AFM document labor case studies
One of Murphy's Laws warns that, "Experience is something you get right after you needed it." Builders who have lots of experience with framing can estimate framing labor based on their experience. But switching over to panels requires building a new experience base when estimating labor. Three short case studies published this year in a flyer from AFM should help speed up that process.
| Type of building | Number of people, amount of time | Factory supplied | Panels, other work | Ft2 panel installed per man-hour |
| 3978 ft21 duplex | 4 people spent 9 3/4 hours each (39 man-hours total) | Panels routed for all plates | Set bottom plates, then 312 lineal feet of 8'-high walls; RO's cut on site | 64 ft2 per man-hour. All panels set by hand; no crane. |
| 3652 ft2 one-story home | 4 people spent 12 hours each (48 total man-hours) | All panels routed for all plates | Set 348 lineal feet of 8'-high wall panels; RO's cut on site; 16 corners | 65 ft2 per man-hour. All panels set by hand. |
| 28'x22' ft garage-shop structure | Four-man crew set 19 wall panels by hand; three-man crew plus crane operator set 14 roof panels | Panels routed for plates; also, gables pre-cut | Set 100 lineal feet of wall-both tall 12/12-pitch gables and 9'-tall walls. Set 4'x15' roof panels with crane. | 84 ft2 per man-hours for walls; 113 ft2 per man-hour of roof panels (set with crane) |