Construction Quantity Surveying:A Practical Guide for the Civil Engineer

Contents

1. Basic Knowledge for Civil Engineers
2. Footing quantity calculation
3. Footing PCC quantity calculation
4. Neck Column quantity calculation
5. Difference between Tie Beam & Plinth Beam (Tie Beam quantity calculation)
6. Plinth Beam size & Reinforcement details for Residential Buildings (up to G+3)
7. Maximum distance between Columns, Size of Columns & Reinforcement details for
Residential buildings (up to G+3)
8. Quantity of concrete for slab including beams
9. Basics of Bar Bending Schedule
10. What is Development length
11. Bar Bending Schedule for Beam
12. AAC BLOCKS v/s Red Clay Bricks Quantity of Cement, sand & Aggregate in Concrete
13. Quantity of Cement, sand & Aggregate in Slab including Beams
14. Quantity of Cement, sand & Aggregate in Column
15. Quantity of Plaster (Cement & sand) for Plastering
16. Quantity of Bricks & Mortar for Brickwork
17. How to calculate volume of a Cement Bag?
18. What is 1.54 in concrete?
19. Quantity of steel in One way slab
20. Quantity of steel in Two-way slab
21. Quantity of steel in Column
22. Quantity of steel in Footing
23. Quantity of water in concrete (what is water cement ratio?)
24. Derivation of D² /162.2
25. How to calculate the quantity of tiles for Wall and Floor?
26. How to calculate the quantity of Mortar (Cement & Sand) for Tile Work?
27. How to calculate the quantity of Wall-Putty, Primer & Paint for a room?
28. Grades of Concrete and their uses
29. Grades of Cement and their applications
30. How to calculate the capacity & SIZE of a circular water tank?
31. How to calculate the capacity of a rectangular water tank?
32. Why do we provide steel in concrete?
33. How to calculate the quantity of AAC blocks & cement-mortar required?
34. How to calculate the quantity of cement, sand & aggregate in M10, M15, M20 &
M25 grade of concrete?
35. Standard size of a staircase
36. How to calculate the quantity of concrete required for a staircase?
37. How to find the slope of a staircase?