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IS : 7272 (Part I) - 1974(Reaffirmed 2005)

Edition 1.1(1979-02)

Price Group 3

Indian StandardRECOMMENDATION FOR LABOUR OUTPUT

CONSTANTS FOR BUILDING WORK

PART I NORTH ZONE

(Incorporating Amendment No. 1)

UDC 69.008 : 331.024 (545)

IS : 7272 (Part I) - 1974

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CONSTANTS FOR BUILDING WORKPART I NORTH ZONE

Planning and Organization at Site Sectional Committee, BDC 29

Chairman RepresentingSHRI O. MUTHACHEN Central Public Works Department, New Delhi

MembersSHRI D. N. CHOPRA Institution of Engineers (India), CalcuttaSHRI M. N. DASTUR M. N. Dastur & Co (P) Ltd, CalcuttaSHRI P. P. DHARWADHKAR National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd,

New DelhiDIRECTOR GENERAL Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and

Labour Institute, BombayEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Productivity Council, New DelhiSHRI HARCHARAN SINGH DUGAL Uttam Singh Dugal & Co Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

SHRI S. G. ATHAVALE ( Alternate )SHRI I. C. GUPTA Punjab PWD (B & R), ChandigarhJOINT DIRECTOR (CIV ENGG) Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)SHRI K. M. KANTAWALA Gujarat PWD (B & R), Ahmedabad

SHRI M. D. PATEL ( Alternate )SHRI J. S. KOHLI Institution of Work Study, New DelhiSHRI G. C. MATHUR National Buildings Organization, New Delhi

SHRI V. G. HEGDE ( Alternate )SHRI A. S. PATIL Indian Institute of Architects, BombayMANAGING DIRECTOR Oriental Building & Furnishing Co (P) Ltd, New

DelhiSHRI T. S. MURTHY National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd, New

DelhiSHRI K. N. TANEJA ( Alternate )

SHRI B. K. PANTHAKY Hindustan Construction Co Ltd, BombaySHRI N. T. PATEL N. T. Patel & Co, Madras

SHRI S. N. PATEL( Alternate )SHRI Y. G. PATEL Builder’s Association of India, BombaySHRI K. G. SALVI Hindustan Housing Factory, New Delhi

SHRI G. K. MEHTA ( Alternate )SHRI J. S. SHARMA Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), Roorkee

SHRI S. P. SINGH ( Alternate )SHRI M. B. SILGARDO Hindustan Steel Ltd, Ranchi

SHRI R. G. JOG ( Alternate )

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Members RepresentingSHRI S. R. SIVASWAMY Gammon India Limited, BombayBRIG H. S. SOBTI Engineer-in-Chief’s Branch, Army Headquarters

BRIG B. L. KAPOOR ( Alternate )SUPERINTENDING SURVEYOR OF

WORKS IICentral Public Works Department

SHRI D. AJITHA SIMHA, Director General, ISI ( Ex-officio Member )Director (Civ Engg)

Secretary

SHRI S. P. MAGGU

Assistant Director (Civ Engg), ISI

Output Standards for Building Industry Subcommittee, BDC 29 : 4Convener

SHRI H. C. RAMANNA In personal capacity ( 21, XI Main Road Malleswaram,Bangalore 3 )

MembersSHRI B. V. APTE Builder’s Association of India, Bombay

SHRI K. K. MADHOK ( Alternate )SHRI D. R. BAHL Institution of Surveyor, New DelhiSHRI P. P. DHARWADAKAR National Buildings Construction Corporation, New

DelhiSHRI MUNISH GUPTA MES Builder’s Association of India, Delhi

SHRI T. C. GOYALA ( Alternate )SHRI S. K. KOGEKAR National Buildings Organizations, New Delhi

SHRI M. R. RAO ( Alternate )SHRI O. P. KUMAR, SSW Engineer-in-Chief’s Branch (Ministry of Defence)

SHRI R. S. MURTHY, SSW ( Alternate )SHRI T. R. MEHANDRU The Association of Consulting Engineers (India), New

DelhiSHRI S. RAMACHANDRAN National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd, New

DelhiSHRI S. K. MOORTHY ( Alternate )

SHRI T. S. NARAYANA RAO In personal capacity ( 93, ‘Aruna’ East Road,Basavangudi, Bangalore 14 )

SHRI K. G. SALVI Delhi Productivity Council, New DelhiSHRI J. S. SHARMA Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), Roorkee

SHRI S. P. SINGH ( Alternate )SURVEYOR OF WORKS I (NDZ) Central Public Works Department

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CONSTANTS FOR BUILDING WORKPART I NORTH ZONE

0. F O R E W O R D0.1 This Indian Standard (Part I) was adopted by the IndianStandards Institution on 15 March 1974, after the draft finalized bythe Planning and Organization at Site Sectional Committee had beenapproved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.0.2 Schedule of rates form the basis for preparing the detailed estimatesfor works. These are also very useful in considering the reasonableness ofthe tenders received from the contractors and for pricing the alterations,additions, omission and substitutions in a contract. It is, therefore,necessary that the schedule of rates should be prepared correctly and bebased on rationally stipulated material and labour constants.0.3 At present different departments at a place are having their ownschedule of rates. A comparison of the labour and material constantsused for different items of work in these schedules of rates hasindicated that there is a good variation in them and due to whichdifferent rates exist in various departments for the same items of workin the same locality. This standard is being issued in order torationalize the labour output constants for different building works.0.4 The labour constants have been arrived at by the Central BuildingResearch Institute, Roorkee by taking actual observations, using workmeasurement techniques, on the construction sites at Delhi and Roorkee.Different types of building works up to 10 m height of CPWD, MES andother organizations were included where the workers from neighbouringstates were working. Sufficient number of observations to ensure aconfidence limit of 95 percent and an accuracy of ±5 percent were taken.The relaxation allowance for the time required for rest to overcomephysical fatigue and working condition allowance has been taken as perthe standardized values given for Indian conditions by the Ministry ofLabour, Employment and Rehabilitation, Government of India. Otherallowances, such as organizations, incidental holdups, ineffective timearising out of preparatory work and additional weightage for small sizeworks have been arrived at by the activity sampling studies and mutualagreement at the committee meetings by the members representing theconstruction departments and the builders association.

