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Estimation & Costing
Estimation & Costing
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
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TYPES OF ESTIMATES
❑ BEFORE A DETAILED ESTIMATE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO BE TAKEN UP, IT IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE
ITS APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE.
❑ AN APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE GIVES THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THE WORK AND IS PREPARED ON THE
BASIS OF COST OF THE SIMILAR WORKS CARRIED OUT IN THE PAST.
❑ SUCH AN ESTIMATE IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL IN CASE OF GOVERNMENT
WORKS.
❑ ONCE THE WORK IS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT, A DETAILED ESTIMATE IS
WORKED OUT.
❑ A DETAILED ESTIMATE IS PREPARED AFTER ITS COMPLETE SET OF DRAWINGS ARE READY.
❑ THE QUANTITIES OF VARIOUS ITEMS OF WORK ARE WORKED OUT FROM SUCH DRAWINGS AND ARE
MULTIPLIED BY THE PRESENT RATES OF ITEMS OF WORKS TO ARRIVE AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE
WORK.
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
❑ REVISED ESTIMATE
❑ SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE
❑ THIS APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE IS PREPARED FOR PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WORK
AND ALSO TO DECIDE THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND POLICY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL BY COMPETENT
SANCTIONING AUTHORITY.
❑ IN CASE OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, IRRIGATION AND POWER PROJECTS THAT
EARN REVENUE, THE PROBABLE INCOME IS ALSO MENTIONED AND THE INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT IS
JUSTIFIED.
❑ IF THE PROJECT IS NON-COMMERCIAL, HAVING NO DIRECT RETURN, ITS NECESSITY, UTILITY, PROSPECTS IN
FUTURE AND AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE ETC. ARE CONSIDERED BEFORE FINAL DECISION IS TAKEN.
❑ THIS ESTIMATE IS PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF CARRYING OUT SIMILAR WORKS IN THE
PAST AND THEIR RATES.
❑ IN THIS ESTIMATE, THE APPROXIMATE COST OF ALL IMPORTANT WORKS SUCH AS COST OF LAND, ROADS,
BUILDINGS, WATER SUPPLY, SANITARY WORKS, ELECTRIFICATION ETC. ARE MENTIONED SEPARATELY.
❑ A BRIEF REPORT OF THE PROJECT INDICATING ITS NECESSITY, UTILITY AND METHOD OF ARRIVING AT THE COST OF
EACH ITEM AND THE SITE OR LAYOUT PLAN IS ALSO ENCLOSED WITH THE ESTIMATE.
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
❑ AFTER THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE WORK IS OBTAINED, ITS DETAILED ESTIMATE IS PREPARED AND
SENT FOR OBTAINING TECHNICAL SANCTION FROM THE APPROPRIATE COMPETENT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.
❑ THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE WORK COMMENCES ONLY AFTER OBTAINING TECHNICAL SANCTION (FROM THE
GOVERNMENT) AND NECESSARY ALLOCATION OF FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET GRANTS FOR
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
(B) ABSTRACTING
❑ I.E. THE QUANTITIES OF THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF WORK CALCULATED AS ABOVE ARE MULTIPLIED BY THE RATES OF
THOSE ITEMS OBTAINED EITHER FROM THE SCHEDULE OF RATE OR WORKED OUT BY RATE ANALYSIS AND ARE
ENTERED IN THE ‘ABSTRACT SHEET FORM’. IF ‘RATE’ AND ‘AMOUNT’ COLUMNS IN THE ABSTRACT SHEET FORM
ARE LEFT BLANK (TO BE ENTERED BY THE CONTRACTOR) THEN IT IS TERMED AS THE ‘BILL OF QUANTITY’.
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
❑ AMOUNT SPENT ON THE WORK EXCEEDS ADMINISTRATIVELY SANCTIONED AMOUNT MORE THAN 10%.
❑ WHEN THERE ARE DRASTIC CHANGES IN ORIGINAL PROPOSAL I.E. THE ORIGINAL LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE IS
NOW PROPOSED TO BE CONVERTED INTO A FRAMED STRUCTURE, EVEN IF THE COST OF THE WORK DOES NOT
EXCEED THE SANCTIONED AMOUNT.
❑ THE REVISED ESTIMATE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT IN THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT
INDICATING THE CHANGES IN EACH ITEM OF WORKS, ITS RATE AND AMOUNT AS PER ORIGINAL AND REVISED
WITH FULL JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH VARIATIONS AND EXCESS ETC.
❑ (VII) SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE:
❑ IT IS A FRESH DETAILED ESTIMATE WHICH IS TO BE PREPARED WHEN ADDITIONAL WORKS ARE REQUIRED TO
SUPPLEMENT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED WORK OR WHEN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR EXTENSION OF THE WORK
IS REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED DURING PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
❑ THE ABSTRACT MUST INDICATE THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE ESTIMATE AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT INCLUDING
SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT FOR WHICH FRESH SANCTION IS TO BE OBTAINED.
TYPES OF ESTIMATES
(VIII) SUPPLEMENTARY AND REVISED ESTIMATE:
•THIS ESTIMATE IS PREPARED WHEN A PARTICULAR WORK IS ABANDONED AND THE COST OF THE WORK REMAINING
IS LESS THAN 95% OF THE ORIGINAL SANCTIONED AMOUNT OF THE WORK
•OR WHERE THERE ARE MATERIAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED WORK WHICH MAY RESULT IN
SUBSTANTIAL SAVING IN THE ESTIMATE.
•IN SUCH CASES A FRESH SUPPLEMENTARY AND REVISED ESTIMATE IS TO BE PREPARED AND SENT FOR REVISED
TECHNICAL SANCTION.
(IX) ANNUAL REPAIRS (A.R.) OR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE (A.M.) ESTIMATE:
•ANNUAL REPAIR (A.R.) OR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE (A.M.) IS A DETAILED ESTIMATE PREPARED TO KEEP OR MAINTAIN
THE BUILDING OR ROADS IN PROPER WORKING AND SAFE CONDITION.
•IN CASE OF BUILDINGS, THIS INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS WHITE WASHING, PAINTING OF DOORS AND WINDOWS,
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PLASTERING AND MINOR REPAIRS ETC.
•THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ESTIMATE SHOULD BE WITHIN 1.5 TO 2% OF THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE BUILDING.
•IN CASE OF ROADS, IT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS FILLING PATCHES, MINOR REPAIRS TO BRIDGES AND CULVERTS,
REPAIRS TO BERMS ETC.
•IN CASE OF DAMAGES CAUSED TO THE WORKS DURING MONSOON, WHICH CANNOT BE REPAIRED WITHIN THE
ANNUAL REPAIR GRANTS A ‘SPECIAL REPAIR ESTIMATE’ IS TO BE PREPARED.