CoverMe Project Savings Calculator

 

Project savings calculator
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  • Meets OSHA floor hole cover rules
  • No tools. Secures in seconds.
  • Reusable job after job

Your project

Every floor hole covered with plywood costs a carpenter's time, lumber, and a trip to the dumpster, then gets thrown away. Set your building below to see what plywood really costs and what reusable CoverMe covers save.

  1. Set floors, size, and building type
  2. Pick your region and labor
  3. See your savings, crew hours, and waste
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Multifamily: default 1 opening every 80 sq ft, a kitchen and bath stack in every unit.
80 sq ft
Picking a building type sets a default spacing. Slide it to match your drawings: 50 sq ft is dense (labs, apartments), 500 is sparse (core and shell).
Sets carpenter pay, lumber prices, and dumpster rates for the area.
Non-union crews. The rate is the full cost to the contractor: wages, taxes, and insurance.
$60/hr
Set by region and labor. Slide to use your own number. Carpenters build plywood covers. Laborers set CoverMe covers at 75% of this rate.
About 25% of plywood covers get replaced after rain, traffic, and removal.
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How many jobs like this your company runs in a year. Savings grow with each job because you keep the covers.
Middle-of-the-road carpenter times and cover life.

Estimated savings with CoverMe*

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Get a quote for this projectCall sales: 616.881.1378
Old school: plywood$0cut, screwed, painted, thrown out
CoverMe$0covers move up with the crew

Crew hours

Every hole covered by hand is a carpenter off the work that moves the job forward. Each figure is one carpenter's full work month (173 hours), filled with the hours this job takes.

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0carpenter days freed up
0work weeks of one carpenter
0crew hours saved per year
Plywood CoverMe
Who installs it A carpenter Anyone on the crew
Tools Saw, screw gun, cord, tape None
Time per hole about 19 min Under 1 min
Marked "HOLE" for OSHA If someone paints it Pre-marked
Trip hazard Raised edge Beveled no-trip edge
Stays in place Screws and a 2x4 cleat Adjustable locking clips
Daily checks and fixes Kicked loose, re-screwed, re-marked, walked by the foreman Locks in place, stays marked
Taking it out Unscrew, pull up, haul to the dumpster Lift out in seconds
At the end of the job Dumpster Next job
0plywood sheets kept out of the dumpster
02x4s cut into cleats
030-yard dumpsters of scrap
0tons of wood waste kept out of the landfill
0CoverMe covers to buy

Get your project kit

0 covers

Talk with our sales team about this project. We'll confirm the right covers for your openings, your volume price, and delivery.

    Contact sales Call 616.881.1378
    Injury risk$0expected cost with plywood covers

    A lost-time fall injury costs about $54,499 in workers' comp on average, and indirect costs (lost time, investigation, training a replacement, schedule) add about the same again. Plywood covers get kicked, lifted, and left unmarked. CoverMe covers lock in place and come marked, so we count their injury risk at zero. This cost is included in your savings.

    $16,550

    OSHA's penalty for a single violation in 2026. An unsecured or unmarked floor hole is a common citation under 29 CFR 1926.502(i). CoverMe covers arrive rated, locking, and marked.

    *Estimated savings over one year of 3 projects like this is what plywood would cost, minus what CoverMe would cost, plus what your covers are still worth at the end.

    Plywood includes lumber, carpenter time, hauling, dumpster pulls, and replacements, plus the expected cost of fall injuries shown under Injury risk. It's bought, built, and thrown away on every job. CoverMe includes the covers, laborer time, and replacing the 10% lost each project. You buy the covers once and keep them for 5 or more projects.

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    Send us your numbers and we will follow up with a quote. Buy direct or through your supplier.

    Estimates for planning only. Opening counts use typical MEP penetration densities (2" and larger) by building type. Opening counts, plywood labor, and replacement rates vary by job and crew. CoverMe pricing reflects case pricing and may change. Call us at 616.881.1378 for an exact quote.