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MODULE 2 – QUANTITY SURVEYING FOR CONCRETING

Description:
This module discusses the procedure of quantity surveying for concreting

Objectives:
At the end of this module, the learner should be able to:
1. Understand and read plans that will help estimator to calculate the required resources and
materials in the project
2. Understand the importance and procedure of quantity surveying for concreting
3. Prepare a detailed estimate for concrete

Topics:
I. Reading and Understanding Plans
II. Definition of Concrete
III. Aggregates
IV. Principles of concrete mixing
V. Concrete Proportioning
a. Concrete Slabs
b. Concrete Beams and Girders
c. Concrete columns
d. Concrete Pipes
e. Concrete footing

Contents:

I. Reading and Understanding Plans

Construction plans and specifications are important factors in engineering construction; and
learning to read and understand construction plans are also important and necessary in construction
work. The ability to read and understand will help estimator to calculate the required resources and
materials in the project and the success of the execution of work in construction.
The key element in building construction is the ability to read and understand plans and working
drawings and most of the time they are presented in blueprints.
The plans are composed of the architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical and plumbing.

A. Architectural Plans
The following are the basic steps in reading Architectural Plans:
1. Cover Sheet/Title Block
This sheet contains the project name, architect’s name and contact information, project
location, structural engineer’s name and contact information, perspective and site development
plan.

2. Plan Index
This sheet covers the index plan sheet or the content, abbreviation key, plan scale
indication and also design notes and specifications.

3. Location Plan
This sheet contains the area map, location map which gives the details of the location of the
project site and sometimes it is not included in the set plans.

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4. Site Plan
This site plan contains the following information such as the topographical information,
demolition plan and the utility plan.

5. Floor Plans
The floor plans are drawings showing the outline and arrangement of the rooms inside the
building seen by horizontal plane cutting thru the walls about one meter above the floor line. The
proposed use, measurements and other important features of each room which are drawn to
scale are indicated. Other information’s to be found in the floor plan are the kind of materials to
be used for finishes and the suggested layouts of furniture’s, appliances and fixtures.

6. Elevations
An elevation is a drawing representing the projection of any part of a structure on a vertical
plane directly facing it. Generally, there are four elevation drawings of the exterior sides of a
building and these are those corresponding to the views of its principal sides. These are the front
elevation, rear elevation, right side elevation and the left side elevation. Elevations should be
properly projected from the floor plans and the vertical distances accurately drawn to scale and
also the building features should be properly illustrated and labelled.

a. Front Elevation is the view of the proposed building from the main street.
b. Right Side Elevation is the drawing of the project at the right of the viewer who is facing the
front of the structure.
c. Left Side Elevation is the drawing of the project at the left of the viewer who is facing the
front of the structure.
d. Rear Elevation is the drawing representing the opposite of the front view

7. Sections
A section drawing reveals the innards of the structure and shows the interior view as
projected on an imaginary vertical plane that passes through a given axis of the building. The
positions of the imaginary planes where section views are taken and they are indicated as section
lines drawn along the length and across the floor plans of the building.

8. Details
Detailed drawings are enlarged drawings which focus on selected portions of a structure
to show in greater detail those parts of the construction and they are usually prepared at a scale
of 1:20 meters or other scales may be used for ease in understanding.

The following are combinations of the presentations of the detailed drawings:

a. Plan or top view
b. Elevations
c. Sections
d. Perspective or isometric view

B. Structural Plans

The following are the basic steps in reading Structural Plans:

- Structural plans show the foundation, floor and roof plans that provides the location and size of
the structural elements necessary for site construction.

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- Structural drawings provide the information of the structural strength of its different elements,
such as the structural materials, grade, size and placement of steel reinforcement the strength of
the structure and the connections of the beams, slabs, columns, stairs, etc.

Working drawings are called the structural drawings that shows the information for the different
elements of the structure such as beam working drawings, columns working drawings, slab drawings,
footing working drawings, etc.

1. General Note

General note contains the materials specifications, design specifications, details structural
drawings including the concrete mix, lapping length, curing time, notations and abbreviations, mapping
forms, construction type, legends, symbols and other work procedure.

2. Foundation Plan

These drawings entail the dimension of footing, position of the column, footing plans and grid line
of the column and shows the extent of the excavation including the removal of soil and the procedure of
excavation.

