Deciding how the pumping charge for ready-mixed concrete is applied: reading whether the published price information includes pumping, and the three mutually exclusive quota paths (a separate pumping item / convert materials by delivery method and apply the conveying item / included in the item, not charged again)

Topic Positioning

How the pumping charge of ready-mixed concrete is applied in cost compiling: how to read whether the published price information already includes pumping, the three mutually exclusive quota treatments of pumping / conveying costs, the conversion and deduction rules, and the red line against double counting.

Core Conclusions

1. Does the published price include pumping? Read the current issue notes; regions differ (and the same region may change between issues)

• Where issued as "ready-mixed concrete (pump type)" with tax-in and tax-exclusive prices in parallel, the material price includes pumping - rate build-up must not add a pumping charge or pumping plant machine-shifts again.
• Where unit prices are issued by concrete strength grade with a remark "pumping charge: truck pump +X yuan/m3, trailer (boom) pump +X yuan/m3", the basis excludes pumping - the charge must be added (such surcharges are mostly reference prices and do not bind settlement).
• How to read: check the "price notes / remarks" page of the current issue - "pump type / pumping included" means included; "pumping charged separately / +X yuan per m3" means excluded. The same logic across quota systems: the railway quota lists pumped and non-pumped concrete as different material items (TB/T 10821-2024 chapter 8 mixes, section 1 pumped concrete HT-133 to HT-152, e.g. "C15 pumped plain concrete (16 mm crushed stone, 42.5 grade cement)", coexisting with the non-pumped series).

2. How pumping enters the quota - three mutually exclusive paths

1. A separate "concrete pumping" item (cast-in-place items compiled non-pumped). Example: TB/T 10831-2024 Railway Works Budget Quota Manual, Volume 10 building works, chapter 1 section 5 "concrete pumping and superheight addition", work content "erection and removal, cleaning, stacking of pump pipes; positioning of the delivery pump (wagon); concrete conveying; clearing up": FY-531 concrete pumping, pump wagon, 10 m3 base price 79.57 yuan (materials 18.80, plant 60.77); FY-532 concrete pumping, stationary pump, 10 m3 base price 107.25 yuan (labour 17.65, materials 36.14, plant 53.46) - about 7.96 and 10.73 yuan per m3. The same section sets "pouring superheight addition, each additional 1 m above 4.5 m": columns (FY-533 138.79), beams (FY-534 889.87), walls (FY-535 87.55), slabs (FY-536 506.71) yuan per 10 m3 - superheight addition and pumping are distinct cost items, never to be mixed or substituted.
2. Items exclude conveying - convert materials by delivery method and apply the conveying items. SJG 181.2-2024 Municipal Consumption Quota Standard, Volume 2 bridges and culverts, 2.1.4 cast-in-place concrete works: "the cast-in-place items of this chapter exclude concrete conveying; conveying costs follow the corresponding items of this chapter by delivery method; the concrete material type and price are adjusted by delivery method, all else unchanged." The volume also states "the concrete pump wagon and stationary pump already include pump-pipe erection, removal and use - no further charge".
3. Items already include conveying - no further charge. The general rules of SJG 181.4-2024 Volume 4 (water supply and drainage networks) and SJG 181.3-2024 Volume 3 (tunnels) both state: "the concrete pouring items of this volume already include concrete conveying costs, which are not computed again." - Different volumes of one standard may take opposite positions: check each volume's general rules and chapter notes.

Conversion and adjustment examples

• Shaanxi 2024 consumption quota consultation draft, chapter 5 notes: concrete is compiled as ready-mixed; site mixing executes the corresponding ready-mix items (materials adjusted to site-mix proportions) plus the site-mixing adjustment item; the site-mixing item includes mixer-rinse water but not water for washing aggregates whose silt content exceeds the code, nor washing facilities - computed separately where occurring. "Ready-mixed concrete assumes delivery to site with pumping height within 150 m; above 150 m a pumping increment is computed separately"; the cast-in-place pumping items apply to the special cases of ready-mix delivered but not yet placed and site-mixed concrete pumped into the forms.
• Jiangsu building and decoration consumption quota (bored pile chapter note): where pumped concrete is used, the non-pumped material converts to pumped concrete, deducting general labour 0.020 workday/m3 and skilled labour 0.060 workday/m3 and removing the mobile hopper truck - pumping conversion must simultaneously deduct the labour and hopper-truck plant of the non-pumped basis.
• Hunan 2024 building and decoration consumption standard (2025 edition in the source data): pumping-related items include pump pipes, clips, rubber pressure hoses, water and similar materials, and machine-shifts of "37 m truck-mounted concrete pump", "45 m3/h concrete delivery pump" and "concrete placing boom", and list separately "pouring addition (vertical transport plant versus pumping)" and "concrete site-mixing charge".

