INDIANTOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVATION, INDIANTOWN GAP, PA. Increased costs... Analysis of increased costs Items contributing to the increased cost $4, 219, 694 [Original estimate was low in quantities of materials as well as in other costs] Materials: Original estimate (27,351,522 feet board measure, at $36.40 $995, 595 Actual requirement and cost, estimated (32,892,414 feet 1, 339, 708 Increase. 344, 113 Increase (average, 15 percent) in cost of other materials (lumber excluded) ($5,912,642 X 15 percent). 886, 896 Labor: Overtime, estimated total (includes only excess paid above regular rates) – – 40 percent loss of labor efficiency due to high-speed construction under winter conditions, night work, and a high percent of poorly qualified workmen because of inadequate supply of trained mechanics and the resultant large labor turn-over. Labor cost estimated at approximately 40 percent of total job cost ($14,504,777 X 40 percent X 40 percent). Other items, including equipment repairs, police and fire protection during construction, direct expediting of material deliveries behind schedule... Increased cost, total.. Comparison of estimated unit costs [Original estimate versus total estimated project cost] 642, 00 2, 320, 764 25, 921 4, 219, 694 5 recreation buildings, A5__ For housing Twenty-eighth Division: 219 barracks with lavatories in lieu of 219 barracks without lava- 25 mess halls (170 men). 33 extensions to existing frame mess halls. 1 concrete-block mess hall_. 20 extensions to existing concrete-block mess halls. 3 officers' messes_ 7 modifications of officers' messes. 2 recreation buildings, type R. B. 1--- 10 officers' quarters for regiment commanders. Total.. For housing service command: 1 officer's quarters, O. Q. M. 40. 1 officer's quarters, Q1. 13 barracks (63 men), at $10,500. 5 messes (170 men) 5 company stores, SA-2, at $3,450--- 17, 250 1 recreation building, type R. B. 1.--. 13, 248 Painting___ $2 per M for salvage building and C. O. requirements. Total.. One infirmary, type I-2, for One Hundred and Third Quartermaster 128, 000 9, 384 40, 000 200, 000 503, 864 Total, buildings_ Less 95 day rooms, reduced from 127; 32 modifications of mess hails to day rooms. 1, 331, 910 64, 000 JUSTIFICATION OF INCREASED COSTS, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD., CANTONMENT UTILITIES 1. Clearing and grading.-A requirement was set up that the cleared plain area be left available for aircraft landing field which compelled using the site at the rear of the reservation in the hills. This increased immeasurably the costs of construction. Fifty old delapidated World War buildings had to be removed to clear the site. 2. Railroad, required 1.57 miles.-Temporary spurs required to get materials in, pending permanent trackage. 3. Roads and walks, required 20 miles. As the site of the camp is at the far end of the reservation, additional mileage of roads to connect to the main arteries is necessary. The soil here is impervious clay. Rain water lays in pools. In cold weather they froze; in thaws these areas were a sea of mud, even tractors could not operate under the conditions. It was necessary to build many miles of temporary roads which required expensive maintenance to keep trucks going. It is estimated that over 100,000 yards of gravel, slag, and crushed stone were required. Large sections of these temporary roads had to be rebuilt two or three times. It is estimated that over 5 miles of corduroy roads had to be built from main roads to get materials alongside the building sites in many of the low and wet areas. The difficult road situation, delayed building operations and increased their cost enormously. 4. Sewer system, required 23.7 miles.-Hilly site, many deep cuts, 25 and 30 feet in places. One tunnel 700 feet long required through hill. Considerable water trouble in trenches due to heavy slopes. Space left for a future barrack building for each company resulted in an increase in mileage of sewers, water, roads, and electric distribution system. The increased cost amounted to 10 percent. Frozen ground required fires to be built in advance of trenching machines for thawing purposes to permit excavation. Much bracing and shoring of trenches required due to deep cuts. 5. Water system, water lines required 23.7 miles.-Water storage tank (600,000 gallons); pumping station, 750 gallons per minute with duplicate pumps for breakdown service. 6. Electric, heat, power, telephone, electric service lines required 34.5 miles.-To reach the hospital location an extra 11⁄2 miles of 13,000-volt transmission line was required. Considerable extra expense was required to provide temporary lighting for night work. 7. Fences. The rear of barracks is close to Annapolis Highway. Protection of Government property and general safety requires fencing. 8. Buildings. Troop capacity increased 5,000 men. Heavy slopes at many sites required foundations as high as 15 feet for some of the buildings. The character of the terrain compelled much rehandling of the material to get it into the sites. Mud and ice added to this expense. Original lumber estimates did not provide for necessary waste that is incident to all cutting requirements on any construction job. Normal allowances average 25 percent. Speed being the essence, much overtime work was required, both on Saturday and Sunday, as well as night work. Estimates indicate this overtime item as an increase of 20 percent in labor cost. Original Estimate vs. Revised Estimated Cost Lumber costs in many items show an increase in price over prices prevailing prior to beginning of project, as high as 35 percent. Other materials increased in price also. 9. Special buildings.