3. Column Layout

Column layout shows the details of the columns of the whole structure, the size and the location
of every column of the structure.

4. Beam Layout

Beam layout is similar to framing plan and shows the framework, sizes, location and positions of
the beams which is important to layout the plans.

C. Electrical Plans

Electrical plans are drawings that shows the details and location of electrical wires, fixtures,
switches, outlets, sub-station, electrical loads computations, electrical legend, floor lighting plans, floor
power plan, diagram, etc.

D. Mechanical Pans

Mechanical plans show the design, layout and dimensions of the equipment location, damper location,
air cooling systems, etc.

E. Sanitary or Plumbing Plans

Sanitary or plumbing plans shows the location of the plumbing system and components such as
sanitary, piping system for water supply, equipment, pumps, fixtures, drains, taps and water outlets for
every floor.

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II. Definition of Concrete

Concrete is a building material which solidifies and hardens after mixing with water and
placement due to chemical process known as hydration. The water reacts with cement, which bonds the
other components fine aggregates (sand) and coarse aggregates (gravel) together; and eventually
produces a hard stone-like material and used to make pavements, pipe, engineering structures,
foundations, roads, bridges, walls, footings, etc.

A. Different types of Cement Used in Construction:

1. Ordinary Portland Cement
2. The Rapid Hardening Portland Cement which is preferred when high early strength concrete
is desired.
3. The Blast Furnace or Sulfate Cement used on concrete structures designed to resist
chemical attacks
4. The Low Heat Portland Cement used for massive sections to reduce the heat of hydration
5. The Portland Pozzolan Cement with a low hardening characteristic concrete
6. The High Alumina Cement, sometimes called aluminous, has a very high rate of strength
development compared with the ordinary Portland cement.

Table 1: General Features of the Main Types of Portland Cement as available in the Market
Type Classification Characteristics Applications

General construction (most buildings,

General Fairly high C3S content for good
Type I bridges, pavements, precast units,
Purpose early strength development
etc.)

Moderate Sulfate Structures exposed to soil or water

Type II Low C3A content (<8%)
Resistance containing sulfate ions

High Early Ground more finely, may have Rapid construction, cold weather
Type III
Strength slightly more C3S concreting

Low Heat of
Hydration Low content of C3S
Type IV Massive structures such as dams
(slow (<50%) and C3A
reacting)

High Sulfate Structures exposed to high levels of

Type V Very low C3A content (<5%)
resistance sulfate ions

Decorative (otherwise has properties

White White Color No C4AF, low MgO
similar to Type I)

B. Classifications of Concrete
1. General Classification of Concrete
a. Plain Concrete.
A structural concrete with no reinforcement or with less reinforcement than the
minimum amount specified for reinforced concrete.
b. Reinforced Concrete.
A structural concrete reinforced with no less than the minimum amounts of
reinforcing bars, pre-stressing tendons or non-pre-stressed reinforcement.

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2. Classifications According to Proportions

a. Class AA.
A rich concrete mixture that can be used for columns of reinforced concrete building
and for construction where a very strong and dense concrete is required.
b. Class A.
A good concrete mixture that can be used for reinforced concrete works of all kinds
and best suited for general concrete works.
c. Class B.
A medium concrete mixture that can be used for plain concrete foundations, walls,
floors, etc. and for not much strength of impermeability is required.
d. Class C.
A lean concrete mixture that can be used for heavy masses.

3. Other Classification of Concrete

a. Lime Concrete. The main ingredient is slaked lime and used as a binding material and
aggregates.
b. Cement Concrete. The main ingredient is cement and used as a binding material and
aggregates.
c. Special Cement Concrete. Produced to suit a variety of special requirements of
environmental condition.
d. Reinforced Cement Concrete. Obtained by embedding steel bars in tension zones of the
structural member to offset tension weakness of plain cement concrete.
e. Pre-Stressed Cement Concrete. Obtained with high graded steel wires or tendon wires.
f. Aerated Concrete. Manufactured from calcareous and siliceous materials.
g. Heavy Weight Concrete. Produced by using special heavy weight aggregates and
compacting well by mechanical means.
h. Pre - packed Concrete. Obtained by injecting cement sand mortar under pressure to fill
voids already packed and fully compact coarse aggregates.