3. Where no pumping item exists - charge by plant machine-shifts JTG/T 3833-2018 Highway Plant Machine-Shift Cost Quota, section 3, concrete and mortar plant: concrete pump wagon 8005042 (output within 100 m3/h) 1781.5 yuan per machine-shift, 8005043 (within 120) 1960.15, 8005044 (within 140) 2194.98; concrete delivery pump 8005047 (within 10) 257.77, 8005051 (within 60) 837.96, 8005052 (within 80) 1241.61. Machine-shift rates comprise depreciation, overhaul, maintenance, erection-and-removal auxiliary, labour, fuel and power, and other charges; local works take the provincial plant machine-shift quota (e.g. one province's code 990607035 concrete pump wagon, 100 m3/h, 2147.83 yuan per machine-shift: depreciation 912.12, overhaul 131.56, maintenance 252.60, labour 245.00, fuel and power 583.34, other 23.21). The highway budget quota carries pumping steps: JTG/T 3832-2018 Volume 1, jS0295 step [pumped], base price 2698.00 yuan, comprising labour 2.1 workdays, concrete delivery pump within 60 m3/h 0.13 machine-shift, and water, medium (coarse) sand, crushed stone (4 cm), 32.5 cement etc.

4. The red line against double counting The pumping cost of one concrete pour may take only one of "included in the published material price", "a pumping / conveying item" and "plant machine-shifts": where the item notes say conveying is included (pump-pipe erection, removal and use), no pumping item or pump-wagon machine-shift may be added; where the material price is taken "pump type", no pumping increment may be added; where a "concrete pumping" item is applied, pump-pipe erection, pump positioning and other costs already in its work content may not be charged again. Superheight addition and pumping increments beyond the assumed height (e.g. 150 m) are independent cost items under their own rules.

Applicability Boundaries

• No national unified quota basis exists; the volume / chapter notes, item work content and computation rules of the quota executed by the project (sector or local) govern; the three paths are mutually exclusive - only one within one item system.
• The published-price basis changes by region and issue - always read the current issue notes; never carry over an old issue or another region.
• Quota base prices and machine-shift rates (including the figures quoted) reflect the quota or publication date and serve only for basis judgement and order-of-magnitude reference; settlement prices follow the contract and its adjustment rules.
• "Conveying included" versus "excluded, charge separately" is decided solely by the express volume / chapter notes and item work content of the system in force; different volumes of one standard, and different disciplines, may take opposite positions - never extrapolate across volumes.
• Auxiliary content already in the work content (pump-pipe erection and removal, cleaning, stacking, pump (wagon) positioning, clearing up) is not charged again - the common basis of all double-counting tests.

Further Reading

• TB/T 10831-2024 Railway Works Budget Quota Manual, Volume 10 building works, chapter 1 section 5 "concrete pumping and superheight addition" (FY-531 to FY-536, with work content and the column / beam / wall / slab superheight items)
• TB/T 10821-2024 Railway Works Basic Quota, chapter 8 mixes, section 1 pumped concrete (HT-133 to HT-152 pumped plain concrete; note pumped and non-pumped are listed apart)
• SJG 181.2-2024 Municipal Consumption Quota Standard, Volume 2 bridges and culverts, 2.1.4 (items exclude conveying; convert by delivery method and apply conveying items) and 2.1.7 (pump wagon / stationary pump include pump-pipe erection, removal and use)
• SJG 181.3-2024 Volume 3 tunnels, general rules 0.3.5; SJG 181.4-2024 Volume 4 water supply and drainage networks, general rules 0.3.4 (both: pouring items include conveying)
• JTG/T 3833-2018 Highway Plant Machine-Shift Cost Quota, section 3 concrete and mortar plant (8005042 / 8005043 / 8005044 pump wagons; 8005047 / 8005051 / 8005052 delivery pumps)
• JTG/T 3832-2018 Highway Works Budget Quota, Volume 1, jS0295 (pumping step and its machine-shift and material consumption)
• Shaanxi 2024 consumption quota consultation draft, chapter 5 concrete and reinforced concrete works, notes (ready-mix / site mixing; the 150 m pumping-height increment)
• Jiangsu building and decoration consumption quota (bored pile chapter note: workday and hopper-truck deductions in pumped concrete conversion)
• Hunan 2024 building and decoration consumption standard (2025 edition in the source data) (pumping item materials and pump-wagon, delivery-pump, placing-boom machine-shifts; pouring addition; site-mixing charge)
• Local published price information and quota bases follow the current issue notes of the local housing / cost administration (where the current text is unavailable, verify before applying)