DELHI SKILL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNIVERSITY

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE TITLE ESTIMATING AND COSTING AND EVALUATION

Course Code CE-PC404

Credits 4 (L:3 ; T:0 ; P:2)

Faculty Name

Program DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Academic Year and
[w.e.f. 2021-22]; 2022-23 Semester IV
Semester

1. Course Description
Estimating, costing and valuation helps you determine your project's budget, schedule the work
necessary and manage new resources. Cost estimates are also very crucial when it comes to winning
new business. Property owners also use cost estimates to assess the feasibility of their projects before
embarking on actual construction. Basic knowledge of drawing, mathematics, building construction and
construction material is required. Here students will be able to learn the procedure for estimating and
costing of Civil Engineering works, how to perform rate analysis for different items associated with
construction projects and to use software for detailed estimates related to civil infrastructural projects.

2. Student Learning Outcomes

1. Select modes of measurements for different items of works.
2. Prepare approximate estimate of a civil engineering works.
3. Prepare detailed estimate of a civil engineering works.
4. Use relevant software for estimating the quantities and cost of items of works.
5. Justify rate for given items of work using rate analysis techniques.

3. Required Textbook and Reference Material

Required textbook: 1. Estimating and Costing in Civil engineering, Datta, B.N., UBS Publishers
Distributors Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

• Additional textbooks/resources if any:

2. Estimating construction cost (fifth edition), Peurifoy,Robert L. Oberlender,Garold,
McGraw Hill Education, , New Delhi.
3. Estimating and Costing, Rangwala,S.C., Charotar Publishing House PVT. LTD., Anand.
4. Estimating and Costing, Birdie,G.S., Dhanpat Rai Publishing Company(P) Ltd. New

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 Delhi.
5. Civil Engineering Contracts and Estimates, Patil,B.S., Orient Longman, Mumbai.
6. Estimating and costing, specification and valuation in civil engineering,
Chakraborti,M., Monojit Chakraborti, Kolkata.
7. PWD Schedule of Rates.
8. Specifications and Analysis of Schedule of Rates, Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (MORT&H)
9. Manual of Specifications and Standards for DBFOT projects, EPC works.

4. Session Plan
THEORY

WEEK / READING/
TOPIC ACTIVITY / ASSIGNMENT
SESSION RESOURCE
UNIT – I FUNDAMENTALS OF
ESTIMATING AND COSTING
(4 Hrs)
Estimating and Costing –
Meaning, purpose,
Administrative approval,
Technical
Sanction and Budget provision.
2. Types of estimates –
Approximate and Detailed
estimate.
3. Types and Uses of
Estimates: Revised estimate,
Supplementary estimate, Repair
and maintenance estimate,
renovation estimate.
4. Roles and responsibilities of
1-2 Estimator. Graded Assignment-1
5. Checklist of items in load
bearing and framed structure.
6. Standard formats of
Measurement sheet, Abstract
Estimating and
sheet, and Face sheet.
Costing in Civil
7. Modes of measurement and
engineering, Dutta,
desired accuracy in
B.N., UBS
measurements for different Publishers
items
Distributors
of work as per IS:1200.
Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
8. Rules for deduction in
different categories of work as
And all other
per IS:1200.
additional
Description/specification of textbooks/resources
items of building work as per relevant
PWD /DSR.
2-3 UNIT-II Approximate estimate- Estimating and Quiz - 1
(5 Hrs) Costing in Civil

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 1. Definition, Purpose. Methods engineering, Dutta,
of the approximate estimate - B.N., UBS
Service unit method, Plinth area Publishers
rate method, Cubical content Distributors
method, Typical bay Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
method, Approximate quantity
method (with simple And all other
numerical)2. Approximate additional
estimate for roads, Railways, textbooks/resources
bridges/culvert, irrigation relevant
projects and
water supply projects.

Unit– III Detailed Estimate

(5hrs)
1. Detailed Estimate- Definition Estimating and
and Purpose, Data required for Costing in Civil
a detailed estimate - engineering, Dutta,
Civil cost, GST, Contingencies, B.N., UBS
Supervision charges, Agency Publishers
4-5 charges, Procedure Distributors Graded Assignment - 2
for preparation of detailed Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
estimate- Taking out quantities
and Abstracting. And all other
2. Methods of Detailed additional
Estimate- Unit quantity method textbooks/resources
and total quantity method (with relevant
simple numerical)
3. Long wall and Short wall
method, and Centre line
method.
4. Calculation of quantities of
different items of works for a
masonry boundary wall
from the given drawings.
5. Bar bending schedule for Estimating and
footing, column, beam, Lintel, Costing in Civil
chajja and slab elements. engineering, Dutta,
5 Graded Assignment - 3
6. Provisions in the detailed B.N., UBS
estimate: contingencies, work Publishers
charged establishment, Distributors
percentage charges, water Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
supply and sanitary Charges
and electrification charges And all other
etc. Prime cost, Provisional additional
sum, Provisional quantities, Bill textbooks/resources
of quantities, Spot items relevant
or Site items.
Unit– IV Estimate for Civil Estimating and
6 Engineering Works (6hrs) Costing in Civil Graded Assignment - 4
BUILDINGS engineering, Dutta,
Preparation of Detailed B.N., UBS

