Analysis of Rates

Thiruvannamalai.M
Assistant Professor
MSCE, Sivakasi
 Rate Analysis
o The process of arriving at the rate of an
item of work from cost of materials,
labours and other miscellaneous factors is
called Rate Analysis.
 Rate analysis for RCC
o We will see the rate analysis for Reinforced
Concrete (RCC) work.
o First step - the estimation of labour,
materials, equipment's and miscellaneous
items for particular quantity of reinforced
concrete.
o The second step - 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.,
 Data Required:
o Estimation of materials
• Cement bags, fine & Coarse agg. Volume, Steel
weight.
o Labour Requirement
• Mason, Unskilled labours, Water carrier, Bar
Bender, Mixer Operator, Vibrator Operator
o Equipment and sundries
• Equipment and other charges, such as water
charges, miscellaneous items, tools and tackles.
o Contractor’s Profit
• An allowance on lumpsum basis.
 Materials calculation
 Let us calculate the quantity of materials needed
for RCC of ratio 1:1.5:3 for 1m3.
 The dry volume of total materials required is
considered as 1.52 times the wet volume of
concrete, due to voids present in sand and
aggregates in dry stage.
Cement:
o Volume of cement required for 1m3 of Concrete

𝟏𝒙𝟏.𝟓𝟐
=0.28 m3
𝟏+𝟏.𝟓+𝟑
 Materials calculation(cont…)
o Volume of sand required

𝟏𝒙𝟏.𝟓𝒙𝟏.𝟓𝟐
= 0.42 m3 of sand.
𝟏+𝟏.𝟓+𝟑

o Volume of Coarse Aggregate

𝟏𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟏.𝟓𝟐
= 0.84 m3 of coarse agg.
𝟏+𝟏.𝟓+𝟑
 Materials calculation(cont…)
Calculation of Steel Quantity
o Quantity of steel required depends on components
of structure, i.e. slabs, beams, columns,
foundations, roads etc. To estimate the steel
required, there are two methods.
o Method I – With the help of the available drawing
steel weight is calculated by making BBS.
o Method II - assuming the percentage of
reinforcement for different components.
• Slabs = 1.0 % of concrete volume.
• Beam = 2 % concrete volume.
• column = 2.5 % of concrete volume.
• RCC Roads = 0.6% concrete volume.
 Materials calculation(cont…)

Lets take example of RCC beam, where

reinforcement required is 2.0% of concrete
volume,
𝟐.𝟎𝟎
weight of steel required = 1x x 7850
𝟏𝟎𝟎

=157.00 kg.
Labour Requirement for 1m3 of RCC
As per the standard schedule of rates
 Mason - 0.37 days.
 One Unskilled labours - 3.5 days.
 One water carrier - 1.39 days.
 Bar bender requirement depends on weight of
reinforcement. Lets consider one bar bender
required for 100 kg of steel as for 1 day.
 One mixer operator - 0.0714 days.
 One vibrator operator - 0.0714 days.
RCC 1 :1.5 :3 Analysis for SLAB 1.00%
Wet Volume 1.00 m3 BEAM 2.00%
Dry Volume 1.52 m3 COULMN 2.50%
Road 0.60%
AMOUNT SUBTOTAL
MATERIAL Qty. Units Rs. / Unit (Rs.) (Rs.)
CEMENT BAGS 8.07 bags 275 2219
3
SAND 0.42 m 1200 504
3
Aggregate 0.84 m 1034 869
Reinforcement 157.00 Kg 48 7536
11127.58
LABOUR With
Mechanical Mixer & Vibrartor Days Wage/Day Amount
MASON 0.37 363 134.31
LABOUR 3.50 228 798.00
WATER CARRIER 1.39 200 278.00
BAR BENDER 1.57 322 505.54
MIXER OPERTOR 0.071 240 17.14
MIXER VIBRATOR 0.071 200 14.28 1747.27
PRIME COST (Rs.): 12875
Water Charges 1.5% 193
Sundries (including mixer machine, transportation etc) 7.5 % 966

Contractor's Profit 10 % 1287

Total Cost per m of RCC =
3 15321

Cost of RCC for Given Data = Rs. 15321

 Problem for Practice
o Do the rate analysis for Plastering of 20mm,
12mm thick with CM 1:4 for 10m2 and enter
the same in data sheet.