Time is money in construction. Won’t the addition of another trade group on the job site slow down construction and increase cost?
A. With the proper project management and scheduling, no. Masons can begin their work as soon as the framing and sheathing are up. Other interior work such as plumbing, electrical and interior finish can be taking place at the same time. Also, if a builder constructs several masonry homes concurrently, the masons’ mobilization costs are greatly reduced. Example: If a builder puts just 500 bricks on a home or business as an accent, that job should take a mason a half day to complete. But it takes the mason another half day to mobilize and de-mobilize for the job. That means that 50 percent of the cost of a small masonry job is mobilization cost. If a builder puts 5,000 bricks on a home or business, the mason will complete the job in approximately four days. Mobilization and de-mobilization of his crew and equipment will take another half day. For the larger job, mobilization costs total just 15 percent of the total job cost. Brick for brick, the large job is much less expensive to compl
