Factory Construction Unit Price

The unit price for building a factory is one of the issues that investors are most concerned about when deciding to invest in a project and choose a construction unit for their project. Nhan Dat Construction Company would like to share the following article and try to describe in detail the elements affecting the construction unit price and unit price in order to the investors can refer to and give level total estimated investment costs for your construction.

1. What does the factory construction cost include?

The factory construction unit price according to Nhan Dat Construction includes all the components for the construction of the factory:

• Factory construction supplies
• Construction workers
• Construction machinery of the project
• Construction costs and methods.
• Other costs: such as setting up temporary camps, electricity and water, management, security, etc.

In this article, we give the factory construction unit price for the basic raw part including:

• The foundation and factory floor.
• The structural part of the steel frame and the wall is covered with corrugated iron.

Costs not included (these parts need detailed design drawings to see):

• Electricity, water, air conditioning
• Factory fire protection room,…

2. What the elements affect to unit price of the construction steel frame factory?

a. Uses of the factory

The uses of the factory will do what determines to the plan, the structure and the materials of the construction factory suitable, such as foundation solutions, steel structure options, anti-hot materials, covering solutions, The auxiliary items accompany…

The use of the factory is the first and prerequisite element that determines the cost of building a factory.

• For example: A factory that only serves as a warehouse for light goods, the requirements are not high for the factory, but if it is a warehouse for machinery, mechanical or valuable products, the workshop floor requirements must be high, must ensure safety, may have to add a crane to serve the lifting and transportation.

If the factory’s function is to serve business and production, out of the factory, there must be other supporting works such as offices, canteens, motels for officials and employees, garages, warehouses for materials, product storage, etc.

b. Factory construction site

1. Place for building the factory

The position and location of the factory also have a significant influence on the unit cost of construction, such as the following elements:

• Is the geology of that area good?

If your factory construction position is situated on good and flat land, it will reduce a lot of cost for the foundation, but if the construction site is located on the soft flowing mud, the geology is uncertain, definitely will have to arise the solutions to reinforce the foundation, so the cost is slightly increased.

• Is the place for building convenient?

To transport materials, supplies for construction work or not? Are the electricity and water lines to serve daily life and construction available or not? All affect the unit price of the construction for building projects. Because if it is not convenient, it will take a lot of effort to transport materials into construction.

c. Factory construction scale

It is obvious that a large factory has a construction unit price /m2 will be lower than a smaller factory.

With the same structural plan and material solution, the construction unit price for the factory but the scale of the factory 1000 m2, the factory 5000m2 and the factory 10,000 m2, the cost difference is not small.

d. Factory sample

Factory construction costs for modern-style factories with new materials, the unit price will certainly have to a higher compared with the sample simple, traditional factory with cheaper materials.

Moreover, the attached accessories of the factory such as ventilation skylights, corrugated iron shutters, canopy roofs, or windows… also have an influence on the building cost of the factory.

e. Factory construction time

The main material used in the construction of the factory here is steel (accounting for 70%), so Nhan Dat Construction thinks that the unit price of the factory depends much on the unit price of steel. There are years that steel prices fluctuate up to 100% or 150%, so construction investment costs in that years may fluctuate 1.7 times. Not a small number at all for investors.

Moreover, the beginning of the year is the right time for construction because the weather is very favorable, construction projects are deployed rapidly. While at the end of the year many projects are running in progress while the rainy weather affects to the slow construction on the construction site.

f. Request for the factory construction progress

The factory construction process takes place very quickly within 3-6 months, depending on the requirements of the investor.

Machines and equipment lines are calculated and purchased by the investor right after completing the construction to prepare for the production process. Sometimes for some reason, the construction progress of the factory is pushed up very quickly and requires a very high effort from the contractor, both in terms of human resources, machinery … and sometimes changes in construction organization methods on the construction site and this will make the high unit price of the construction.

g. Factory construction contractor

In fact, there is not all unit prices that has the same among the contractors. Each contractor will have different capabilities and strengths, have different judgments and construction quality is different, so they will give different quotations. That is also normal if someone is knowledgeable about the factory market.

3. How to optimize factory construction costs?

Do not be greedy for cheap quotes, but forget to care about quality. That is probably not the best solution for you. Price always goes with quality, so optimizing costs with a good quality to meet the requirements of the investor. It is always a complicated problem for both two partis.

To optimize costs, for both the investor and the contractor, we need to pay attention to the design stage and construction stage. Either of them is indispensable.

Design period

To present a coherent architectural design plan, a reasonable and accurate structural plan to help the investor save costs and working time. A good design plan also allows the investor to avoid the costs of repair and renovation, which arise if any occur later.

Factory construction period

You need to pay attention to construction methods and processes. If you have a good construction plan, it will save a lot of time and costs for both the investor and the construction contractor. This will demand a lot of effort and experience, the capacity of the contractor. Therefore, choosing a reputable construction contractor is also so essential.

