MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

LAB MANNUAL
Quantity Surveying and Estimating(PCE-554)

THIRD YEAR (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

ODD SEMESTER (5th SEM)

(2017-2018)

MR. AMIT SHARMA

(Assistant Professor)
CE Department

MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY
Sitapur Road (IIM Bypass, Bhitauli Tiraha),
P.O - Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Lucknow-226013 (U.P)
MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW

DEPTT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Session:2017-18
Quantity Surveying and Estimating(PCE-554)

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LIST OF PRACTICALS 0 0 2

S. No. NAME OF THE EXPERIMENT

1. ESTIMATION OF BUILDING(CENTER LINE METHOD),

2. ANALYSIS OF RATE FOR CONCRET WORK

3. DETAILED ESTIMATE OF A SINGLE ROOMED AND A TWO ROOMED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

ANALYSIS OF RATE FOR BRICK WORK.

4.
Quantity of materials per unit of works for major Civil Engineering items. Resource
5 planning through analysis of rates, market rates

6 ESTIMATION OF BUILDING(LONG WALL AND SHORT WALL METHOD) 2

7 ANALYSIS OF RATE FOR PLASTER WORK

8 ESTIMATE QUANTITY OF REINFORCEMENT

9 PREPRATION FOR APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE FOR ROAD PROJECT

10 ESTIMATING COST OF BUILDING ON PLINTH AREA METHOD

11 PWD scheduled and cost indices for building material and labour

HOD ( CS)
Gouri Sankar Mishra
 MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW

DEPTT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Session:2017-18
List of Equipment for Building Material & Construction(TCE- 352)

Qty Functional Status Availab

S.N (Nos.) Availa- Work Non- -ility of
Equipment Mannual
o. bility -ing Work
-ing
1 Vicats Apparatus
2 Slump test apparatus
3 Los Angeles
4 Compressive strength test machine
5 Sieve shaker
6 Le-chataliers apparatus
7 Steel Cube
 MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW

DEPTT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Session:2017-18
Quantity Surveying and Estimating PCE-(554)
Experiment No.-1
Aim: Preparation of detailed estimate of building (using long wall
and short wall method).

Requirement: given plan and section of building, find out the length
of long wall and lengt short wall , etc.
Procedure:
1. Longer walls in a building are considered as long walls and
measured from out to out.

2. Shorter walls in a building are considered as short wall and

measured from in to in.

3. These lengths of long wall and short wall are multiplied separately
by the breath and height of the corresponding layer and added to get
quantity and it changes according to area.

4. Find length of long and short wall.

5. First calculate centre to centre lengths individually from the plan.

Calculation: 1. Length of long wall=parallel to x-axis=(c/c distance

+width of Item).
2. Length of short wall=parallel to y-axis=(c/c distance-width of
item).
Precaution:
1. All units of item of works are correct

2. Calculation should be done carefully.

Result: Total quantity of all item of work is
 Experiment No.-2

Aim: Preparation of detailed estimate of building

(using center line method).

Requirement: given plan and section of building,

find out the length of long wall and length of short
wall, etc.

Procedure: 1. In this method total length of wall is

equal to sum of length of long wall and length of
short wall.
2. These total length of walls are multiplied by the

breath and height of the corresponding layer and

added to get quantity.

Calculation: Total centre Length of walls = centre

length of long wall + centre length of short wall.

Precaution: 1. All units of item of works are correct.

2. Calculation should be done carefully. Result: Total
quantity of all item of work is

EXPERIMENT NO. 3
Aim : analysis of rate (for concrete work).
Requirement: given the grade of concrete, rate of cement,
rate of sand , rate of course aggregate, rate of labor ,etc.

Procedure: 1. Find out the quantity of cement.

2. Find out the quantity of sand.
3Find out the quantity of course aggregate.
4. Find total rate.

Calculation and formula:

1.1bag cement=0.0345m3 =50kg=34.5liters.
2. 1 m3 of wet concrete=1.54 m3 of dry concrete.
3. Total rate =rate of material +rate of labor.

Precaution:
1. All units of item of works are correct.

2. Calculation should be done carefully. Result: Total rate of

concrete work is

EXPERIMENT NO. 4
Aim : Analysis of rate (for brick work).

Requirement: given the size of bricks , rate of cement ,rate of

sand,, rate of labor rate of brick ,etc.

Procedure: 1. Find out the quantity of cement.

