Landscape Construction Statistics

The purpose is to collect data that you can use to see how your company measures up against your peers

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1. How many person-hours does it take to excavate 100 sq ft of soil/fill at 12” depth by hand? (for heavy soil- no transportation)

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2. How many person-hours does it take to excavate a 500 sq.ft of soil/fill by machine at 12” depth?

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3. How many person-hours does it take to lay a 500 sq. ft of paving stones? (screed bedding course, brick beside you, flat ground, random bond pattern)

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4. How many person-hours does it take to lay a 100 sq. ft of random square cut stone? (dry laid)

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5. How many person-hours does it take to dig one 10” posthole by hand? (4ft deep)

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6. How many person-hours does it take to set 12 fence posts?

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7. How many person-hours does it take to install 100 lineal ft of fencing? (Overlapping board on board, post already installed)

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8. How many person-hours does it take to level and install 50 lineal ft of base (first) course of pre-cast retaining wall (assuming rough gravel base installed)

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9. How many person-hours does it take to install 50 lineal ft of retaining wall after the base course” (pre-cast wall, base prepared)

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