With experienced and reputable factory construction companies, consulting on both design issues and construction methods is always a considered choice for investors. Because they will understand better to conduct construction more reasonably. And then, the contract signed will be the Design and Build contract– A company responsible for both design and construction. All will be in sync.

4. Unit price for construction of pre-engineered steel buildings in 2022

As mentioned above, there are many elements that affect the construction unit price. So it is difficult to give an exact price, each contractor offers a different price.

As mentioned above, there are many elements that affect the construction unit price. So it is difficult to give an exact price, each contractor offers a different price.

For more detail about the factory construction unit price, you should contact directly to receive specific advice from professional companies in this field. (You can also contact Nhat Dat Construction Company, we will offer free support and advice for you.)

Within the scope of the article, with a variety of construction experiences from small to large factory projects, we will give a basic and popular unit price for some types of factories, helps you have an overview and reference, estimate construction costs for your project.

Materials used to build pre-fabricated steel frames

1. The unit price applies to pre-fabricated steel factory: over-span system from 20m to 30m

The price is from 1,610,000 VND/m2 – 2,500,000 VND/m2 depending on the area, the scale of the factory, the industry activity, the column truss frame, the factory floor. The company offers a relatively accurate reference price quotation, depending on the area.

Preliminary description:

• Steel reinforced concrete factory floor, epoxy paint
• Height below 7.5m;
• Combined steel columns and trusses.
• 50mm thick roof panel, wall panel, aluminum glass door
• Plaster ceiling

The factory uses reinforced concrete columns, pre-fabricated steel trusses frames, steel roofing.

Construction unit price: 2,000,000 VND/m2 to 2,200,000 VND/m2.

Preliminary description:

• Height below 7.5m,
• Reinforced concrete columns,
• Combined steel truss, has skylight,
• Steel roofing 0.45m
• Wall 220 built 4m high, wall panel and shutter door

2/ Unit price applies to simple factories and warehouses

2/ The unit price applies to simple factories and warehouses

Area: under 1500m2, height below 7.5m, columns built with steel core or concrete columns, steel truss, iron box, wall construction 100mm, tole wall, tole roof

Without crane: Construction unit price is from 1,300,000 VND/m2 to 1,500,000 VND/m2.

With crane 5 – 10 tons: Construction unit price: 1,800,000 VND/m2 – 2,000,000 VND/m2

Brief description of the project:

• Height below 7.5m,
• Wall 110 built 2m high, wall panel and shutter door
• Steel roofing single layer 0.45m 
• Combined steel truss column
• Concrete base thick 15cm 

3/ The unit price applies to prefabricated houses, factories, and warehouses (Not pouring concrete)

 Price from: 450,000 VND/m2 – 1200,000/m2, purlin C thickness 1.8mm – 2mm, Iron box 5×10, 6×12, Column I100 – I200 or use electric columns to reduce cost and increase the durability of products. Solid steel makes trusses, gusset plates, Bolts, Connecting screws, Tension cable, tole roof thick 4.5zem.

Note: The unit price of Nhan Dat given above is only for reference, if you want to find out the unit price of factory construction, please contact the reputable construction company Nhan Dat Construction to receive the most quotation exactly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1: How much construction time will the pre-fabricated steel frame save?

The works pour traditional concrete will take 3-4 weeks to wait for the concrete to dry and moisturize the concrete, but with pre-fabricated steel frames combined with ultra-light panel floors, you can skip the curing time of the concrete. The construction time will be shortened by about 1 month. Not to mention if watering is not technically correct, homeowners will cause the concrete to crack.

Question 2:  Do the pre-fabricated steel frames save construction costs?

Saving construction time means that homeowners have saved a lot of arisen costs. When the construction time is prolonged, the electricity bill, worker’s fee, daily food bill, water bill, etc., many other additional fees also increase.

Question 3: What type of floor is usually come with the pre-fabricated steel frame?

Comes with pre-fabricated steel frame is super light concrete floor, Deck floor, Cemboard Duarflex pre-assembled concrete floor. But the type that combines light panel floors with pre-fabricated steel frames is being used commonly today. Because the durability of lightweight concrete floors is equivalent to reinforced concrete, it creates more peace of mind for customers than other types of floors.

Question 4: How are the projects suitable for pre-fabricated steel frames?

Just installing the pre-fabricated steel bars that are designed according to the design drawing, so using pre-fabricated steel frames will be suitable for projects that need to shorten construction time, have a small location, in alleys, no waiting position for gathering construction materials, not intending to continue expanding, repairing anymore, basement garage, supermarket, building factories,…

Currently, construction is should use pre-fabricated steel frames rather than traditional methods.

Question 5: Can pre-engineered steel frames be applied to new house construction?

For newly built houses that already have a strong and solid foundation, they apply the pre-fabricated steel frames, which is considered the smartest decision. Because there is a solid fulcrum, building a house with a pre-fabricated steel frame will become faster and simpler. Just transporting the pre-fabricated steel frames designed to the construction site and executing assembly according to the design drawings is fine.

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