Recommended Labour Output Constants For Building Works

Labour(Including All Recommended

No. Description of work Unit type of Labour) constant in days.
1 Excavation
Excavation over areas (hard/dense soil),depth up to 1.5m and removal (up to
(A) M3 Mate 0.68
one meter from edge)
Excavation in trenches (soft/ loose soil),for foundations not exceeding 1.5m in
width and for shafts, wells, cesspits and the like, not exceeding 10m3 and on
(B) plan, depth up to 1.5m and removal(up to one meter away from edge) M3 Mate 0.55

Returning, filling and ramming of excavated earth in layers not exceeding 20

{C} cm in depth, watering, well ramming and leveling, lead up to 50m M3 Lobour 0.29

2 Concrete :
Mixing by machine (mixer) at banker, cement concrete (with 20mm
(A) M3 Bhist 0.67
graded coarse aggregate)
(B) Mixer mixed cement concrete M3 Mason 2.57
3 Reinforced cement Concrete
Reinforced cement concrete in situ in foundations, footings, bases for
columns, etc excluding form work and reinforcement. (The constants for items
(A) include mixing, pouring, consolidating and curing. This does not include fair M3 Mason 3.14
finish.)
Reinforced cement concrete in situ in suspended floors/roofs excluding form
(B) work, and reinforcement. M3 Labour 3.85

4 Mortars:
Mixing by hand, cement mortar of any mix/proportions (Labor required
(A) M3 Labour 0.82
will be approximately same for different mix proportions.)
5 Brick work (straight walls):
Brick work in walls exceeding one brick thick, in cement / lime mortar
(A) M3 Mason 2.94
(The constants include labor involved in scaffolding.)
 Brick work in walls, one brick thick, in cement/lime mortar. (The constants
(B) M2 Mason 0.75
could be adopted for brick work with any mix or mortar.)
6 Formwork / Shuttering:
fabrication and erection with all supports, struts, braces, etc, and dressing with oil as cleaning of formwork:
(A) rectangular column and walls M2 Carpenter 0.45
(B) suspended floors/roofs M2 Carpenter 0.43
{C} sides and soffits of beam M2 Labour 0.5
7 Reinforcement:
Bar reinforcement including cutting to length, hooked ends, cranking or
(A) bending, hoisting and placing in any position, binding wire and holding Quintal Bar bender 2
firmly so as not to be disturbed while placing and ramming of concrete

8 Plastering and pointing:

(A) 15mm thick cement plaster to ceiling including mixing of mortar. M2 Mason 0.28
15mm thick cement plaster on brick walls (exterior) including mixing of
(B) M2 Mason 0.26
mortar
Tuck pointing to random rubble masonry in cement mortar including
{C} M2 Bhist 0.35
mixing mortar.
9 Damping proof course:
Laying damp proof course 40mm thick cement concrete including form
(A) M3 Mason 0.21
work and fair finishing to edges and mixing.