Thanks for that good answer.
Sorry, meant to link this
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=4812-LRguide.pdf
"Davis-Bacon Labor Standards
A Contractor's Guide to Wage Requirements for Federally-Assisted Construction Projects"
How to properly pay employees while getting Kevin Bacon's federal dollars
It supercedes everything pre-2012, as stated on the cover page.
Someone in the thread mentioned classification changes. I wonder if there is a new guide. That guide doesnt say 2012-2013 or -2014, etc. Just trying to get current info.
In a nutshell...
The General Contractor is pest control company. A large fir fell on the VA grounds during recent wind. VA said Pest Man, can you get us an arborist evaluation.
Pest Man indicated that the trees to be assessed were those "near" buildings and walkways. I think its a 14 acre or something??? site.
My last email in a chain of a couple emails/ texts/ calls, in response to his email looking to schedule a time for an "orientation", and request for some examples of recent reports I'd written.
Hi Matt,
I'm available for an orientation on Saturday or Monday.
It will be necessary to have some criteria established as to the distance from the buildings and walkways (e.g. 100% tree height, 150% tree height).
This attached assessment is for Mountain Greens Mobile Home Park in Lacey, off Yelm Highway. I've worked with the MGMHP since 2007. Most ongoing evaluation has been with the property managers over the years. The owners needed a worst-of-the-worst-action-plan for this winter's work. We are about to mobilize equipment to start this project.
This evaluation was priced hourly, so they weren't needing everything polished, as it was basically an internal tool between the property managers and the owners.
I will be able to give you a firm price, with firm evaluation criteria.
I also sent another residential report for a home site development for hazard tree removal at a waterfront site for mature and over-mature maples that would be a big threat to a newly built house (of course, for maximum view and property value, they want to be as far forward as allowable).
I wasn't super-interested in this project. A lot of headaches and travel. The eval on its own would have been okay. Any pruning/ removal work probably works best on a M-F schedule, which I don't have.
Supposing I'm used to charging $75/ hour for an eval to homeowners/ commercial customers, what would be reasonable to charge for a PW contract as my hourly charge multiplier, so as not to be selling myself short.
A local city doesn't charge for site visits for their sub-contract ASCA consulting arborist for trees deemed hazardous during a Hazard Tree Removal Permitting Eval, but will charge $67/ hour if not deemed 'hazardous'. FWIW.
Obviously, you don't have a crystal ball, and markets vary, but any thoughts are helpful and appreciated.