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 estimates of Civil works for Publishers
single storey and Two storied Distributors
buildings Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Earthwork - Quantities for
roads, Embankment and canal And all other
by – Mid sectional area additional
method, mean sectional area textbooks/resources
method, Prismoidal and relevant
trapezoidal formula method.
** IRRIGATION:
Calculation of earth work for
inclined channels with the help
of drawings for different
cross sections.
Preparation of detailed estimate
for brick lined distributor from a
given section.
**ROADS:
Calculation of earth work in
roads: by Cutting, Filling,
Cutting and filling, average
depth, average cross sectional
area and graphical method.
Calculation of quantities of
7 materials for roads in plains with Graded Assignment - 4
the given drawings.
Preparation of detailed estimate
using the above quantities.
Detailed estimate for septic Estimating and
tank, Community hall. Costing in Civil
engineering, Dutta,
Use of computer /softwares / B.N., UBS
programmes for detailed Publishers
estimate Preparation of Distributors
Civil Engineering Works. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
** One problem on Earth work
may be asked either from And all other
Roads or Irrigation involving additional
cross textbooks/resources
sections at THREE to FOUR relevant
locations.

8 Mid- Sem-Exam

Estimating and
Unit– V Rate Analysis (4hrs) Costing in Civil
1. Rate Analysis: Definition, engineering, Dutta,
purpose and importance. B.N., UBS
2. Lead (Standard and Extra), Publishers
9-10
lift, overhead charges, water Distributors
charges and contractors’ Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
profit,

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 3. Procedure for rate analysis. And all other
4. Task work- Definition, types. additional Quiz-2
Task work of different skilled textbooks/resources
labour for different items. relevant
5. Categories of labours, their
daily wages, types and number
of labours for different
items of work.
6. Transportation charges of
materials - Lead and Lift, Hire
charges of machineries
and equipment.
7. Preparing rate analysis of
different items of work
pertaining to buildings and
roads.
Estimating and
Costing in Civil
engineering, Dutta,
Unit – VI Billing (5 Hrs)
B.N., UBS
1. Measurement of work for
Publishers
payment of contractors and
Distributors
suppliers. Type of
10 Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Measurement book,
Maintenance of measurement
And all other
book.
additional
textbooks/resources
relevant

Estimating and
Costing in Civil
engineering, Dutta,
B.N., UBS
Publishers Quiz - 3
2. Types of payments: First, Distributors
11-12 running, advance, first & final Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
and final payment.
And all other
additional
textbooks/resources
relevant

Unit- VII Valuation (NO Estimating and

NUMERICAL) (4 Hrs) Costing in Civil
1. Definition and purpose of engineering, Dutta,
Valuation, the role of the valuer. B.N., UBS
Definition - Cost, Price Publishers
12-13
and Value, Characteristics of Distributors
Value, Factors Affecting Value. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
2. Types of Value - Book Value,
Scrap Value, Salvage Value, And all other
Speculative Value, additional

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 Distress Value, Market Value, textbooks/resources
monopoly Value, and relevant
Sentimental Value. Factors
affecting value.

Estimating and
3. Depreciation, Obsolescence,
Costing in Civil
Sinking Fund, Methods of
engineering, Dutta,
Calculation of Depreciation
B.N., UBS
Straight Line Method, Sinking
Publishers
Fund Method, Constant
Distributors
Percentage Method.
13-14 Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. Quiz - 3
4. Fixation of rent, Lease –
types of lease, leasehold
And all other
property and freehold property.
additional
Mortgage – Mortgage deed,
textbooks/resources
precautions to be taken while
relevant
making the mortgage.

