EXHIBIT B
COMPENSATION SCHEDULE & REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES CO
Standard Fee Schedule
2024 RS2
FEES FOR SERVICES
Fees for services will be based on the time worked on the project by staff personnel plus reimbursable expenses. The fee will be computed as follows.
1. Labor related fees will be computed based on personnel billing rates in effect at the time the services are performed. Personnel billing rates are subject to revision on, or about, 1 January and 1 July of each year. The hourly rates are fully inclusive of fringe benefits, burden, and fee. Current rates are provided in the table below.
Classification Hourly Rate
Project Support $118
Technician $118
Project Technician $130
Senior Technician $142
Project Controls $143
Staff Professional 1 $155
Staff Professional 2 $172
Project Professional $191
Technical Specialist $200
Project Manager / Senior Technical Specialist $219
Senior Project Manager / Technical Expert $262
Program Manager / Senior Technical Expert $335
Principal $355
Senior Principal $375
2. Pre-trial conferences, depositions, and expert testimony will be billed at one and one-half (1.5) times the rates quoted above.
3. Second and Third Shift, Weekend, and Holiday hours will be billed at $40/hour premium. Second and Third Shifts are those starting between 4 PM and 4 AM.
4. Field visits will be billed at 4-hour minimum; night shifts will be billed at 8-hour minimum. Cancellation of scheduled night shift within 24 hours will be charged the full 8 hours.
5. Direct non-salary expenses will be billed at our cost plus fifteen (15) percent, except for employee vehicle use which will be billed at IRS allowed mileage rates.
6. General project-related expenses such as mobile phone expenses (including mobile app fees); in-house reproduction; printing costs for reports, drawings, and other project records; mail and overnight document delivery; and long-term electronic and paper document storage will be billed as a general communication fee at a rate of four (4) percent of the labor charges.
7. Subcontractors will be billed at our cost plus fifteen (15) percent.
8. Equipment and laboratory testing will be billed at rates listed in the attached Equipment and Laboratory Rate Schedules, as applicable.
Equipment Rate Schedule
2024 RS2
EQUIPMENT RATE SCHEDULE
AIR MONITORING EQUIPMENT Daily Weekly Monthly
Drager/Rae Sampling Kit (tubes not included) $10 $40 $120 Dust Monitor $100 $400 $1,200
Four-Gas Meter $43 $172 $516
Photoionization Detector - 10.6 or 11.7 eV $70 $280 $840 FIELD TESTING Daily Weekly Monthly
Double Ring Infiltrometer $250 --- ---
Field Supplies $28 $112 $448
Guelph Permeameter $150 --- ---
Inclinometer Readings $250 --- ---
Sand Cone Field Density Kit $75 $225 $725
pH Meter $15 $60 $180
Pile Load Testing (per test) $1,500 --- ---
Plate Load Tester (per day) $50 --- ---
Pit Box Test (per day) $400 --- ---
Slug Test Kit (per day) $350 --- ---
Wood Pile Load Testing (per test) $250 --- ---
SAMPLING EQUIPMENT Daily Weekly Monthly
Groundwater Sampling Bundle with Bladder Pump $315 $1,000 $3,000 Groundwater Sampling Bundle with Peristaltic Pump $250 $750 $2,100 Groundwater Sampling Bundle with Grundfos Pump $350 $1,100 $3,100 Rotohammer Drill $100 $400 ---
Soil Sampling or Tank Pull Equipment Bundle $150 $350 $1,050 Soil Vapor Sampling Bundle $400 $1,400 $2,600
Turbidity Meter $20 $80 $240
YSI Meter with Flow Cell $100 $400 $1,200
WATER LEVEL METERS AND INTERFACE PROBES Daily Weekly Monthly Barologger $10 $40 $120
Levelogger $25 $100 $300
Oil/Water Interface Probe $50 $200 $600
Water Level Indicator $20 $80 $240
GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION Daily Weekly Monthly
Cone Penetrometer $15 $60 $180
Crack Monitors - Electronic Datalogger --- $120 $360
Dynamic Cone Penetrometer $150 --- ---
Electronic Readout Box $25 $100 $300
Geokon LC-2 Single Channel Logger --- $80 $240
Geokon - CR 800 Vibrating Wire Datalogger with Modem --- $100 $300 Geokon GK 401 Vibrating Wire Readout Box $50 $100 $300
In-Place Inclinometer Rental --- --- $1,250
Modem --- --- $250
Nuclear Density Gauge $100 $300 $900
Equipment Rate Schedule
2024 RS2
EQUIPMENT RATE SCHEDULE (continued)
GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION (continued) Daily Weekly Monthly Power System - Battery $5 $20 $60
Power System - Solar $15 $60 $180
Seismograph - Manual $75 $225 $725
Seismograph - Remote Units $100 $275 $825
Tiltmeter --- $150 $450
Vibration and Sound Monitoring Station $125 $325 $925
VDV Web Service --- --- $200
UAS DATA ACQUISITION & PROCESSING Daily Weekly Monthly
UAS Digital Imagery Equipment --- $200 $800
UAS Digital Imagery w/Ground Control Package
(UAS + GNSS) --- $300 $1,200
UAS Hyperspectral Equipment --- $300 $1,200
UAS Hyperspectral w/Ground Control Package
(UAS w/HS + GNSS) --- $400 $1,600
LiDAR SCANNING & PROCESSING Daily Weekly Monthly
LiDAR Scanning Equipment (Terrestrial & Aerial) --- $400 $1,600 LiDAR Equipment w/Ground Control Package
