Standard wastage of construction materials

Standard wastage of construction materials


1) Cement -1%

2) Reinforcement Steel - 3%

3) Structural Steel -10% wastage in plats and 5%wastage in other steel section.

4) Course Aggregates - 2.5%

5) Fine Aggregates - 2.5%

6) Formwork - 5%

7) Wood work and Joinery

Wastage in timber
a) Wastage in converting round logs into square sleepers - 20%
b) Wastage in converting squared sleepers into large scantlining - 10%
c) Wastage in converting squared sleepers into fillets /boarding - 12 to 30%
d) Wastage in cutting timber in stock sizes to required finished lengths -5%
e) Wastage in planing clean swan timber into finished sizes - 5 to 8%
 

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Standard wastage of construction materials


1) Cement -1%

2) Reinforcement Steel - 3%

3) Structural Steel -10% wastage in plats and 5%wastage in other steel section.

4) Course Aggregates - 2.5%

5) Fine Aggregates - 2.5%

6) Formwork - 5%

7) Wood work and Joinery

Wastage in timber
a) Wastage in converting round logs into square sleepers - 20%
b) Wastage in converting squared sleepers into large scantlining - 10%
c) Wastage in converting squared sleepers into fillets /boarding - 12 to 30%
d) Wastage in cutting timber in stock sizes to required finished lengths -5%
e) Wastage in planing clean swan timber into finished sizes - 5 to 8%
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