UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT FOR VARIOUS ITEMS

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Particulars of items
Earthwork: Excavation, filling, cutting,
banking
Surface dressing
Cutting of trees
Stones: quarrying, blasting
Concrete : PCC, RCC, Precast
Jail works
Damp proof course
Brick work of any description
Thin partition wall
String course, drip course, water course
coping etc
Stone work of any description
Stone work in wall facing (thickness
specified)
Wood work: truss, rafter, beam etc
Door, window shutters
Door, window fittings
Timbering, boarding, sawing of timber,
timbering of trenches, partition, etc
Steel work
Expanded metal, fabric reinforcement,
cutting angles, plates, tees
Threading; welding; solder of sheets
Iron gate, grill collapsible gate, rolling
shutter
Iron railing
Roofing: tiled, corrugated iron, caves
board (thickness specified)
Centering, shuttering
Ridges; valleys; gutters (girth given)
Expansion and contraction joints
Ceiling timber, A.C. sheet, board, etc
Plastering; pointing; white washing;
distempering; painting; varnishing;
polishing; coal tarring; removing of
paints
Flooring of any kind
Pipes, laying of pipes
Dismantling of brick masonry
Grouting
Grouting of cracks, joints
Supply of sand; brick ballast;
aggregates; timber
Supply of cement

Units of
measurement
m3

Unit of
payment
100 m3

m2
Number
m3
m3
m2
m2
m3
m2
m

m3
Per number
m3
m3
m2
m2
m3
m2
m

m3
m2

m3
m2

m3
m2
Number
m2

m3
m2
Per number
m2

Quintal
cm2

Per quintal
cm2

cm
m2

Per cm
m2

m
m2

m
m2

m2
m
m
m2
m2

m2
m
m
m2
m2

m2
m
m3
m2
m
m3

m2
m
m3
m2
m
m3

Bag

Per bag

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Supply
line
Supply
Supply
Supply
Supply

of steel, G.I. sheet, bare electric

Quintal

Per quintal

of
of
of
of

m2
Number
Litre
Kg

m2
Per number
Per litre
Per k

GI sheet
sanitary items
paint, varnishes
explosives, stiff paint

ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS REQUIRED PER CUBIC METRE OF

COMPACTED MORTAR OR CONCRETE

NOMINAL MIX
CEMEN
T

WATER
F.A. C.A. CEMEN
T RATIO

1.5

0.25

WATER
PER
50KG
BAG OF
CEMEN
T
12.5

CEMENT
BY
WEIGH
T (KG)

BY
NUMBE
R OF
BAGS

1015

20.3

SAND CRUSHE
(CUM D
)
STONES
(CUM)

0.710

0.28

14

815

16.3

0.855

0.3

15

687

13.74

0.963

2.5

0.35

17.5

585

11.7

1.023

0.4

20

505

10.1

1.06

0.53

26.5

395

7.9

1.106

0.7

35

285

5.7

1.197

0.9

45

220

4.4

1.232

0.3

15

560

11.2

0.392

0.784

0.42

21

430

8.6

0.602

0.602

1.5

0.42

21

395

7.9

0.414

0.828

3.3
3
3

0.48

24

363

7.26

0.419

0.838

1.6
6
2

0.5

25

385

7.7

0.539

0.808

3.5

0.53

26.5

330

6.6

0.462

0.808

0.55

27.5

310

6.2

0.434

0.868

2.5

3.5

0.57

28.5

305

6.1

0.534

0.748

2.5

0.6

30

285

5.7

0.499

0.798

0.65

32.5

265

5.3

0.556

0.742

2.5

0.65

32.5

255

5.1

0.446

0.892

0.69

34.5

240

4.8

0.504

0.84

0.75

37.5

215

4.3

0.452

0.904

0.95

47.5

165

3.3

0.462

0.924

Notes:
1. F.A.= Fine Aggregates, C.A.= Coarse Aggregates
2. The table is based on assumption that the voids in sand and crushed
stone are 40 and 45 percent respectively.
3. Air content of 1 percent has been assumed.
4. For gravel aggregates decrease cement by 5 percent, increase sand by
2 percent and coarse aggregate in proportion to fine aggregate in mix.
4. No allowance has been made in the table for bulking of sand and
wastage./>

RECOMMENDED VOLUMETRIC MIXES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF

CONSTRUCTION

Kind of work

Approx
. Mix

Maximu
m size
of
aggrega
tes
(mm)

Water for one cement bag

batch (ltr)
Total for
dry
aggregate
s

For
aggregate
s
condition
from dry
to moist

Best
consistenc
y

Small precast work,

fence posts, poles,
garden furniture
and other work of
very thin sections

1:2:2

16

20

15 to 16

Soft

Storage tanks,
cisterns, sewers,
well knerbs,
watertight work,
and columns or
other structural
parts subjected to
high stresses

1:2:3

20

25

19 to 22

Medium

Reinforced concrete
work, floor slab,
beams, columns,
arches, stairs etc

1:2.5:3.
5

20

32

23 to 27

Medium or
soft

Ordinary floors,
footpaths, drive
ways, steps, roads,
pavements

1:2.5:3.
5

20

23

20 to 23

Stiff

Building and
basement walls,
silos, sills, lintels,
machine
foundations subject
to vibration,
bridges, dams,
piers, etc exposed
to action of water
and frost foundation
concrete for
masonry walls

1:2:4

40

30

23 to 26

Stiff or
Medium

Culverts, retaining
walls, compound
walls, ordinary
machine bases, etc.

1:3:5

40

34

26 to 30

Stiff or
Medium

Mass concrete for

heavy walls, lean
concrete for
levelling course of
RCC foundations

1:3:6

63

36

30 to 32

Medium

NOTES: When both fine and coarse aggregates are poorly graded, the
following general rules regarding suitable proportioning of these will be
found helpful:
1. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 40mm and over, sand
should be half as much as coarse aggregates.
2. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 20mm and over, sand
should be two-thirds as much as coarse aggregates.
3. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 16mm, sand and coarse
aggregates should be in equal parts