Timbering, metal sheetwalls

Activity Unit Live-labour Material
Building Removing Relocating Skill Uses Product
Time-standard (hour) First built Rebuilt
Trench timbering
both sides
close horizontal planking
s.c.: I-IV
m2 0.05
0.25
0.04
0.08
0.08
0.31
carpenter
labourer
0.09 m3
0.01 m3
0.0045 m3
0.0005 m3
plank
log
Trench timbering
both sides
open horizontal planking
s.c.: III-IV
m2 0.05
0.25
0.03
0.06
0.07
0.32
carpenter
labourer
0.056 m3
0.01 m3
0.0028 m3
0.0005 m3
plank
log
Trench timbering
both sides
close vertical planking
s.c.: I-IV
m2 0.08
0.33
0.06
0.12
0.12
0.42
carpenter
labourer
0.058 m3
0.037 m3
0.018 m3
0.003 m3
0.0019 m3
0.0009 m3
plank
lumber
log
Trench timbering
both sides
open vertical planking
s.c.: III-IV
m2 0.05
0.2
0.04
0.12
0.08
0.3
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0.03 m3
0.037 m3
0.018 m3
0.0015 m3
0.0019 m3
0.0009 m3
plank
lumber
log
Ditch timbering
single side
close horizontal planking
s.c.: I-IV
with stays or anchoring
m2 0.18
0.53
0.11
0.22
- carpenter
labourer
0.06 m3
0.058 m3
0.07 m3
0.003 m3
0.0029 m3
0.0035 m3
plank
lumber
log
Ditch timbering
single side
open horizontal planking
s.c.: III-IV
with stays or anchoring
m2 0.18
0.50
0.09
0.18
- carpenter
labourer
0.037 m3
0.058 m3
0.07 m3
0.0019 m3
0.0029 m3
0.0035 m3
plank
lumber
log
Ditch timbering
single side
close vertical planking
s.c.: I-IV
with stays or anchoring
m2 0.33
0.88
0.26
0.52
- carpenter
labourer
0.059 m3
0.046 m3
0.053 m3
0.003 m3
0.0023 m3
0.0027 m3
plank
lumber
log
Ditch timbering
single side
open vertical planking
s.c.: III-IV
with stays or anchoring
m2 0.26
0.69
0.11
0.22
- carpenter
labourer
0.031 m3
0.046 m3
0.053 m3
0.0015 m3
0.0023 m3
0.0027 m3
plank
lumber
log
Pit (well) timbering
(four sides)
m2 0.2
0.35
0.05
0.15
- carpenter
labourer
0.071 m3
0.04 m3
0.02 m3
0.0036 m3
0.002 m3
0.001 m3
plank
lumber
log
Metal pile-plank
poling-board timbering
both sides
vertical plank coverage 
s.c.: I-IV
removal by pulleyblock
m2 0.34
0.80
0.29
0.58
- carpenter
labourer
1.24 m2
0.034 m3
0.012 m3
0.04 m2
0.0034 m3
0.0012 m3
steel plank
lumber
log
Sheetwall piling,
average soil conditions
m2 8 men/equip
5 m2/hour
8 men/equip
10 m2/hour
- 2 blacksmiths
6 labourers
1.06 m2
0.022 m3
0.150 m2
0.0022 m3
steel plank.
lumber
Remarks: Figures for timbering are valid below depth of 6 m.
Trenches of width above 5 m are considered as ditches.
s.c. = soil consistency