If you need to go on a budget and have the time and energy, you can do it
yourself for less than half this quote.
73, Keith NM5G
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:33 AM
To: towertalk reflector
Subject: [TowerTalk] Foundation for a tower -- cost
You can price the tower itself, together with such items as mast and
rotator, on the Internet, but have you ever wondered what the foundation for
that wonderful tower would cost?
Although I had had little trouble in deciding what tower I wanted, I kept
putting off getting a quote for the foundation work, fearing that the cost
would be so high that the whole project would be nixed and that I would have
to quit dreaming of a decent antenna system.
Yesterday I finally did it, and I'll report what I was quoted, since this
might serve as a rough (very rough, since local conditions vary so
much) guide for others.
This is for the largest size Pad and Pier style foundation specified for AN
Wireless towers: 9ft x 9ft x 1.5ft pad with 5ft x 5ft x 3.5ft pier.
The location is W. Michigan, with somewhat sandy soil.
The quote for the whole job -- digging out the hole (with a BobCat and
backhoe), constructing the rebar cage, placing the formwork, pouring the
concrete (using a pump reaching over the roof of the house), removing
formwork, backfilling and compacting, and removing excavated material -- is
$2950. Going to the next lower size (pad only 8ft x 8ft x 1.5ft) reduced the
cost by only $200.
Having nothing with which to compare, I honestly did not know what to
expect, but I had pretty much made up my mind that even if it were $5K I
wouldn't fall off my chair.
I'll probably get another quote anyway, but does anything jump out at
anybody here?
73
Alan NV8A
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and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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