(LiDAR + GNSS) --- $500 $2,000
MISCELLANEOUS Daily Weekly Monthly
Camera - Digital $10
Decontamination Kit (each) $50 --- ---
Field Truck (including fuel) $95 $380 $1,140
Generator $50 $200 $600
GeoTech Sample Jars 16 oz. (per box) $10 --- ---
GPS Unit $150 $600 $1,800
Harness with Restraint Lanyard $40 $160 $480
Motorola CP200d Radio (pair) --- $35 $140
Personal Protective Equipment - Level C (per person) $45 --- --- R/V Catalyst - 26 Ft Sampling Vessel $600 --- ---
Research Nets $60 --- ---
Sampling Tubing (roll) $20 --- ---
Saximeter II $35 $140 $420
Sound Level Meter $50 $200 $600
Tool Trailer $300 --- ---
Laboratory Rate Schedule
2024 RS2
LABORATORY RATE SCHEDULE
SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX TESTS Unit Price
Atterberg Limits - 1 Point $125
Atterberg Limits - 3 Point $180
Grain Size - Hydrometer and Sieve Analysis $300
Grain Size - 200 Wash $100
Grain Size- Sieve Analysis (Standard Sample) $125
Grain Size - Sieve Analysis (Bulk Sample) $150
Grain Size - Hydrometer $175
Water Content $25
Organic Content $75
Specific Gravity $125
Visual Classification $15
SOIL MOISTURE-DENSITY TESTS Unit Price
Bulk Density $100
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) $650
Proctor - 1 Point $120
Proctor - 4 Point $250
Proctor - 4 Point (Cohesive Soil) $300
SOIL CONSOLIDATION AND STRENGTH TESTS Unit Price
Consolidation - Constant Rate of Strain (CRS) $650
Consolidation - Incremental $500
Unconfined Compression $100
Direct Simple Shear (DSS) $300
Cyclic Direct Simple Shear (CDSS) $650
Triaxial Compression - Isotropic Consolidation $500
Triaxial Compression - Ko/anisotropic Consolidation $800 Triaxial Compression - Unconsolidated $300
SURCHARGE RATES Unit Price
Atterberg Limits Dry Prep $15
Atterberg Limits Organic Classification $40
Sample Preparation $120
Triaxial High Pressure (over 100 psi) $100
Tube Cut (per cut) $25
Tube Extrusion $100
Additional H&A Laboratory analyses, pricing, and rush rates available upon request.
RATE SCHEDULE
OFFICE & DESIGN PERSONNEL HOURLY RATE
Technical Assistant 1 ......................................................................... $82.00 Technical Assistant 2 Survey ............................................................ $97.00 CAD 1 / Office Survey Apprentice ................................................. $124.00 Survey Tech 1 Office ...................................................................... $102.00 CAD 2 ............................................................................................. $169.00 Assistant Civil Engineer .................................................................. $185.00 Civil Engineer 1/Project Manager ................................................... $207.00 Office Surveyor ............................................................................... $207.00 Civil Engineer 2 ............................................................................... $243.00 Principal Engineer ........................................................................... $279.00
FIELD & SURVEY PERSONNEL
Field Assistant ................................................................................. $102.00 Survey Tech. 1 ................................................................................ $107.00 Survey Tech. 2 ................................................................................. $149.00 Field Representative (Construction) ................................................ $185.00 Resident Engineer ............................................................................ $207.00 Chief of Party ................................................................................. $207.00 Principal Surveyor .......................................................................... $279.00
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
Charges for reproductions, blueprinting, long distance travel costs, outside computer services, rental of special equipment, County base maps, official records, record maps, delivery, express mail and insurance certificates (where client requires to be listed as an additional insured) will be charged at 1.15 times cost.
Sub-consultant's services will be charged at 1.10 times cost.
CONDITIONS
Invoices are mailed at monthly intervals and upon completion of work segments when appropriate.
Charges for personnel engaged in professional and/or technical work are made for the actual hours directly chargeable to the project. Rates for individuals may vary depending on the service performed. Minimum rate for a two-person survey crew is $314.00 per hour (4 hour minimum).
In the event of required overtime, the rates charged for office personnel and field personnel will be 1.5 times the hourly rates shown. Work required on Sundays and Holidays for field surveyors will be charged at 2 times the hourly rates shown.
Litigation Services rate is $486.00/hour.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2024