Q1

A) Calculate un-skilled labour rate based on given information. (25 Marks)

• Working hours - 8 hrs per day
• Annual holidays per year – 14 days
• Sick leaves per year – 21 days
• Public holidays per year – 23 days
• Allow 3% as nonproductive days
• Basic wage of an un-skilled labour – Rs. 14,500
• Employer’s contribution for EPF and ETF – 15% from basic salary
• Insurance coverage – 2.5% from basic salary
• Allow tool money – 1.5 % from basic salary
B) Calculate material requirement of 20m length concrete bed to lay drainage line based on
following information by using first principle method. (25 Marks)
Thickness of bed - 250mm
Width of bed – 450mm
Concrete Mix - 1:3:6
Density of cement – 1400 kg/m3
Shrinkage Factor 15%

Q3
Mr. Sameera is owner of a business of Pre-cast concrete items. He is an assistant engineer in his
profession. Recently he started to sell few new pre-cast concrete items. Decorative column is one
of it. He wants to calculate the reasonable selling price for a pre-cast concrete column. He followed
higher diploma in construction technology and resource management in University if Vocational
Technology and he remembered that how he calculated units rates under the subject of estimation
and tendering in construction.
i. Assume you are Mr. Sameera and calculate selling price based on following information.
(50 Marks)

Molding cost is Rs. 90,000.00 and it can be use 500 times

Required concrete volume for a column – 0.15 m3
4 No. of 10 mm tor steel bars are used.
Column height – 8’

Mixing concrete 1 : 2 : 4 ( 3/4" )

 Per cube

Materials
18 cwt cement ( 50 Kg. Bags )
0.5 cubes sand
0.88 cubes 3/4" metal
120 gallons Water

Labour
1/3 day skilled labourer
2 days U / Sklabourer

Placing, compacting & curing cement concrete 1:2:4(3/4")

Per 0.50 cubes

Materials
0.5 cubes concrete
Add 5% for wastage

Labour
1 day mason
3 days U / Sklabourer
Making and removing molding &
reinforcement work

Per column

Labour
0.25 day mason
0.25 days U / Sklabourer

Assume current market prices and make sensible assumption if any information is missing