DAYWORKS

WHAT..??

METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR WORK BASED ON THE PRIME COST OF ALL LABOUR, MATERIALS
AND PLANT USED IN CARRYING OUT OF THE WORKS, USUALLY WITH A %AGE ADDITION TO
THE TOTAL COST FOR OVERHEADS AND PROFIT.

USED WHEN WORK CANNOT BE MEASURED AND VALUED AT BILL RATES.

RICS DEFINITION OF PRIME COST OF DAYWORK.

SEPARATE PRIME COST OF DAYWORK FOR MECH AND ELEC WORKS
BCIS (1994) = CALCULATIONS OF STANDARD HOURLY BASE RATES FOR LABOUR.

DAYWORK SHEETS CONTAINING ALL LABOUR, PLANT AND MATERIALS WILL BE SUBMITTED
TO ARCHITECT/CT ADMINR/CLERK OF WORKS AT END OF WORKING WEEK.

THESE ONLY REPRESENT A RECORD OF THE WORK DONE AND DOES NOT NECISSAIRLILY
MEAN THE WORK WILL BE VALUED BY DAYWORKS RATHER THAN BQs.

AUHTORISATION OF ARCH/CLERK OF WORKS ONLY RELATES TO AMOUNT OF WORK, PLANT,

MATS ETC, DOES NOT RELATE TO ANY COSTS INSERTED. QS WILL VALUE THEM AND HE
MAY REDUCE THE QUANTITIES IF HE FEELS THEY ARE EXCESSIVE.