ESTIMATION METHODS :

1. LONG WALL – SHORT WALL METHOD.

 IN LONG WALL –THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM IS INTENDED TO
BE LONG WALL  AND THE WALL PERP. TO THE LONG WALL IS
STATED TO BE A SHORT WALL.
 CALCULATE FIRST THE CENTERLINE LENGTHS OF THE WALLS.
 LENGTH OF THE LONG WALL, (OUT TO OUT) = CENTRE LINE
LENGTH + HALF BREADTH AT EACH END TO ITS CENTERLINE
LENGTH.
 LENGTH OF SHORT WALL = CENTRE LINE LENTH - HALF BREADTH
FROM EACH END
 THE LENGTH OF THE SHORT WALL USUALLY INCREASES FROM
EARTHWORK TO BRICKWORK IN SUPERSTRUCTURE WHILE THE
LONG WALL DECREASES.
 LENGTHS ARE MULTIPLIED BY DEPTH AND BREADTH TO GET
QUANTITIES.
 ADD QUANTITIES FOR EACH VARYING DIMENSION AND SUM UP
ALL TO GET TOTAL QUANTITY.
 2 . CENTER LINE METHOD.
 IN CENTER LINE METHOD OF ESTIMATION, MEASUREMENTS OF
THE WALL ARE TAKEN UP-TO CENTER. INTERNAL
MEASUREMENTS ARE GENERALLY TAKEN.
 THE THICKNESS OF HALF WALL FROM ONE SIDE AND THICKNESS
OF HALF WALL FROM ANOTHER SIDE IN INTERNAL
MEASUREMENTS ARE ADDED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE
LENGTH OF CENTER LINE OF ROOM WALLS.
 IF ALL OF THE STEPS ARE SYMMETRICAL IN CROSS-SECTION OF
THE WALL, THEN THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE CENTER LINE WILL
BE UNIFORM FOR ALL ITEMS OF THE WALL.
 IF THESE STEPS ARE NOT SYMMETRICAL, THEN THE LENGTH
WILL BE DETERMINED SEPARATELY FOR EACH STEP.
 DESPITE, IF THE DESIGN OF WALLS IS SAME THROUGHOUT IN
BUILDING THEN IT IS QUITE EASY TO FIND THE LENGTH OF
CENTER LINE.
 CENTER LINE METHOD IS EMPLOYED EASILY IN CIRCULAR AND
POLYGONAL SHAPED BUILDINGS.
 DESPITE, THIS METHOD IS ALSO SUITABLE TO USE IN SMALL
BUILDINGS WITH FEW ROOMS.
STEP-1 : CALCULATE CENTRELINE DISTANCE OF WALLS ;
A- CENTRE LINE DISTANCE OF LONG WALL FROM DRAWINGS;
5.00 M + 0.23 M = 5.23 M
B- CENTRELINE DISTANCE OF SHORT WALL ;
4.00 M + 0.23 M= 4.23 M
STEP-2 : CALCULATE THE LENGTH OF SHORT AND LONG WALLS ;
A. LENGTH OF LONG WALL = CENTRE LINE DISTANCE OF LONG WALL + ½ OF WIDTH
ON ONE SIDE + ½ OF WIDTH ON THE OTHER SIDE
= 5.230 M + 0.115 m + 0.115 m = 5.46 m
B. LENGTH OF SHORT WALL = CENTRE TO CENTRE LINE OF SHORT WALL – ½ OF
WIDTH OF WALL ON ONE SIDE – ½ OF WIDTH OF WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE
= 4.23- 0.230/2 – 0.230/2 = 4.00 M
STEP-3 : MULTIPLY LENGTHS WITH DEPTH AND BREADTH OF ITEMS OF WORK ;
1. CALCULATION 0F QUANTITY FOR BRICKWORK IN FOUNDATION :

(I) 230 MM THICK BRICK WORK :

WIDTH = 0.230 M , DEPTH = 0.45 M
QUATITY OF BRICKWORK = 2(5.46 + 4.00) X .45X0.23
= 1.958 CU M
(II) 345 MM BRICK WORK :
LONG WALL ;
LENGTH = 5.23 + 0.345 =5.575 M ; WIDTH = .345 M ; DEPTH = 0.45 M;
SHORT WALL ;
LENGTH = 4.23 -0.345 =3.885 M ; WIDTH = 0.345 M ; DEPTH = 0.45 M;
QUANTITY OF BRICK WORK = 2( 5.575 + 3.885) X 0.450 X 0.345
= 2.94 CU M
(III) 460 MM BRICK WORK :
LENGTH OF LONG WALL = 5.23 + 0.46 = 5.69 M
LENGTH OF SHORTWALL= 4.23-0.46=3.77 M
WIDTH= 0.46 M ; DEPTH = 0.45 M
QUANTITY OF BRICKWORK = 2( 5.69 + 3.77) X 0.450 X0.460
= 3.813 CU M
(IV) 575 MM BRICKWORK :
QUANTITY OF BRICKWORK =2 ( 5.805 + 3.655 ) X 0.45 X 0.575
= 4.78 CU M;
TOTAL QUANTITY OF BW IN FOUNDATION =
1.958 + 2.94 + 3.813 + 4.777 = 13.488 CU M