4. Special Types of Concrete

a. Air Entrained Concrete. Contains billions of microscopic cells per ft 3 and produced by the
use of air entraining Portland cement.
b. High-Early Strength Concrete. Produced by using high-early strength cement.
c. Light weight Concrete. Made from light weight aggregates.

III. Aggregates
Aggregates for concrete work are classified into two:

A. Coarse Aggregate such as crushed stone. Crushed gravel or natural gravel with particles retained
on a 5mm sieve.
Maximum nominal size varies from 40, 20, 14 or 10mm diameter. The choice from the
above sizes depends upon the dimensions of the concrete member more particularly, the spacing
of the steel bars reinforcement or as specified.
Good practice demand that the maximum size of course aggregate (gravel) should not
exceed 25% of the minimum thickness of the member structure nor exceed the clear distance
between the reinforcing bars and the form.
The coarse aggregate should be small enough for concrete mixture to flow smoothly
around the reinforcement. This is referred to as workability of concrete.

B. Fine aggregate such as crushed stone, crushed gravel, sand or natural sand with particles passing
on a 5mm sieve.

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IV. The Principles of Concrete Mixing

The purpose in mixing concrete is to select an optimum proportion of cement, water and
aggregates, to produce a concrete mixture that will meet the following requirements:
a. Workability – the ability of the fresh concrete to fill all the voids between the steel bars and
the forms without necessarily exerting much effort in tamping.
b. Strength
c. Durability
d. Economy
Laboratory tests showed that the water-cement ratio is the most important consideration
in mixing because it determines not only the strength and durability of the concrete but also the
workability of the concrete.

The ACI Requirements for Concrete are as follows:

1. Fresh concrete shall be workable. Meaning, that fresh concrete should freely flow around the
reinforcements to fill all the voids inside the form.
2. The hardened concrete shall be strong enough to carry the design load.
3. Hardened concrete could withstand the conditions to which it is expected to perform.
4. Concrete should be economically produced.

Classification of Concrete Mixture

i. Designed Mixture
The contractor is responsible in establishing the mixture proportion that will achieve the
required strength and workability as specified in the plan.
ii. Prescribed Mixture
The designing engineer specify the mixture proportion. The contractor’s responsibility is
only to provide a properly mixed concrete containing the right proportion as prescribed in the
plan

V. Concrete Proportioning
Proportioning concrete mixture is done in two different ways:
a. By weight or
b. By volume

The most commonly used of proportioning of concrete is the volume method using a box
for sand and gravel, solid concrete structure is estimated in cubic meters and the measure of the
wooden measuring box is usually one cubic foot. This is done by making the inside measurements of all
sides and the bottom of the box one foot or 0. 3048-meter square.

The quantity of concrete to be used in a given project is specified in different ways such as
by its water-cement ratio, weight of a given volume, compressive strength after 28 days, by the fixed
proportion of cement, sand and gravel; or by the volume contained in the concrete mixture. The
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cement, sand and gravel by volume.

Table 2: Classification of Concrete

Class of Nature of Probable Strength

Cement: Sand: Gravel
Concrete Work after 28 days

Concrete works for docks, water

Class AA 1: 1 ½ : 3 4, 000 – 3, 500 psi
structure, reservoir

Reinforced Concrete works

Class A 1: 2: 4 buildings, bridges and 3, 000 – 2, 500 psi
tunnels

Heavy walls, Retaining walls, piers,

Class B 1: 2 ½: 5 2, 000 – 1, 500 psi
abutments, floor and arches

Mass concrete, backing for Stone

Class C 1: 3: 6 1, 000 – 500 psi
masonry, concrete blocks

Class D 1: 3 ½: 7 Less than 500 psi

Table 3: Concrete Proportion

Mixture Cement Sand Gravel

Class
Cement: Sand: Gravel 40 kg 50 kg m3 m3

AA 1: 1 ½ : 3 12.0 9.5 0.50 1.0

A 1: 2: 4 9.0 7.0 0.50 1.0

B 1: 2 ½: 5 7.5 6.0 0.50 1.0

C 1: 3: 6 6 5.0 0.50 1.0

Note: Water Requirement = 0.4 – 0.60 liters per kg of cement

A. Concrete Slabs
A concrete slab is a structural member which has a constant thickness and used for flooring.
It is supported by reinforcing bars or welded wire mesh on the sub-soil. Slabs are categorized as ground
bearing slab if it rests directly on the ground or foundation and suspended slab where formwork and
reinforcements are in place.

