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Quantity Surveying by P T Joglekar
Quantity Surveying by P T Joglekar
Quantity Surveying by P T Joglekar
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TRANSPORTATION
Loading
.
Materials handled
,.
_ :
10 tonne
3000 Nos
,14cd m
5.3 cu m
Cement in bags
Flooring tiles, of20 x 20 cm size
Timber in cut sizes
Miscellaneous stores
120D
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Unloading
Unit
.i
.
per tonne
1.000 Nos
per.cu m
per cii in
3
.6
6
6
3
6
6
6
Ideal Strength
of labour gang to
be employed
Time in
minutes
30.
12
6.
4
30
10 .
10
3
.6
6
4
B
6
6
6
Number of trips to
be done by a truck L
per day
= Time taken in minutes for loading + time taken in minutes for unloading + average time lost in minutes
per trip for payment, documentation, checking, octroi, toll posts etc., as applicable.
D = One way distance in km:
H = Number of hours of work per day.
S = Speed of truck in km per hour.
Efficient loading using chutes or machine operated shovels. for loading, and unloading by tipper trucks/dumpers for
materials like earth,. sand, shingle, aggregate, boulders, stones etc., requires about 4 minutes per vehicle for loading and
3 minutes per vehicle for unloading, inclusive of manouvring the vehicle in position;
_: Regional transpoit authorities allow 6 labourers to travel along with the truck for loading and unloading purposes. Where
a ,very large quantity of materials is to be moved employing several trucks, separate stationery gangs at the loading and
.
unloading points can be employed, leading to economy: :
:
.
When checking back on the number of kilometres done suitable allowance should be made for the movement of vehicle
..
from its place of parking to duty and back, (say 6 km/day on an average).
:.
.: ..
a two-bullock cart may be taken as 1.25 cu m or 1 tonne travelling at a speed of about 3 to.4
.