Suggestions are also included in that section to assist in the adjustment of the labor data in this Manual for a specific project and for each project's unique site conditions. These conditions are defined in the section adjusting Labor Units for Project Conditions. The labor units in this Manual are Basic Labor Units because they represent the normal amount of labor required on a typical project under typical site conditions.
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The NECA Manual provides the user with the national average amount of labor hours required to install a given quantity of each item under typical conditions on a typical project. INTRODUCTION PURPOSE - The purpose of this labor unit manual is to give the user a source of labor data for estimating the labor required to install the electrical and communications systems shown on electrical construction drawings. These revisions are indicated with an "X" in the column titled 11 Note: This revision contains many changes to labor unit data as well as material listings throughout all sections. Section 13 - Industrial Control and Instrumentationīibliography of Additional NECA Resources Section 11 (A) - Outdoor Overhead and Underground Systems (Primarily intended for use by outside contractors) Section 12 - Equipment Installation and Connections Section 11 - Outdoor Overhead and Underground Systems Section 9 - Heating Equipment Connections Section 8 - Grounding & Lightning Protection Systems Section 4 - Switchboards, MCC's, Panelboards, & Power Equipm'nt 4/1 Section 5 - Lighting Fixtures, Poles, Parking Lot Lighting Section 3 - Wire, Cable, Lugs, Terminations, Busway & Bus Duct Section 2 - Conduit, Raceways, Fittings & Related Items Labor Unit Data Section 1 - Integrated Building Systems NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.Īdjusting Labor Units for Project ConditionsĪdjusting Labor for Non-Typical Conditions The validity of these data is inherent solely in the continued maintenance and widespread utilization of the data by electrical contractors and others over a period of almost eight decades. MLU data has been developed, published and utilized by electrical contractors since 1923. The resulting labor unit determinations represent a national consensus baseline of estimated labor requirements for each item under the conditions stated. These teams represent many years of experience in estimating and tracking the applications of labor units to construction projects and the installation of materials for a broad range of conditions and locations. Selected sections of the manual are reviewed and updated bi-annually by teams of estimating experts chosen from among the 5000 NECA electrical contractors located in various regions of the country.
The extent of the applicability of the data to any particular project situation is entirely at the discretion of each user. The data are intended to serve as a general guide to the labor necessary for the installation of specified items under the project conditions defined in the manual. The purpose of the NECA Manual of Labor Units (MLU) is to provide an experience-based reference for estimating the electrical construction labor required to install typical electrical and communications systems. National Electrical Contractors AssociationĬopyright 2013, National Electrical Contractors Association 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814 Copyright 2013 by the National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc.Ĭopyright 2013. National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc. The NECA Manual of Labor Units 2013 - 2014