Problems:
1. A proposed concrete pavement has a general dimension of 4 inches thick, 4 meters wide and 6
meters long and the slab is resting on the ground fill. Compute the bags of cement, sand and
gravel in m3 needed using a Class A mixture. (Note: 1 in = 25 mm).

2. A road pavement in a barangay is measured 150 mm thick, 4 m wide and 2 km long requires
concreting after the base preparation. Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m 3 needed
using a Class A mixture.
Table 4: Quantity of Cement, Sand and Gravel on Slabs and Walls per Square Meter

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Mixture Class
Thickness Sand Gravel
Cement per Bag (40 kg) Cement per Bag (50 kg)
(mm) m3 m3
A B C A B C

50 0.450 0.375 0.300 0.350 0.300 0.250 0.0250 0.050

75 0.675 0.563 0.450 0.525 0.450 0.375 0.0375 0.075

100 0.900 0.750 0.600 0.700 0.600 0.500 0.0500 0.100

125 1.125 0.938 0.750 0.875 0.750 0.625 0.0630 0.125

150 1.350 1.125 0.900 1.050 0.900 0.750 0.0750 0.150

175 1.575 1.313 1.050 1.225 1.050 0.875 0.0880 0.175

200 1.800 1.500 1.200 1.400 1.200 1.000 0.1000 0.200

225 2.030 1.688 1.350 1.575 1.350 1.125 0.1125 0.225

250 2.250 1.875 1.500 1.750 1.500 1.250 0.1250 0.250

275 2.475 2.063 1.650 1.925 1.650 1.375 0.1380 0.275

300 2.700 2.250 1.800 2.100 1.800 1.500 0.1500 0.300

Problems:
1. A proposed concrete pavement has a general dimension of 4 inches thick, 4 meters wide and 6
meters long and the slab is resting on the ground fill. Compute the bags of cement, sand and
gravel in m3 needed using a Class A mixture. (Note: 1 in = 25 mm)

2. A road pavement in a barangay is measured 150 mm thick, 4 m wide and 2 km long requires
concreting after the base preparation. Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m3
needed using a Class A mixture

B. Concrete Beams and Girders

A concrete beam is a structural member that supports loads applied primarily horizontally and
they are characterized by their supports and shape of cross-section.

A reinforced concrete beam is a structural member which is designed to bear or carry transverse
external loads and these loads causes bending moment, shear forces and even torsion across their
length. This beam is embedded with reinforcing steel bars to resist the tensile, shear and even
compression and they categorized as singly or doubly reinforced beam.

Table 5: Quantity of Cement, Sand and Gravel for Posts, Beams and Girders per Meter Length
Sizes Mixture Class Sand Gravel

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Cement in Bags 40 kg Cement in Bags 50 kg