-Special buildings reflect cost of construction of hospital and other necessary facilities. (See attached list. LABOR This job has carried as high as 19,900 men. Of these, around 7,000 were carpenters. The total carpenter union register in Baltimore is about 1,100 men. There are a number of civilian projects going on, including the Glen Martin Air besides the Government projects at Aberdeen and Holabird in this It is obvious that a great shortage, not only of carpenters but all trades ed. Self-designated "mechanics" swarmed in by the thousands. There was only one way and that was to try them out. Under these conditions, the scarcity of competent leadership in the subsupervisory positions, such as foremen, also became acute and continual changes could not be avoided as new leadership had to be developed. The turn-over was terrific with its resultant loss not only in time but in money. It is a cost factor of increase difficult to determine, but considered judgment places it at about 40 percent in added labor cost. It was necessary in certain trades that Baltimore men be paid transportation to and from the job. This was 75 cents per day per man for about 5,000 men over a period close to 4 months, or $0.08 per hour. JUSTIFICATIONS OF DIFFERENCES IN COSTS, CAMP EDWARDS, FALMOUTH, MASS. JANUARY 29, 1941 A. UTILITIES 1. Clearing and grading.-Two hundred acres of land required clearing, of which 25 acres had to be cleared of a dense growth of scrub oak. In grading the camp site approximately 1,750,000 cubic yards of earth were moved. Cuts ranged from 2 to 3 feet. 2. Railroads.-It was necessary to establish the railhead within the reservation. This required the building of 8.41 miles of trackage from the Wood Hill branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Cutting and filling exceeded normal expectation. There were many 20- and 30-foot cuts with corresponding fills. Three miles from junction point was built on a 1 percent grade which lessened cost. 3. Roads and walks.-Thirty-seven miles of roads were constructed. 40 SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE AP craft plant area. exis 4. Sewers and water-(a) Sewers.-Thirty-four miles of to grade were 3 to 12 feet, with average cut of 9 feet. Shor required which was not included in original estimate. A sew with a daily capacity of 700,000 gallons, was installed. The se had to be rebuilt to accommodate the greater load. of each. er supply (b) Water.-Forty miles of water lines were laid. In addit existing tank, three overhead tanks, 150 feet high, each with sto. 400,000 gallons, were erected. Four wells were drilled to depth o Four pumping stations required of 1,000,000 gallon capacity each. was increased from 100,000 gallons per day to 1,400,000 gallons per day. Cuts for the laying of water lines averaged 5 feet, shoring being required in the deeper cuts. It was necessary to "loop" the existing supply with the new lines. 5. Electricity, heat, power, and telephone.-Seventy miles of electric circuit lines were built. A 150-kilovolt-ampere substation was entirely rebuilt to a 4,500-kilovolt-ampere station. Six miles of high tension line was built within the reservation to the substation. All material and equipment had to be purchased. 6. Gas and oil storage.-Thirty-four gas and oil stations were constructed to serve the various units of the camp. 7. Other items.-Rehabilitation of heating equipment, etc., in old National Guard buildings. Construction of temporary roads, water lines, material storage sites, parking areas, electric service, etc. B. BUILDINGS 1. Buildings.-Number of buildings increased from 1,167 to 1,374, an addition of 207. Ninety-six barracks originally planned to be constructed without lavatories were later changed to have lavatories. This was to obviate the necessity of men having to go out of doors unnecessarily in bitter winter weather. The additional cost was $78,600. An original amount of 32,000,000 feet, board measure, of lumber was increased to 60,000,000 feet, board measure. The cost ranged from an estimated cost of $26 to $42 per 1,000 feet, board measure. Transporting lumber 15 miles, loading, unloading, sorting, stacking, and tallying cost an additional $5 per 1,000 feet, board measure. Estimates were net for original quantities, with no allowance for waste, tongue and grooved material, etc. Labor rates increased: Carpenters, $1 to $1.75 per hour. Time-and-a-half and double-time rates per hour were paid for overtime and holiday work as emergency of construction demanded. Speed of construction and large labor turn-over contributed materially to increased cost. No exterior painting of buildings was contemplated in the original estimate. 2. Special buildings.-This represents increased building costs, as well as special facilities authorized after the original estimate was prepared, i. e., post finance and post quartermaster buildings, boiler house, airport hangar, ordinance shops, guest house, and service club. 3. Equipment.-This covers rental of fire-fighting equipment during early construction period, an auxiliary electric generating plant for water and sewage pumps and for emergency hospital use, fire-alarm signals, emergency water system maintenance equipment, etc. Brief description of work: Camp Edwards, Mass., Jan. 24, 1941 |