Advantages of Hiring Structural Steel Detailing Services on Man-Month Basis

Now, structural steel detailing task is an unavoidable part in every construction project. It is a process to produce steel shop drawings which helps widely in steel and rcc construction as well as erection of several items on site. Structural steel detailing services is a vital element for engineers, architects, developer, builders, general contractors and fabricators as it serves bunch of benefits to each of them in their area of interest.

As the need of structural steel detailing services arise with every new project, most of the AEC firms require a team to perform steel detailing task. While to setup a team in-house is very costly, many firms choose to outsource and hire steel detailing expert company. Companies offering steel detailing services charge either on hourly or tonnage basis, while very few companies provide detailing services on man-month cost method. Let us discuss each of them in detail and understand advantages to hire a team on man-month basis.

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  • Man-Month Method:

Man-Month is method in which a company hire an expert or a team of expert who remain completely dedicated to that company. In this method a fix amount is to be offered by steel detailing company for entire month and the expert remain available to perform all tasks to that company on daily basis. As the person hired work only for the individual or a company on monthly cost system this method is called as Man-Month method.

  • Advantages of Man-Month method:
  • An expert hired by company/individual remain dedicated to that company/individual and perform tasks as per guidelines on full time basis.
  • This allows a company/individual to utilize the man power as per their priority of work.
  • A company/individual directly monitor the work progress and can allot the task accordingly.
  • By gaining experience to work only for particular firm, person becomes familiar of standards and working method of that company/individual.
  • You can hire a person on payroll of steel detailing company which saves your operation/overhead cost as well other office expenses.
  • You get complete week/month hours to work on projects at very low cost.
  • This method is cheaper compare to other method.
  • Suitable for all types and any scale projects.

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  • Hourly Method:

To charge on hourly basis is most common and popular method among steel detailing firms. With hourly method, total number of hours is to be calculated by reviewing project inputs and final quotation is prepared based on per hour price.

  • Pros:
  • Give a near to exact idea of total cost to perform steel detailing task at beginning.
  • Provide options and help to choose lowest bidder.
  • Help to manage cost of additional work within the budget.
  • Give a broad view of budget will be required.
  • Cons:
  • Calculation of hours are based on experience of the firm.
  • May found costly with projects required to be worked on daily basis.
  • Tonnage Method:

Tonnage method is popular among steel detailing firms working with bigger projects. With tonnage method, project inputs is reviewed and approx tonnage is calculated. Final quotation is prepared based on per ton price.

  • Pros:
  • Provide options and help to choose lowest bidder.
  • Less expensive with respect to miscellaneous steel detailing.
  • Cons:
  • Require to make assumptions due to absence of exact tonnage number.
  • Give approx idea of total cost to perform steel detailing task.
  • May found expensive with detailing of big size steel members.
  • Deadlines and completion is required to set based on assumption.
  • In most cases it is expensive method.

7Continents Engineering Solutions is one of the most cost-effective structural CAD & BIM service providers in the outsourcing market today. You will get world-class services that are least priced. Our charges start from a base price of USD-8$/hour. We provide structural steel detailing, steel shop drawings, construction documentation, cad conversation, rebar detailing, precast detailing, structural BIM as well as structural 2D & 3D cad services on man month basis. Our mission is to provide the highest quality of work to our clients and never compromise on quality.