2. Find out the quantity of sand.

3. Find total no. of bricks used.

4.Find total rate.

Calculation and formula:

1. 1bag cement=0.0345m3 =50kg=34.5liters.

2. vol. of 1 brick with mortar (nominal size)

=200mm*100mm*100mm.

3. vol. of 1 brick without mortar (actual size)

=190mm*90mm*90mm.

4. Total rate =rate of material +rate of labor.

Precaution: 1. All units of item of works are correct.

2. Calculation should be done carefully.

Result: Total rate of bricks work is.

 EXPERIMENT NO. 5

Aim : analysis of rate (for plaster work).

Requirement: given the size of bricks , rate of cement ,rate of sand,,

rate of labor ,etc. Procedure:

1. Find out the quantity of cement.

2. Find out the quantity of sand.

3. Find total no. of bricks used.

4. Find total rate .

Calculation and formula:

1.1bag cement=0.0345m3 =50kg=34.5liters.

2. vol. of 1 brick with mortar (nominal size)

=200mm*100mm*100mm.

3. vol. of 1 brick without mortar (actual size)

=190mm*90mm*90mm.

4. Total rate =rate of material +rate of labor.

Precaution:

1. All units of item of works are correct.

2. Calculation should be done carefully. Result: Total rate of bricks

EXPERIMENT NO. 6
Aim : Estimation of quantity of reinforcement(for beam) .
Requirement: given the details of reinforcement (for
column ,beam ,slab ,etc.).
Procedure:
1. Find out the quantity of bent up bars.
2. Find out the quantity of stirrups.
3. Find out the quantity of hanger/top bars.
4. Find total quantity and rate.
Calculation and formula: 1. Length of straight bar=overall
spans +length of hooks.
2. Hook length (for one end) =9*dia. of bar.
3. Hook length (for both end) =18*dia. of bar.
4. Total rate =rate of material + rate of labor.
Calculation table:
SN. DESCRIPTION NO. LENGTH (m) BREAT(m)
HEIGHT(m) QUANTITY(kg)
Precaution: 1. All units of item of works are correct. 2.
Calculation should be done carefully. Result: Total rate of
steels work is.
 EXPERIMENT NO.7
Aim : preparation of approximate estimate for

road project.

Requirement: given the details of road work (like

GL, natural surface level, gradient, side slopes,

change of level, etc.) Procedure: 1. Find out the

cutting area.

2. Find out the filling area.

3. Find out the volume of cutting.

4. Find out the volume of filling.

5. Find out the total volume of cutting and filling.

Calculation table:

SN. ROAD DISTANCE(M) CUT AREA (M2 )

MEAN AREA(M2) LENGTH(M) CUTTING

VOLUME(M3)

Formula used: 1. Area = (p/4)*d 2. Area of

trapezoidal section = (b+b Precaution: 1. All

units of item of works are correct.

2. Calculation should be done carefully. Result:

Total rate of road work is..

 EXPERIMENT NO.8

Aim : Estimating cost of building

on plinth area method.

Requirement: given the details of

building works and there rates.

Procedure:

1. Find out the total area of

building (including walls

,verandah ,corridors ,etc.)

2. Find out the total area and cost.

3. Find out other costs (water

supply ,electricity ,special

services).

4. Find grand total. Calculation

and formula: 1. Total area/plinth
area=carpet area +corridor +stair
+walls +etc.
Calculation table: SN. DESCRIPTION NO.
LENGTH(m) BREATH(m) HEIGHT(m) QUANTITY(kg)

Precaution: 1. All units of item of

works are correct. 2. Calculation
should be done carefully. Result:
Total cost of building
is
The sample of aggregate shall be brought to a dry condition
before weighing and sieving. Weigh 1 kg of fine aggregate and
place in the top most sieve of the set. The sieves are shaken
either manually or mechanically. The shaking shall be done with
a varied motion, backwards and forwards, left to right, circular
clockwise and anti- clockwise so that the material is kept moving
over the surface in frequently changing directions. This can be
continued for a period of 2 minutes or more. In mechanical
sieving, sieving shall be continued for not less than 10 minutes.

On completion of sieving, the material retained on each sieve

shall be weighed. The readings are tabulated. Calculate the
cumulative percentages retained divided by 100.
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS
Weight of sample taken=

Result:
8. Fineness modulus of fine aggregate
Sum of cumulative percentage retained
100

Note:

Generally the fineness modulus of fine aggregate varies from

2.0 to 3.5 and for coarse aggregate varies from 5.0 to 8.0. The
sieves adopted for all in aggregates, coarse aggregates and fine
aggregates are:

1) For all in aggregates: 80mm, 40mm, 10mm, 4.75mm, 2.36mm,

1.18mm, and 600 micron, 300 micron and 150 micron.

