CHAPTER # 03 BUILDING ESTIMATE

Detailed Estimate
Detailed Estimate of a building is determined by finding out the quantity of
its various items. After finding their quantity it is multiplied by their unit
rate and hence cost is measured. These items are called Item of Work.
Numbers of certain items are found out in numbers such as door and
window fittings , water supply fittings and sanitary fittings etc. Some items
are expressed in length only and their quantity is recorded in meters or foot.
For eexample sun shade Skirting and concrete joints etc. Some items are
measured in area such as Plaster, Pointing, White Washing and Painting etc.
Some items are measured in volume, such as earth work concrete and
masonry work, etc. Some items are measured with respect to their weight,
such as steel bars and other sections of steel.
The units for measuring the various items of a building are as follows
Sr. Description of work Units of Unit of rate Units of Unit of
No measure- measure- rate
ment. ment
1 Earthwork Cu. m Per% cu m cft Per ‰ cft
Earth work in excavation in any type of
soil
2 Clearing of sites, brushwood and small Sq m Per sq m sft Per% sft
trees
3 Earthwork in filling (with sand or loose Cu. m Per% cu m cft Per ‰ cft
earth) in foundation trenches or plinth.
4 Surface dressing Sq m Per sq m sft Per% sft
5 Brick work. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
Brickwork (with lime or cement mortar)
of one or more than one brick wall
(one) brick thick walls when length of
brick is parallel to the thickness of the
wall.
6 Brickwork in Arches. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
7 Reinforced brickwork. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
8 Honeycomb brick work Sq m Per sq m sft Per% sft
9 10 cm(4 ½”) or half brick walls or thin Sq m Per sq m sft Per% sft
10 Brick flat soling (one or two layers). Sq m Per sq m sft Per% sft
11 Cornices, string courses, drip courses rm Per rm rft Per rft
etc.
12 Cutting openings in existing brickwork Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
13 Concrete works. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
Lime or Cement concrete in foundation
14 Reinforced cement concrete. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
15 Form work Sq. m Per sq. m Sft Per% sft

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16 Reinforcement Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.

17 Damp proof course (D.P.C) Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
18 R.C.C. Chajja/ shade. rm Per rm rft Per rft
19 Precast C.C. or R.C.C. blocks Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
20 Solid block work (bed etc.) Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
21 Hollow concrete block wall Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
22 Concrete Jaff ries or allies etc. Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
23 Concrete fencing posts, terminal posts
Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
etc.
24 Stone work
Random Rubble masonry, coarse
Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
Rubble masonry, Ashlar masonry
walling and arches.
25 Stone work in wall facing etc. Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
26 Stone work in sills, steps, string courses,
Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
cornices, columns, lintels, copings etc.
27 Cut or dressed stone work as in chajjas, Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
Jallies, shelves etc.
28 Boulder work Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
24 Roofing,
Terraced roofing portion of tiles, bricks Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
or stone slabs.
25 Reinforced brick (R.B.) roof or slab. Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
26 Tiled roofing Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
27 Ridges, hips and balleys. rm Per rm rft Per rft
28 Eave board Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
29 Asbestos corrugated (A.C.) or
Galvanized corrugated Iron (G.C.I.)
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
sheet roofing (excluding supporting
frame work).
30 Jack arch roofing (including centering). Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
31 Water proofing on roof with a layer of
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
tar or bitumen
32 Felt work (dressing top with bitumen or
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
tar
33 Ceiling and linings Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
34 Paving, Flooring, Dado and
skirting Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
Brick on Edge or brick flat flooring
35 Lime or cement concrete floors or
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
paving
36 Artificial stone to floor, dado, stair case
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
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37 Terrazzo or Mosaic flooring Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft

38 Stone slab flooring Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
39 Wood work
Door and window shutters of different Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
types
40 Shuttering, centering Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
41 Wood work in door and window
Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
frame
42 Scantlings, battens, trusses etc. Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
43 Hand rails rm Per rm rft Per rft
44 Boarding as roof boarding, celling,
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
floors, paneling, shelves, etc.
45 Ballies rm Per rm rft Per rft
46 Wood Piles rm Per rm rft Per rft
47 Iron work.
MS reinforcement (for R.C.C. works) Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
including distribution bars, stirrups,
binders, etc.
48 MS structural works, R.S.J. channels,
Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
Angles, tee, round or sq. bar etc.
49 Iron work in truss work Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
50 Cast Iron work bracket gratings frames,
Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
pulley, grills manhole covers
51 Holding down bolts, nuts, washers,
Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
bolts, rivets, anchor bolts, Lewis
52 Collapsible Gate with rails, runners and
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
channels
53 Rolling shutters Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
54 Steel Doors and windows Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
55 Iron gate Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
56 Wire Fencing rm Per rm rft Per rft
57 Expanded metal, wire netting etc. Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
58 Lightning conductors rm Per rm rft Per rft
59 Surface Finishing
Plastering (to wall, floor etc.) with lime Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
or cement mortar or pointing to
brickwork
60 Plastering to ceiling. Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
61 White washing colour, washing.
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
Distempering and cement washing etc.
62 Coal tarring Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
63 Painting on Eaves, Gutters Rain water rm Per rm rft Per rft
and Ventilation pipes etc.
64 Painting letters and figures. No. Per each No. Per each
65 Painting work in doors, windows, grills,
Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
gratings, gates, corrugated roofing etc
66 Water and Sewer lines. rm Per rm rft Per rft

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All pipe lines (cast iron or steel) water

pipe, rain water, sanitary etc.
67 Sewer lines rm Per rm rft Per rft
68 Demolition and dismantling.
Brick, stone or concrete walls, columns, Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
footing and foundation etc.
69 Reinforced concrete, reinforced brick
Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
roofs, walls foundations etc.
70 Manholes or Inspection No. Per each No. Per each
71 Manholes or Inspection chambers point Per point point Per point
72 Miscellaneous rm Per rm rft Per rft
Rain water, vent, waste pipes etc.
73 Ventilating cowls No. Per each No. Per each
74 Sanitary fittings No. Per each No. Per each
75 Drain pipe rm Per rm rft Per rft
76 Glass panes Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
77 Broken glass coping Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
78 Door handles No. Per each No. Per each
79 Butt and strap hinges No. Per each No. Per each
80 Bolts No. Per each No. Per each
81 Cutting angles, plates and tees Sq m Per sq m Sft Per% sft
82 Cutting of steel channels, joists cm Per cm inches Per inch
83 Threading in iron cm Per cm inches Per inch
84 Boring holes in iron No. Per each No. Per each
85
86
87 Fabrication and hoisting of steel work Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
88 Materials
50 kg bag Per bag 50 kg bag Per bag
Cement
89 Sand, grit, brick bats Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per% cft
90 Bricks no Per 1000 no Per 1000
91 Wood Cu. m Per cu. m cft Per cft
92 Reinforcement sheet Quintal Per quintal Cwt. Per cwt.
93 Tiles no Per 1000 no Per 1000
94 Adhesive kg Per kg Lbs. Per lbs.
95 Turpentine, primer, varnish, paint Litre Per litre Litre Per litre
96 Water-proof powder, lime kg Per kg Lbs. Per lbs.
97 Pipes rm Per m foot Per foot
98 Bathroom accessories no Per no no Per no
99 Plywood sheet Sq m Per sq m Sft Per sft
Abbreviation used in the table: cu m = cubic meter sq m= square meter, rm = running meter
cft = cubic foot sft= square foot, rft = running foot

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