whats the quickest way to calculate number of manpower needed for a specific project based on known quantities or builtup

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Arun Bhogal You would need rate of placement to calculate total hours for known quantities and then you can calculate manpower based on project duration. Include productivity factor in total hours for better accuracy.( use company historical numbers)
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Sharlie Davis It's all about the schedule. The manpower needed is based on productivity factor necessary to finish on schedule. Start with finish dates and don't forget to take into consideration OT and shift work if doable.
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Roy Bamford The simple way is to add up the man hours required then divide by the hours per day you expect to achive. The problem is now how many people do you need to achieve that work rate?
You can factor in leave, sick, bad weather .. whatever, which will all increase the number of people you require but there is an end stop. The people will eventually get in one anothers way, at this point, productivity falls and the project does not get any shorter for applying more resurce ... only more expensive.
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Ivan Devall Known quantity. x unit installation rate in MH = Installation MH for this quantity Sum of all installation MH by quantity = Total project manhours (bare) Total project man-hours x inefficiency factor or contingency factor = Modified total project manhours Modified project hours divided by workhours per day, week, or month divided by project duration in days, weeks, or months = AVERAGE total manpower by day, week, or month.
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Ivan Devall My comment above yields direct manpower. You can also take a % of direct manhours to account for indirect manhours. It usually follows that the larger the project, the greater the % must be to account for indirect manhours. Indirects often run from 10% on small projects to 40% on larger projects of directs. Of course, all of the above applies only to construction manhours, and not to engineering or Owner manhours.