2) For coarse aggregate: 80mm, 40mm, 10mm, and 4.75mm

3) For fine aggregate: 4.75mm, 2.36mm, 1.18mm, 600,

300,150 micron.
 EXPERIMENT NO-4

Objective:
To determine the compressive strength of cement mortar
Apparatus:
2
a. Cube moulds- Moulds for the cube specimens of 50cm face area, shall be metal not
amenable to attacked by cement mortar, and there shall be sufficient material in the sides
of the moulds to prevent spreading and warping. The moulds shall be rigidly constructed
in such a manner as to facilitate the removal of the moulded specimen without damage.
The moulds shall be machined so that when assembled, the dimensions and the internal
faces shall be accurate to the following limits.
b. Poking rod.
c. Digital weighing balance
d. Measuring flask
e. Compression testing machine
Material required :
Cement, sand, water
Procedure:
Mix Proportions and mixing
i) Clean appliances shall be used for mixing. The temperature of water and that of the test room
0
shall be 27 +_2 C
ii) Place on nonporous plate a mixture of cement and standard sand in the proportion of 1:3 by
weight.

Mix it dry with towel for one minute and then with water until the mixture is of uniform colour.
The time of mixing shall in any event be not less than 3 minutes and should the time taken to
obtain a uniform colour exceed 4 minutes the mixture shall be rejected and operation shall be
repeated with a fresh quantity of cement, sand and water.
The material for each cube shall be mixed separately and the quantity of cement, standard sand
and water shall be as follows:
Cement 200g
Standard sand 600g
Water (P/4 + 3.0) percent of combined weight of cement and where P is the percentage of water
required to produce a paste of normal consistency.

Moulding Specimens
In assembling the moulds ready for use, cover the joints between the halves of the mould with a
thin film of petroleum jelly and apply similar coating of petroleum jelly between the contact
surfaces of the bottom of mould and its base plate in order to ensure that no water escapes during
vibration. Treat the interior faces of the mould with a thin coating of mould oil.
Place the assembled mould on the table of the vibration machine firmly hold it in position by
means of a suitable clamp. Securely attach a hopper of suitable size and shape at the top of the
mould to facilitate filling and this hopper shall not be removed until the completion of the
vibration period.
Immediately after mixing the mortar place the mortar in the cube mould and prod with the rod.
The mortar shall be prodded 20 times in about 8 seconds to ensure elimination of entrained air
and honey combing. Place the remaining quantity of mortar in the hopper of the cube mould and
prod again as specified for the first layer and then compact the mortar by vibration. The period of
vibration shall be two minutes at the specified speed 12000+_400 vibrations per minute.
At the end of the vibration remove the mould together with the base plate from the machine and
finish the top surface of the cube in the mould by smoothing the surfaces with the blade or a
trowel.
Curing
Keep the filled mould at a temperature of 27+2`c in an atmosphere of at least 90% relative
humidity for 24 hours after completion of vibration. At the end of that period remove them from
mould and immediately submerged in clean fresh water and keep there until taken out just prior
to breaking. The water in which the cubes are submerged shall be renewed every 7 days and shall
be maintained at temperature of 27+_2`c. after they have been taken out and until they are
broken the cubes shall not be allowed to become dry.
Testing
Test the three cubes for compressive strength at the periods mentioned below, the periods
being reckoned from the completion of vibration. The cubes shall be tested on their without
any packing between the cube and the steel platens of the machine. One of the platens shall
be carried on a base and shall be self adjusting and the load shall be steadily and uniformly
2
applied, starting from zero at the rate of 350 kg/cm /minute.

Calculation:
Sl. Load Area Strength Remark
2
No. in kg. in sq cm in N/mm
1.
2.
3.

2
Average strength = N/mm
Conclusion:
From the above experiment compressive strength of the cement mortar is found
2
to be N/mm .
 EXPERIMENT NO. 5

Objective:
To determine the soundness of a given cement.

