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Shuttering is an essential temporary structure in which the fresh concrete is poured for casting
different members of a structure. The shuttering is removed when concrete achieves its desired
strength. There are different materials used in making shuttering such as plywood (as shuttering
plate) Nails, wooden battens, beam bottom plates, wooden ballies, shuttering oil etc. In this
article, I am going to discuss how to calculate quantity of shuttering by using thumb rule.
WHAT IS THUMB RULE?
Thumb rule is a fixed number determined by our professional experience and daily practice at
site. By using thumb rule we get an approximate quantity which is nearly to the exact quantity.
Let’s get started.
Calculate shuttering quantity for below given slab:
Type of shuttering – Wooden shuttering