

Ahamed Ashikh Kavungalkakkad
by Ahamed Ashikh Kavungalkakkad , Electrical Estimator , Al Geemi & Partners

Overhead cost is categorized in to two types.

1.   Home office overhead cost ( Fixed cost )

It includes all home office facilities rent, home office staff salary, legal cost and all other general home office expenses. It can be calculated as % (Total home office Overhead cost per year / Annual total targeted job value or Annual total value of project cost). Normally fall under 8-10 % of project direct cost.  

2.   Job  Site overhead cost (Variable cost )

It includes all the site supervision personnel salaries, temporary facilities, utilities, transportation, Plant & Scaffolding and other time variable miscellaneous charges. These are all based on project duration and can be calculated. It varies based on organization reputation and standards.

Mazen Boureslan
by Mazen Boureslan , Manager , Al Rafeej Services & Car Rental/ Al Rafeej Limousine

Overhead costs are all those indirect costs like laqbor costs, rent, travel expenditures, utilities and communication bills, supplies, advertising, insurance accounting, legal fees, etc.

Abdullah Albilali
by Abdullah Albilali , Utility & Facility Manager , Coca-Cola

In Fact, it depends on the project duration and the size of the project as well, there are several effects, but roughly I would like to say 5-10% of the total project cost.

Mohammad  Harb  PMP
by Mohammad Harb PMP , General engineer and supervisor of mechanical, maintenance and facilities ) I am looking for a job , I am looking for a job

A good study of building by analyzing the drawings and visiting the construction site, writing the reports that indicate the topography of the site and the possibility of availability of raw materials and services required in addition to the statement whether there is something to be removed on site or not. Calculation of quantities and determination of units of measurement for each part. Calculate the cost to complete each part of the construction. Calculate the cost of labor. Calculate the cost of equipment to be used in construction. Calculate the cost of concrete contractors. Calculate the cost of taxes, administration and various insurance. Calculate total cost by collecting data from step 3 to step 6 to calculate the total cost of project construction.

In construction, overhead costs results from the organization structure, size and form of the enterprise, 

Overhead costs are all those indirect costs like laqbor costs, rent, travel expenditures, utilities and communication bills, supplies, advertising, insurance accounting, legal fees, etc.

Jibran Qureshi
by Jibran Qureshi , Manager - Commercial , Wrackler (Pvt) Ltd

Labor Cost + Logistics expenses +  office expenditures + Misc. expenses + accident cost and other unforseen expense if happened. 

naeem shaikh
by naeem shaikh , Self Employee , The Estimator

normally 10% to 15% we can take

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