NOTE: Although this course is expected to follow the plan as shown above, the faculty reserves the
right to adjust the plan as per need.
Session Plan (PRACTICAL)
(USE OF SPREADSHEET SHALL BE COMPULSORY FOR FOLLOWING EXERCISES)

WEEK / READING/
PRACTICALS ACTIVITY / ASSIGNMENT
SESSION RESOURCE
1. Prepare the list of items to be
executed with units for detailed
estimate of a given
structure from the given drawing. 1. Student should be made to be
Estimating
and Costing in known to MS EXCEL AND
2. Prepare a report on market Civil SPREADSHEET
1-2 rates for given material, labour engineering, 2. Student should be able to work
wages, hire charges of tools Dutta, B.N., out the practical given with
& equipment required to UBS updated rates.
construct the given structure as Publishers
mentioned in Serial number 1 Distributors
above. Pvt. Ltd. New
Delhi.
3. Study of items with
specification given in the DSR (
for any ten items). And other Student should be able to work out the
2-3
4. Recording in Measurement recommended practical given with updated rates.
Book (MB) for any four items. books

5. Prepare bill of quantities of Estimating

given item from actual and Costing in Student should be able to work out the
4-5
measurements. (any four items). Civil practical given with updated rates.
6. Prepare an approximate engineering,

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 estimate for the given civil Dutta, B.N.,
engineering works. UBS
Publishers
7. Calculate the quantity of items Distributors
of work from the given set of Pvt. Ltd. New
drawings using the standard Delhi.
measurement sheet for load
5-6 bearing residential structure
using description of item from And other
DSR . (1BHK Building with recommended
staircase). books

8. Prepare a detailed estimate

from the given set of drawings
using “standard
measurement and abstract Student should be able to work out the
format” for RCC framed structure practical given with updated rates
6 using description of item
from DSR along with face sheet
and prepare quarry chart, lead
statement ( G+1
Building) .

9. Calculate the reinforcement

quantities from the given set of
drawings for a room size of 3
7 m X 4 m with bar bending
schedule (footing, column, beam,
lintel with chajja, slab)

8 Mid- Sem-Exam (theory)

Estimating
and Costing in
Civil
engineering,
10. Prepare rate analysis for the Dutta, B.N.,
given five items of works. UBS Student should be able to work out the
9-10 Publishers practical given with updated rates
Distributors
Pvt. Ltd. New
Delhi.

11. Prepare a detailed estimate

And other
of the road of one kilometre
10 -11 recommended
length from the given drawing.
books

12. Prepare a detailed estimate Estimating

11-12 of a small Septic tank from the and Costing in
given set of drawings. Civil

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 13. Prepare a detailed estimate engineering,
of well from the given set of Dutta, B.N.,
drawings. UBS Student should be able to work out the
Publishers practical given with updated rates
Distributors
Pvt. Ltd. New
14. Use the relevant software to
Delhi.
prepare a detailed estimate of a
Road.
12-13
15. Use the relevant software to
And other
prepare a detailed estimate of a
recommended
residential building.
books

14-15 END PRACTICAL EXAM

5. Evaluation: (all courses will have continuous evaluation. Please suggest how many evaluation
components there should be and describe the component)

Continuous Evaluation (75% weightage)

WEIGHTAGE
COMPONENT DETAILS
(Breakup)
1. Quiz 15 % Quiz (5 % each) 3 in nos.

2.Graded
20 % Graded Assignment (5 % each) 4 in nos.
Assignment (20 %)

3. Mid-Sem-Exam 15 %
For 1.5 hrs

4 .Attendance & 5% FOR CLASS PRESENCE

Class 5% FOR CLASS PARTICIPATION
10%
Participation

5. .END SEM EXAM PREFERABLY 3HRS OF 100MARKS

(THEORY) 25%
WHOLE SYLLABI
6. END SEM INCLUDES FILE SUBMISSION (05%), PRACTICAL
(PRACTICAL) 15%
PERFORMANCE (05%) AND VIVA (05%)
Grand Total
100%

6. Academic Integrity:
• Please note that students involved in academic dishonesty will receive a ZERO grade on the
particular component in which the infraction occurred.
• Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means. In
an academic setting this may take the form of copying or use of unauthorized aids in tests,
assignments, examinations, term papers, or cases; plagiarism; talking during in-class examinations;

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 submission of work that is not your own without citation; submission of work generated by another
person; aiding and abetting another student’s dishonesty; and giving false information for the
purpose of gaining credits.

7. No Network Policy
• Students cannot operate any network enabled devices such as cell phones, etabs, ipads or any
other electronic network enabled devices inside the classroom during the sessions unless
specifically instructed by the faculty. In case you are compelled to carry it in person, you may keep
it in the switched off mode. Anyone found to operate such devices during the session timings will be
penalized as per the rules. No discussion or negotiation will be entertained at all with respect to this.

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