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The methods and units of measurements for civil construction works are mainly categorised for their nature, shape and size and for
making payments to the contractor. The principle of units of measurements normally consists the following:

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a) Single units work like doors, windows, trusses etc., are expressed in numbers.

b) Works consists linear measurements involve length like cornice, fencing, hand rail, bands of speci ed
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width etc., are expressed in running metres (RM)
c) Works consists areal surface measurements involve area like plastering, white washing, partitions of speci ed thickness etc., and a
expressed in square meters (m2)

d) Works consists cubical contents which involve volume like earth work, cement concrete, Masonry etc are expressed in Cubic metr

Table below shows units of measurement of various items of civil engineering works based on IS 1200.

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Sl. Units of Units of
Particulars of item
No. measurement payment

1 Earthwork

1. Earthwork in excavation CUM Per CUM

2. Earthwork in lling in foundation trenches CUM Per CUM

3. Earth work in lling in plinth CUM Per CUM

2 Concrete

1. Lime concrete in foundation CUM Per CUM

2. Cement concrete in lintels CUM Per CUM

3. RCC in slab CUM Per CUM

4. Cement concrete or RCC in chujja, sunshade CUM Per CUM

5. Lean concrete in roof terracing (thickness speci ed) SQM Per SQM

6. Cement concrete bed CUM Per CUM

7. Reinforced concrete sunshade (speci ed width and height) CUM Per CUM

3 Damp proof course (DPC) – thickness mentioned SQM Per SQM

4 Brick work ✎ 
 1. Brickwork in foundation CUM Per CUM

2. Brickwork in plinth CUM Per CUM

3. Brickwork in super structure CUM Per CUM

4. Thin partition walls SQM Per SQM

5. Brickwork in arches CUM Per SQM

6. Reinforced brickwork CUM Per CUM

5 Stone work

1. Stone masonry CUM Per CUM

6 Wood work

1. Doors and windows frames or chaukhats, rafters, beams CUM Per CUM

2. Shutters of doors and windows (thickness speci ed) SQM Per SQM

3. Doors and windows ttings (like hinges, tower bolts, sliding bolts, handles) Each Per Each

7 Steel work

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1. Steel reinforcement bars etc. in RCC and reinforced brick work Quintal Per Quintal

2. Bending, binding of steel reinforcement Quintal Per quintal

3. Rivets, bolts and nuts, anchor bolts, lewis bolts, holding down bolts Quintal Per quintal

4. Iron hold fasts – –

5. Iron railing (height and types speci ed) – –

6. Iron grills SQM Per SQM

8 Roo ng

1. RCC and RB slab roof (excluding steel) CUM Per CUM

2. Lean concrete roof over and inclusive of tiles or brick or stone slab etc. (thickness
SQM Per SQM
speci ed)

3. Centering and shuttering formwork SQM Per SQM

4. AC sheet roo ng SQM Per SQM

9 Plastering, points and nishing

1. Plastering – cement or lime mortar (thickness and proportion speci ed) SQM Per SQM

2. Pointing SQM Per SQM

3. White washing, color washing, cement washing, (number of coats speci ed) SQM Per SQM
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5. Painting, varnishing (number of coats speci ed) SQM Per SQM

10 Flooring

1. 25mm cement concrete over 75mm lime concrete oor (including lean concrete) SQM Per SQM

2. 25mm or 40mm cement concrete oor SQM Per SQM

3. Doors and window sills (CC or cement mortar plain) SQM Per SQM

11 Rain water pipe / plain pipe RM Per RM

12 Steel wooden truss Each Per each

13 Glass panels (supply) SQM Per SQM

14 Fixing of glass panels or cleaning Each Per Each

Note:

SQM = Square meter

CUM = Cubic meter

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Methods for Measurement of civil engineering works:
The rules for measurement of each item are invariably described in IS – 1200. However some of the general rules are listed below:

1. Measurement shall be made for nished item of work and description of each item shall include materials, transport, labour,
fabrication tools and plant and all types of overheads for nished the work in required shape, size and speci cation.

2. In booking, the order shall be in sequence of length, breadth and height or thickness.

3. All works shall be measured subject to the following tolerances.

Linear measurement shall be measured to the nearest 0.01m.

Areas shall be measured to the nearest 0.01 SQM

Cubic contents shall be worked out to the nearest 0.01 cum.

4. Same type of work under di erent conditions and nature shall be measured separately under separate items.

5. The bill of quantities shall fully describe the materials, proportions, workmanships and accurately represent the work to be execut

6. In case of masonry (stone or brick) or structural concrete, the categories shall be measured separately and the heights shall be
described as:

From foundation to plinth level

From plinth to rst oor level

From rst oor to second oor level and so on.

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Luckkie Singh

Added a comment on January 12, 2015 at 10:08 am

I am using the software for recording the measurement. I need to put only the length, width and depth and it generates all the
supporting sheets, invoices and material consumption deviation sheets. It supports all the measurement units. Previously i was doin
in excel sheet and being human i was doing the mistake in bills many times. The modi cation in rates and the PO is also easy, as it
propogates the changes in all the documents for me.

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Sreenivas Tummala

Added a comment on November 11, 2014 at 9:11 am

Measurements of civil works is very important and the Filed Engineer should have through knowledge in taking measurements,
especially some special works like working in water or snow, site cleaning, materials shifting to various oors, trench excavation,
coping of columns, ramming of earth, consolidation, curing etc.

The Field Engineer should refer the concerned codes for measurements of that particular region/country before taking measuremen
he/she should also have the idea of how many skilled and unskilled workers are required to do an unit of a particular job including
labor cost, T&P cost, transport cost, material cost and all other overheads cost(Like supervision charges, inspection charges etc).

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it give proper information about measurement of building work

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"running meter" i hope means "linear meter"

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