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Example:
Average
Man-Loading
•
Number
of
estimated
man-hours
2,910
•
Number
of
hours
in
a
work
day
8
•
Number
of
work
days
in
one
month
20
•
Number
of
months
in
contract
6
•
2910
(total
hours)
/
8
(hours
in
1
day)
=
364
work
days
•
It
will
take
one
man
364
days
to
complete
the
contract.
•
The
contract
says
the
job
shall
be
completed
in
6
months.
•
6
(months)
x
20
(work
days
in
1
month)
=
120
contract
days.
•
364
(days
for
1
man)
/
120
(contract
days)
=
3
men
•
The
average
man-load
will
be
three
men.