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First step to rate analysis is the estimation of labour, materials, equipments and
miscellaneous items for particular quantity of reinforced concrete.
The second step is to determine the component of structure for which the RCC rate
analysis is required, as the quantity of reinforcement steel varies with slabs, beams,
columns, foundation, RCC Roads etc., though the quantity of other materials like sand,
coarse aggregate and cement remain the same with the same mix design (mix
proportion) of concrete. Labour rates for reinforcement work changes with type of
structural component as the quantity of reinforcement steel changes. The Quantity of
materials like sand, cement and coarse aggregates vary with mix design such as M15
(1:2:4), M20 (1:1.5:3), M25, M30 etc..
Here we will see the rate analysis for 1m3 of reinforced concrete.
Data required for RCC Rate Analysis:
1. Estimation of materials:
Material estimation include sand, cement, coarse aggregate and steel for a particular mix
design. Let us consider a mix design of 1:1.5:3 for our estimation practice. The dry
volume of total materials required is considered as 1.54 times the wet volume of
concrete, due to voids present in sand and aggregates in dry stage. Therefore, for our
calculation, we will consider the total volume of materials required as 1.54 m3 for 1 m3 of
wet concrete.
a) Bags of cement required:
Volume of cement required for 1m3 of Concrete =
=0.28 m3
Then number of bags of cement (volume of one bag of cement = 0.0347 m 3)
First method is, when we have the drawing available, we can calculate the total weight
of steel required divided by total volume of concrete for different components. This will
give us the weight of reinforcement steel per cubic meter of concrete.
Lets take example of RCC Column, where reinforcement required is 2.5% of concrete
volume, weight of steel required will be:
=196.25 kg.
4. Contractor’s Profit:
Contractor’s profit depends on place to place, organization to organization and work to
work. It varies from 10 – 20%. For our case lets assume it as 15% of total cost of
materials, labours and equipments.
We have calculated the quantity of every item in above 1 – 3 steps. For rate analysis of
RCC, we need to multiply each quantity with their rates to get the amount for every item
of work. Rates vary from place to place and time to time. It is advisable to assume local
rates or standard rates of the place.
The sum total of all the four items above will give the rate or cost for 1m3 of concrete.
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