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Thumb Rules For Civil Engineers is CONCRETE

essential for any civil engineer, Site CALCULATOR
engineer or civil supervisor. They MATERIAL
play a crucial role while taking CALCULATOR
quick decisions on site. Thumb FSI
rules help you in nding out the CALCULATOR
solution using a simple
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smart decisions whenever needed. MIX DESIGN
But, while using these thumb
rules, you must remember that CONSTRUCTIO
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exact or accurate results, you just BILL OF
have used them for approximate QUANTITY
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the Construction site. Excel Sheet.
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accurate result: in residential
Percentage of Steel in Structural building
Members: 11 Types of
Thumb Rules For Civil Engineers to Formwork
estimate the Shuttering area: (Shuttering)
Battens Quantity Calculation: used in
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Coarse Aggregate Quantity in Di erent
Thumb
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estimating the
Concrete Volume with Select Mo

respect to the area:

The volume of concrete required =
0.038 m3/square feet area CATEGORIES

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Example:-If Plan Area = 40 x 20 =
800 Sq. m.
So, for the plan area of 800 Sq. m.
the area the total volume of
HOUSE
concrete required
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= 800 x 0.038m3 = 30.4m3
CALCULATOR

Thumb rule for Steel

quantity required for
Slab, Beams, Footings
& Columns:
Steel required in residential
buildings = 4.5 Kgs – 4.75 Kgs / Sq.
Ft.

Steel required For Commercial

buildings = 5.0 Kgs-5.50 Kgs/Sq. Ft.

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you can also use BN

Datta recommendations
for the more accurate
result:

The following recommendations

Thumb Rules For Civil Engineers
are given in B N Datta for the Steel
quantity used in di erent
members of the building

Percentage of Steel in
Structural Members:

1) Slab – 1% of the total volume of

concrete

2) Beam – 2% of the total volume

of concrete
3) Column – 2.5% of total volume
of concrete
4) Footings – 0.8% of the total
volume of concrete

Example:

How to calculate the steel quantity

of slab having the Length, width,
and depth of the slab is 5m x 4m x
0.15m

Step 1: Calculate the Volume of

Concrete

The Total Volume of Concrete for

given Slab = 5 x 4 x 0.15

= 3m3

Step 2: Calculate the steel

quantity using formula

As per the guidelines are given in

the B N Dutta reference book the
steel quantity of slab is 1% of the
total volume of concrete utilized.

Thumb rule to estimate Steel

quantity of above slab = Volume of
Concrete x Density of Steel x % of
Steel of Member

Steel weight required for above

slab = 3 x 7850 x 0.01 = 235Kgs

For accurate estimation, you can

refer to Bar Bending Schedule

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Engineers to estimate
the Shuttering area:
Shuttering costs is taken as 15-
18% of the total construction of
the building. Shuttering work is
done to bring the concrete in
Shape. Thumb rule to estimate the
shuttering required is 6 times the
quantity of concrete or 2.4 times
of Plinth area.

For example, the concrete quantity

is 0.5m3, then

Area of Shuttering is 0.5 x 6 = 3m2

Components of Shuttering:-

The Shuttering plate Ply, Battens,

Nails are components of
Shuttering.

Shuttering Ply Quantity

estimation:
Suppose, The shuttering Ply has a
length, width & depth of 2.44 x
1.22 x 0.012

The No. of Shuttering Ply sheets

= 0.22 times of Shuttering

Suppose, the shuttering area = 3m

Then Ply required for shuttering =

0.22 x 3 = 0.66m2

Battens Quantity
Calculation:

Shuttering batten usually has a

length & width of 75mm x 40mm.

Batten Quantity = 19.82 x No. of

Ply Sheets

If work requires 25 Ply sheets, the

total quantity of Battens are 19.82
x 25 = 495 Battens

Nails & Binding Wire Quantity in

Shuttering:

Approximately, 75 gams of Nails

used in the shuttering of the
1m2 area.

75gms of Binding wire is used

for every 1m2 of Shuttering.

Thumb rule for Shuttering oil

estimation :
estimation :

Shuttering oil is applied on the

shuttering plate surface used to
de-frame or de-assemble from the
concrete easily.

Total required Shuttering oil  =

0.065 x Total Area of Shuttering

(or)

For every 15m2 of shuttering 1

liter of shuttering oil is
consumed.

Example :

If, total area of shuttering is 15 m2,

then Shuttering oil Consumption =
0.065 x 15 = 0.975.

