Can we talk about how many bricks a good crew can lay in a day?

I was looking up some old project specs from a job I did back in 2018 outside Austin, and I saw the estimate said 400 bricks per man per day. I always figured it was more like 250 or 300, so that number surprised me. Then I asked my foreman about it, and he said with a solid mix and a clean layout, he's seen guys hit 500 on a good day. That seems like a lot for real world work where you deal with cuts and openings. Has anyone else here actually tracked that number on a commercial site and seen it hit that high?

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julia_hayes29d ago

I mean, 500 sounds like one of those numbers that looks good on paper but doesn't hold up when you're actually doing it. Maybe it's just me, but I've never seen a crew hit that clean with real cuts and openings slowing everything down.

ruby49428d agoTop Commenter

Honestly, have you ever factored in how much time teams lose just arguing over who gets which cut?