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Estimation and costing

Bar Bending Schedule
PRESENTED BY
BHAWESH MADHUKAR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
NALANDA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
CHANDI NALANDA
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Bar Bending Schedule

 Bar Bending Schedule, commonly referred to as “BBS” is a comprehensive list that describes the
location, mark, type, size, length and number, and bending details of each bar or fabric in a
Reinforcement Drawing of a Structure.

 This process of listing the location, type and size, number of and all other details is called
“Scheduling”.

 In context of Reinforcement bars, it is called bar scheduling.

 In short, Bar Bending Schedule is a way of organizing rebars for each structural unit, giving detailed
reinforcement requirements.
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Importance of Preparing Bar Bending Schedule

 The main importance of preparing the bar bending schedule can be listed as follows:

a) It is essential for determining the quantities of materials particularly steel.

b) It enlists all the details of the rebars beforehand thereby the wastage is eliminated.

c) It is essential for the calculation of the cutting length of various types of rebars.

d) It assists the workmen and labours in completing the reinforced concrete works efficiently.

e) It helps to prepare the bills that can be claimed to the clients.

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Information Given By The Bar Bending Schedule

 Member identification  No of Bar in each Member

 Bar Mark  Total no. of Bars

 Type of steel  Total length

 Diameter of Bar  Shape Code

 Length of each Bar  Bending Dimensions

 No of Members  Weight
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Personnel Using The Bar Bending Schedule

 The following personnel make use of the prepared bar bending schedule:

 The contractor who is responsible for ordering the required reinforcements.

 Fabricator who is responsible for fabricating the reinforcements.

 Quantity Surveyor

 Site In charge

 Detailer, etc.
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Framework For The Preparation of Bar Bending Schedule

 The bars must always be listed in the order of floors i.e. floor by floor for building structures.

 Each structural unit must consist of bars grouped together. For example; beam, column etc.

 The schedules for the cutting and bending purpose must be provided in a separate A4 size paper and should not be
included in the detailed reinforcement drawings.

 The bar mark reference on the label attached to a particular bundle of bars must significantly represent the unique
properties of that particular group only. For example; length, size, type of bars etc.

 In the schedule, as far as possible, the bars must be ordered in numerical order.
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Steps to prepare BBS

1. Identification of Members (Steel Bars)

Each type of bar usually has a bar mark/designation.
2. Counting each type of bar
 For a small concrete structure, we can count it manually.
 For a big slab structure, to calculate the no. of bars we need to find the width, clear cover and c/c (center to
center) spacing between bars.

3. Calculating the length of Rebar

- The total length of each member bar is calculated. We shouldn’t forget to add the development length or
anchorage length.
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Steps to prepare BBS

4. Calculating the unit weight of individual bar

The unit weight of individual bar is usually calculated by the formula

5. Calculation of total weight

We can find out the total weight of steel required by simply using the formula
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Example 1
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Solution:

Bar No. 1 Bar No 2 Bar No 3

a b
b
a = 230 – (2x40) = 140
b = 4000 + (2 x 230) – (2 x 40) = 4380
a = 200 No bends, hence, no deductions c = 375 – (2x40) = 285

b = 4000 + (2 x 230) – (2 x 40) = 4380 Cutting Length = 4380 mm Cutting Length:

Deduction : (2A + 2C) + 24d =

(2 x dia x no. of bends) = 2 x 20 x 2 (2x 140 + 2x 285) + 24x8 = 1042 mm

Cutting Length No. of Stirrups: (4000/180) + 1 = 23.22 = 24

=(2x200)+(4380)–(2 x 20 x 2)= 4700 mm

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Bar Bending Schedule
Bar Bending Schedule
Project
ABC building Engineer Revision A Doc.No: XXXX
Name
Ref
Dwg. XX-XX-XX Approver Project Manager Status Tender Date: 16-Sep-16
No.
Length of Bar (m)
Spacing Cutting
Bar no. Bar Shape a (m) b (m) c (m) Dia (mm) no's
(mm) Length (m) 8 10 12 16 20 25 28 32

1 b a 0.200 4.380 0.000 20 150 4.70 2 9.4

2 0.000 4.380 0.000 10 150 4.38 2 8.8

b

3 c 0.140 0.000 0.285 8 180 1.04 24 25.0

a
Total Length (m) 25.0 8.8 0 0 9.4 0 0 0

Unit weight in kg/m 0.395 0.617 0.888 1.578 2.466 3.853 4.834 6.313

Weight in kg's 9.88 5.43 0.00 0.00 23.18 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total reinfocement Weight in kg's 38.5

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CODES , SPECIFICATIONS &
STANDARDS

 IS:2502-1963 Code Of Practice For Bending And Fixing Of Bars For Concrete Reinforcement

 IS:1893-2000 : Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures

 SP:34 Handbook on Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing

 IS:456-2000 Plain And Reinforced Concrete -. Code Of Practice.

 International standard

ISO:4066-1977 : Building and civil engineering drawings — Bar scheduling

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some websites which are proving BBS Software.

1. www.eigen-tech.com/cs.html
6. www.supercivilcd.com
2. www.rgsrebar.com/rebar.aspx
7. www.technocad.co.za
3. www.ensoftindia.com/prod_barbeque.htm
8. www.BendingSchedule.com
4. www.steelpac.co.uk/design/steelpacrdm...
9. www.structuralengineering.fsnet.co.uk...
5. www.cadsglobal.com
10. www. continuousbeamanalysis.com
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