Labor Code Examples for Engineering Firms

The Liaison Committee of the National Society of Professional Engineers/Professional Engineers in Private Practice (NSPE/ PEPP) provides sample labor codes for engineers.

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Civil

Environmental

General

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Electrical

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Planning

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Specifications

Construction Administration

Survey

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Preliminary Services

Design/Plan/Specs

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Construction Administration

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General

Client contact

Project authorization

Survey coordination

Research

Scope determination

Design

Drafting

Opinion of probable const. cost

Report

Project budget

Agency approval/coordination

Project scheduling

Specifications

Plan in hand and quality assurance

Measure existing conditions

Bid advertisement and receipt

Prebid conference

Contract preparation

Contract compliance review

Shop drawings and submittals

Construction administration office

Change orders

Preconstruction conference

Final inspection

Addenda preparation

Construction period review – field

Internal project coordination

Nonbillable

On approval equal

Payment certificates

Project administration

Abstract work

Access authorization

Additional prime contract

Archaeological survey

Change orders/scope change

Change of scope

Construction field layout

Control survey

Coordinating consulting services

Cross sections

Documents – alternate bids

Easement acquisition and recording

Easement location staking

Easement preparation

Energy studies

Engineering studies

Environmental assessment

Expert witness

Extended service

Feasibility studies

Field survey

Field testing

Financial studies

Furnishing consultant services

Grant administration

Grant applications

Hydrogeological survey

Industrial pretreatment programs

Intergovernmental agreement

Legal and recording

Level control

Litigation arbitration

Miscellaneous

Models

NPDES permit

O and M manual

Obtaining permits

Out of town travel

Owners’ administrative services

PERM ( Prog. Effec. Resid. Mgmt.)

Permit preparation

Photogrammetry

Planning commission approval

Project representative

Rate studies

Rebidding

Record drawings

Review and approve subdivisions

Revise previously approved work

Special assessments

Start up

Subdivision planning

Survey stakeout

Surveying calculations

Topography

Toxic substance monitoring prog.

Utility and building relocation

Utility easement coordination

Utility location

Value engineering

Warranty items

Witnesses