Apparatus:
a) Le Chatelier apparatus - It consists of a small split cylinder of spring brass of 0.5 mm
thickness, forming a mould 30mm internal diameter and 30mm high. On either side of
the split are attached two indicators with pointed ends AA the distance from these ends
to the center of the cylinder being 165mm. The mould shall be kept in good condition
with the jaws more than 0.5mm apart.
b) Tray
c) Measuring flask
d) Digital weighing balance
e) Scale

Material required :
Cement, Water

Theory

Once of the most important properties of cement is its soundness. Unsoundness in cement is caused by
undue expansion of some of the constituents like free lime produced in the manufacturing process of
cement. Another possible case of unsoundness is the presence of too high a magnesia content in the
cement. As the cement absorbs moisture, free lime expands to many times its original volume and
develops considerable force when hydrated, its delayed hydration may readily disrupt the mass. One
advantage of slow setting cement is that more time is given to hydrate the lime before the mass becomes
rigid. In the soundness test a specimen of hardened cement paste is boiled for a fixed time so that any
tendency to expand is speeded up and can be detected.

Procedure:
a. The mould is placed on a glass sheet and filled with cement paste formed by gauging
cement with 0.78 times the water required to give a paste of normal consistency.
 b. The mould is then covered with another piece of glass sheet, a small weight is placed
on this covering glass sheet and the assembly is immediately submerged in water at a
temperature of 27C and kept there for 24 hours.
c. The distance separating the indicator points is measured and the mould was again
submerged in water at the temperature prescribed above.
d. The water is then brought to boiling, with mould kept submerged for 25 to 30 minutes,
and is kept there for three hours.
e. The mould is removed from water, allowed to cool and the distance between the
indicator points is measured.
f. The difference between these two measurements is found and reported as the expansion
of cement.

Calculations:
Type of Cement : Konark Portland slag cement

Normal Consistency = P =

Water required for soundness test = 0.78 x P =

Initial distance = mm

Final distance = mm

Expansion of cement = mm

Conclusion:
The soundness of cement is found to be mm.
 Experiment No. 6
Objective:
To determine fineness modulous of coarse and fine aggregates
Apparatus:
Set of Indian standard sieves, Digital weighing balance, Sieve shaker, Tray, riffle box, etc.
Material required :
Coarse aggregate, Fine aggregate
Theory
The aggregate most of which passes IS 4.75 mm sieve is classified as fine aggregates. The fine
aggregates obtained from natural disintegration of rocks and deposited by streams are knows as
natural sands. Fine aggregates resulting from crushing of hard stone and natural gravel are
known as crushing stone sand and crushing gravel sand respectively.
Aggregate most of which is retained on IS 4.75 mm sieve is known as coarse aggregate. It may
be in the form of uncrushed gravel or stone resulting from natural distegration of rocks
Procedure:
A) Coarse Aggregates
i. 5 kg of coarse aggregate was taken from a sample of about 50 kg by quartering or
through riffle box.
ii. The relevant sieves were arranged one above the other with the sieve size increasing
from the top. The pan was put at the bottom. The sample was placed in the top sieve
and covered.
iii. The set of sieves were shaken for 2 to 3 minutes in a sieve shaker.
iv. The amount of aggregate retained on each sieve was weighed along with the pan.
B) Fine Aggregates
i. 2 kg of coarse aggregate was taken from a sample of about 50 kg by quartering or
through riffle box.
ii. The relevant sieves were arranged one above the other with the sieve size increasing
from the top. The pan was put at the bottom. The sample was placed in the top sieve
and covered.
iii. The set of sieves were shaken for 2 to 3 minutes in a sieve shaker.
iv. The amount of aggregate retained on each sieve was weighed along with the pan.
Observations:
A. Coarse Aggregate :
Weight of empty tray = kg

Weight of tray + coarse aggregate = kg

Weight of coarse aggregate = 5 kg

Sl. No. Sieve Size Wt. % of wt. Cumulative Remarks

( mm) Retained Retained % of wt.
Retained

1. 80

2. 40

3. 20

4. 12.5

5. 10

6. 4.75

7 1.18 mm

8 600

9 300

10 150

B. Fine Aggregate :
Weight of empty tray = kg
Weight of tray + fine aggregate = kg
Weight of fine aggregate = kg
Sl. No. Sieve Size Wt. % of wt. Cumulative Remarks
( mm) Retained Retained % of wt.
Retained

1. 80

2. 40

3. 20

4. 12.5

5. 10

6. 4.75

7 1.18 mm

8 600

9 300

10 150

Calculation :
Fineness modulus = F / 100
For coarse aggregates
For fine aggregates

Conclusion :