Audience:
Groundworks and civil engineering contractors
Daywork rates are often challenged — especially when they’re not properly built up.
Rates get based on rough assumptions. On-costs are missed. Fuel and overheads aren’t fully accounted for.
When it comes to agreeing dayworks, there’s no clear breakdown to support the rate.
👉 And that usually means getting paid less than you should.
The Groundworks Dayworks Pricing System gives you a fully structured way to build accurate, defensible rates — so you can justify every number.
What it does:
Builds fully costed daywork rates for labour and plant, including fuel, on-costs, overheads, and profit. Updates automatically across all rates, producing a clean schedule ready for submission or reference
Who it is for:
- QS’s and commercial managers preparing daywork submissions
- Groundworks contractors needing defensible labour and plant rates
- Teams currently using rough or inconsistent rate build-ups
- Anyone wanting a structured, auditable pricing system
What’s included:
Instructions tab
Full user guide covering how to build and update rates
Assumptions tab
All inputs in one place including fuel, labour rates, plant rates, on-costs, overheads and profit — updates flow through automatically
Labour Build-Up tab
Detailed cost build-up across multiple labour roles including groundworkers, supervisors, engineers, and specialist trades
Plant Build-Up tab
Detailed build-up for operated and non-operated plant including excavators, dumpers, rollers, and other key items
Daywork Rates tab
Clean rate schedule with all rates automatically calculated and ready to submit or reference