mm m3 m3
A B A B

150 x 150 0.203 0.169 0.158 0.135 0.011 0.023

150 x 200 0.270 0.225 0.210 0.180 0.015 0.030

150 x 250 0.338 0.281 0.263 0.225 0.019 0.038

150 x 300 0.405 0.338 0.315 0.270 0.023 0.045

150 x 350 0.473 0.394 0.368 0.315 0.026 0.053

150 x 400 0.540 0.450 0.420 0.360 0.030 0.060

200 x 200 0.360 0.300 0.280 0.240 0.020 0.040

200 x 250 0.450 0.375 0.350 0.300 0.025 0.050

200 x 300 0.540 0.450 0.420 0.360 0.030 0.060

200 x 350 0.630 0.525 0.490 0.420 0.035 0.070

200 x 400 0.720 0.600 0.560 0.480 0.040 0.080

250 x 250 0.563 0.469 0.438 0.375 0.031 0.063

250 x 300 0.675 0.563 0.525 0.450 0.038 0.075

250 x 350 0.788 0.656 0.613 0.525 0.044 0.088

250 x 400 0.900 0.750 0.700 0.600 0.050 0.100

250 x 450 1.013 0.844 0.788 0.675 0.056 0.113

250 x 500 1.125 0.938 0.875 0.750 0.063 0.125

300 x 300 0.810 0.675 0.630 0.540 0.045 0.090

300 x 350 0.945 0.788 0.735 0.630 0.053 0.105

300 x 400 1.080 0.900 0.840 0.720 0.060 0.120

300 x 450 1.215 1.013 0.945 0.810 0.068 0.135

300 x 500 1.350 1.125 1.050 0.900 0.075 0.150

350 x 350 1.103 0.919 0.858 0.735 0.061 0.123

350 x 400 1.260 1.050 0.980 0.840 0.070 0.140

350 x 450 1.418 1.181 1.103 0.945 0.079 0.158

350 x 500 1.575 1.313 1.225 1.050 0.088 0.175

350 x 550 1.733 1.444 1.348 1.155 0.096 0.193

350 x 600 1.890 1.575 1.470 1.260 0.105 0.210

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400 x 400 1.440 1.200 1.120 0.960 0.080 0.160

400 x 450 1.620 1.350 1.260 1.080 0.090 0.180

400 x 500 1.800 1.500 1.400 1.200 0.100 0.200

400 x 550 1.980 1.650 1.540 1.320 0.110 0.220

400 x 600 2.160 1.800 1.680 1.440 0.120 0.240

500 x 500 2.250 1.875 1.750 1.500 0.125 0.250

500 x 550 2.475 2.063 1.925 1.650 0.138 0.275

500 x 600 2.700 2.250 2.100 1.800 0.150 0.300

550 x 600 2.970 2.475 2.310 1.980 0.165 0.330

550 x 700 3.465 2.888 2.695 2.310 0.193 0.385

550 x 800 3.960 3.300 3.080 2.640 0.220 0.440

550 x 900 4.455 3.713 3.465 2.970 0.248 0.495

550 x 1000 4.950 4.125 3.850 3.300 0.275 0.550

600 x 600 3.240 2.700 2.520 2.160 0.180 0.360

600 x 700 3.780 3.150 2.940 2.540 0.210 0.420

600 x 800 4.320 3.600 3.360 2.880 0.240 0.480

600 x 900 4.860 4.050 3.780 3.240 0.270 0.540

600 x 1000 5.400 4.500 4.200 3.600 0.300 0.600

650 x 600 3.510 2.925 2.730 2.340 0.195 0.390

650 x 700 4.095 3.413 3.185 2.730 0.228 0.455

650 x 800 4.680 3.900 3.640 3.120 0.260 0.520

650 x 900 5.265 4.388 4.095 3.510 0.293 0.585

650 x 1000 5.850 4.875 4.550 3.900 0.325 0.650

700 x 700 4.410 3.675 3.430 2.940 0.245 0.490

700 x 800 5.040 4.200 3.920 3.360 0.280 0.560

700 x 900 5.670 4.725 4.410 3.780 0.315 0.630

700 x 1000 6.300 5.250 4.900 4.200 0.350 0.700

750 x 700 4.725 3.938 3.675 3.150 0.263 0.525

750 x 800 5.400 4.500 4.200 3.600 0.300 0.600

750 x 900 6.075 5.063 4.725 4.050 0.338 0.675

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750 x 1000 6.750 5.625 5.250 4.500 0.375 0.750

800 x 800 5.760 4.800 4.480 3.840 0.320 0.640

800 x 900 6.480 5.400 5.040 4.320 0.360 0.720

800 x 1000 7.200 6.000 5.600 4.800 0.400 0.800

850 x 800 6.120 5.100 4.760 4.080 0.340 0.680

850 x 900 6.885 5.738 5.355 4.590 0.383 0.765

850 x 1000 7.650 6.375 5.950 5.100 0.425 0.850

900 x 900 7.290 6.075 5.670 4.860 0.405 0.810

900 x 1000 8.100 6.750 6.300 5.400 0.450 0.900

950 x 900 7.695 6.413 5.985 5.130 0.428 0.855

950 x 1000 8.550 7.125 6.650 5.700 0.475 0.950

1000 x 1000 9.000 7.500 7.000 6.0000 0.500 1.000

Problem:
Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m3 needed using a Class A mixture in the figure
shown below.

