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Santosh Kulkarni, Enjoying 41st year in Construction residential projects in India?
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How do I calculate steel in construction?
Good question.
How can we avoid steel wastage in our
There are two distinct aspects of the issue. construction site?

1.Calculation of the wastage of various materials during the estimation stage. Can I use steel pieces (like wastage of steel
industries) partially in concrete?
(Pre -construction)

Usually, 5% of wastage is considered on the quantity of cement whereas for the

Rebars around 2.5% wastage is quite appropriate to consider.

2.Determining the actual wastage of cement and Rebars in the entire construction.

(Post construction).

This is a very comprehensive exercise and needs to be administered properly . The exercise
is called as reconciliation.

Hope you have some clarity on the issue.

Thank you so much for the A2A.

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Maximum 5% of total quantity of steel or concrete or any other building material is

considered as wastage, Yes there are many methods to reduce the wastage. Proper
planning and execution as per schedules plays an important role in reducing the wastage
of materials.

Some wastages from materials can also be reused . Broken pieces of bricks can be used to
fill the sunken slab
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Sumair Talha, Structural Engineer (2018-present)

Answered Jul 2, 2019

Cement: No wastage allowance is recommended towards the quantity of cement used in

works, as the wastage is already included in the input and in major works bulk quantities
are used.

Steel: 2.5% wastage of steel is allowed for gates and allied structures. For RCC works the
wastage is 2.5% for reinforcement rods above 36mm dia. and 5% for rods below 36mm
dia. including overlaps, if they are not welded.

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