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Thumb rule used for

Cement, Sand, Coarse
Aggregate Quantity in
Di erent grades of
Concrete :
Note: 1 bag of cement = 50Kgs

Thumb rule for Cement required

in Brickwork, Cement Masonry &
Plastering work in construction:
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Thumb Rules For

Civil Engineers for
Brickwork:

Brickwork Cement Qty Cement Qty

for 1m3 in m3 in Bags

230 mm
0.876m3 25.4 Bags
Brickwork

115 mm
0.218m3 6.32 Bags
Brickwork

Thumb Rules For

Civil Engineers for
Cement Masonry
Quantity:

Cement
Cement Qty Cement
Masonry Type
in Bags Qty in Kgs
& Mix

200mm in
Cement
0.124Bags/m2 6.2Kgs/m2
Masonry work
of ratio 1:6

150mm in
Cement
0.093Bags/m2 4.65Kgs/m2
Masonry work
of ratio 1:6

200mm in
Cement
0.206Bags/m2 10.3Kgs/m2
Masonry work
of ratio 1:4
 150mm in 0.144Bags/m2 7.2Kgs/m2
Cement
Masonry work
of ratio 1:4

100mm in
Cement
0.103Bags/m2 5.15Kgs/m2
Masonry work
of ratio 1:4

Thumb Rules Plastering Quantity :

Type of Cement Qty Cement

Plastering in Bags Qty in Kgs

Rough
0.09 Bags/m2 4. 5Kgs/m2
Plastering

Internal Wall
0.09 Bags/m2 4.5 Kgs/m2
Plastering

Duct
0.09 Bags/m2 4.5 Kgs/m2
Plastering

External Wall 0.175

2
8.75 Kgs/m2
plastering Bags/m

Stucco 0.175
2
8.75 Kgs/m2
Plastering Bags/m

Lathen
0.55 Bags/m2 27.5 Kgs/m2
Plastering

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SARTAJ AHMAD BHAT says:

What about Culvert and bridge

details. Please may send in
relevant

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Roshan says:

The volume of concrete required =

0.038 m3/square feet area

Example:-

If Plan Area = 40 x 20 = 800 Sq. Ft.

So, for the plan area of 800 Sq. Ft.

area the total volume of concrete
required

= 800 x 0.038m3 = 30.4m3o

Sir, plan area square feet Mai hai

aur concrete density cubic meter
Mai ? It is right sir?

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Mike Mahajan says:

 Sorry, Area is 40 x20 m = 800 sq. M
It is by mistake.
Thanks for knowing me

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sj says:

sir,
sqm of area and cubic metre of
concrete.
can we evaluate like that?
units are not in sync

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Sahil patel says:

Sir.
I like your video and i learned a lot
i am doing my architecture
Technology Bsc at DMU Leicester
university.
Sir whatever knowledge i got from
you is really valuable please send
me very new videos and PDF .

Thanks
A lot for teaching

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 Santosh says:

For 800sqm area 0.38cum conc

Ie 800 x 0.38 = 304cum concrete

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Sekar says:

Cement consumption is 63 kg only

for 1 cum bwork .why 24 bags.

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Shrikant Bendkale says:

Cement content for brickwork is

50-70 kg then why given as 25.4
bag

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Mohd mehraj says:

In have 2plots. 23*29. Second

25*36. TOTAL LENGTH 48. IF I
TAKE SQURE 48*29. PLS HELP ME
FOR G+ 2 PLAN . GROUND.FLOOR
FOR OWNER 1 AND 2 FLOOR FOR
RENTAL
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Aijazahmed says:

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RANJITH.R says:

What is the formula used for the

dome concrete and steel quantity
calculation ?
How to calculate the area and
volume please give a solution?

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Manikandan RMK says:

I leaning for more Impermation at

this web site. All comments is very
correct and easy to leaning the
method.

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ukas says:
Really useful this article

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gazoblok says:

Thanks for sharing all of your

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Ranjeet Kumar Sahani says:

Thanks for shearing sir!!

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i-pro24 says:

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Devendra shinde says:

very usefull

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 Ruwan says:

Can you please tell me thumb rule

estimation for aluminium and
glass facade multi storey
buildings?

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Rohit Khande says:

Sir , this article is very usefull

Thank you sir
Sir please provide complete rrc
design of g+1 building

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Ranjan Pirke says:

Where is the link for downloading

this Article?

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 Mike Mahajan says:

save as pdf

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