C. Concrete Column
Concrete column is a vertical load-bearing structural member supporting compressive loads and
used to transmit the load of the structure to the foundation. Reinforced concrete column is a structural
member designed to carry compressive loads. This column is embedded with metal reinforcement and
they are categorized as short, intermediate and long column.

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The computing of the required materials for columns, beams and girders is can be in linear meter
method.

Problem:
Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m3 needed using a Class A mixture in the figure
shown below.

Circular Columns are columns used when there is no wall attached on the sides and most
preferred columns for horizontal bridges and fly over. These columns are built at more traffic areas
because of their less cross-sectional area and suitable for seismic prone areas where high strength and
ductility are required.

Table 6: Quantity of Cement, Sand and Gravel for Circular Column per Meter Length
Diameter
Mixture Class
mm Sand Gravel
Cement in Bags 40 kg Cement in Bags 50 kg m3 m3
A B
250 0.442 0.368 0.344 0.295 0.025 0.059
300 0.636 0.530 0.495 0.424 0.035 0.071
350 0.866 0.722 0.673 0.577 0.048 0.096
400 1.131 0.942 0.880 0.754 0.063 0.126
450 1.431 1.193 1.113 0.954 0.080 0.159
500 1.767 1.473 1.374 1.178 0.098 0.196
550 2.138 1.782 1.663 1.425 0.098 0.196
600 2.545 2.121 1.979 1.696 0.141 0.283
650 2.986 2.488 2.323 1.991 0.166 0.332
700 3.464 2.866 2.694 2.309 0.192 0.385
750 3.976 3.313 3.093 2.651 0.221 0.442
800 4.524 3.770 3.519 3.016 0.251 0.503
850 5.107 4.256 3.972 3.405 0.284 0.567
900 5.726 4.771 4.453 3.817 0.318 0.636
1000 7.069 5.890 5.498 4.712 0.393 0.785

Problem:
Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m 3 needed using a Class A mixture in the figure
shown below.

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D. Concrete pipes are used for sanitary, storm sewerages, roadways culverts, tunnels, bridges and
underground detention systems. These pipes last between 50 to 75 years and sometimes pipes
last longer to 100 years.

Table 8: Quantity of Cement, Sand and Gravel per Concrete Pipe

Diameter Class Mixture

Sand
Do Di A B Gravel
m3
mm mm kilos kilos
250 150 11.31 9.42 0.016 0.0314
300 200 14.14 11.78 0.020 0.0400
400 250 27.57 22.97 0.038 0.0770
450 300 31.81 26.51 0.044 0.0884
550 400 40.29 33.58 0.056 0.1120
600 450 44.53 37.11 0.062 0.1240
650 500 48.77 40.64 0.068 0.1360
800 600 79.17 65.97 0.110 0.2200
850 650 84.82 70.69 0.118 0.2360
900 700 90.48 75.40 0.126 0.2510
950 750 96.13 80.11 0.134 0.2670
1000 800 101.79 84.82 0.141 0.2830
1100 900 113.10 94.25 0.157 0.3140
1200 1000 124.41 103.67 0.173 0.3460
1450 1200 187.32 156.10 0.260 0.5200
1750 1500 229.73 191.44 0.319 0.6380

Problem:
A road construction requires 10 pieces of concrete pipes (Do = 550mm, Di = 400mm, L = 1.0m)
for drainage purposes. Determine the required quantity of cement, sand and gravel for the
manufacturing of the pipes using Class A mixture.

E. Column Footing
Column footing is a structural member that carries the transmitted load of the structure and
there is a hole in the bottom where the column is placed, and the load is distributed over the larger area
which prevents the column to sink over a period of time.

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The following are the different types of footings: Continuous Wall Footing, Isolated Footing,
Combined Footing, Strip Footing. Strap Footing, Raft Footing and Pile Footing.

Problem:
Compute the bags of cement, sand and gravel in m3 needed using a Class A mixture in the figure
shown below.

Solution:

References:
Printed Materials
1. Simplified Construction Estimate by Max Fajardo, 2000
2. Estimating Bill of Materials by Vicente A. Tagayun, 2002
3. Building Design and Construction by Vicente A. Tagayun, 2010
4. Fundamentals of Construction Estimates 3rd Edition by David J. Pratt, 2011

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