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0.5 This edition 1.1 incorporates Amendment No. 1 (February 1979).Side bar indicates modification of the text as the result ofincorporation of the amendment.0.6 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement ofthis standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated,expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off inaccordance with IS : 2-1960*. The number of significant placesretained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of thespecified value in this standard.

1. SCOPE

1.1 This standard (Part I) covers the recommended labour outputconstants for general items of building work for north zone whichcomprises of the following areas:

Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.1.1.1 The labour constants for other zones would be covered separatelyin other parts of the standard.

2. LABOUR OUTPUT CONSTANTS2.1 The recommended labour output constants for general items ofbuilding work are given in Table 1.

*Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ).

TABLE 1 RECOMMENDED LABOUR OUTPUT CONSTANTS FORBUILDING WORK

SL NO.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK UNIT LABOUR RECOMMENDED CONSTANT IN DAYS (8 WORKING HOURS)

REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

i) Excavation and Earth Worksa) Excavation over areas (Hard/

dense soil), depth up to 1.5 mand removal (up to one metrefrom edge)

m3 Mate Mazdoor

0.060.62

——

b) Excavation in trenches (Soft/loose soil) for foundations notexceeding 1.5 m in width andfor shafts, wells, cesspits andthe like, not exceeding 10 m2

on plan, depth up to 1.5 mand removal (up to one metreaway from edge)

m3 Mate Mazdoor

0.050.50

——

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TABLE 1 RECOMMENDED LABOUR OUTPUT CONSTANTS FORBUILDING WORK — Contd

SL NO.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK UNIT LABOUR RECOMMENDEDCONSTANT IN

DAYS (8WORKINGHOURS)

REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)c) Extra over item (a) for an addi-

tional depth of 1.5 m to 3 mm3 Mate

Mazdoor0.010.11

——

d) Extra over item (b) for an addi-tional depth of 1.5 m to 3 m

m3 MateMazdoor

0.010.08

——

e) Extra over items (a) and (b) forevery additional lead of 25 mbeyond one metre up to 250 mand deposit to a level of 1.5 m

m3 MateMazdoor

0.010.12

—

f) Returning, filling andramming of excavated earth inlayers not exceeding 20 cm indepth, watering, well rammingand levelling lead up to 25 m

m3 MateMazdoorBhisti

0.020.220.02

—

ii) Concretea) Mixing by hand at banker, ce-

ment concrete (with 40 mmgraded coarse aggregate)

m3 MazdoorBhisti

1.00.1

Lead of con-crete mix fromthe place ofmix to place ofdeposit ofconcrete isassumed up to30 metreswhere noto t h e r w i s ementioned

b) Mixing by hand at banker,lime concrete (with 40 mmgraded brick ballast)

m3 MazdoorBhistiBullock withdriver

1.60.200.15

———

c) Mixing by machine (mixer)at banker, cement concrete(with 20 mm graded coarseaggregate)

m3 MazdoorBhistiMixer operatorMixer

0.500.100.070.07

————

d) Unreinforced concrete infoundations including mixing,pouring, consolidating andcuring for depths up to 3 m(with 40 mm and below coarseaggregate)1) Hand m i x e d cement

concretem3 Mason

MazdoorBhisti

0.102.130.70

———

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REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)2) Mixer mixed cement

concretem3 Mason

MazdoorBhistiMixer operatorMixerVibrator

0.101.630.700.070.070.07

——————

2) Hand mixed lime concrete m3 MasonMazdoorBhistiBullock withdriver

0.102.650.800.15

—————

e) Unreinforced concrete underfloors including mixing,pouring, consolidating andcuring for depths up to 3 m(with 40 mm and below coarseaggregate)1) Hand m i x e d cement

concretem3 Mason

MazdoorBhisti

0.172.330.80

———

2) Mixer m i x e d cementconcrete

m3 MasonMazdoorBhistiMixer operatorMixerVibrator

0.171.830.800.070.070.07

——————

3) Hand mixed lime concrete m3 MasonMazdoorBhistiBullock withdriver

0.172.850.800.15

————

f) Reinforced cement concretein situ in foundations,footings, bases for columns,etc excluding form work andreinforcement


0.172.000.900.070.070.07

The constantsfor items (f) to(m) includemixing, pour-ing, consoli-dating andcuring. Thisdoes not in-clude fairfinish( Continued )

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SL NO.



REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)g) Reinforced cement concrete in

situ in suspended floors/roofsexcluding from w o r k, andreinforcement

m3 Mason Mazdoor BhistiMixer operator MixerVibrator

0.242.500.900.070.070.07

——————

h) Reinforced cement concrete insitu in CHAJJAS up to 15 cmin thickness excluding formwork and reinforcement


0.303.500.900.100.100.10

——————

j) Reinforced cement concrete insitu in beams excluding formwork and reinforcement


0.203.000.900.070.070.07

—

—

—

—

—k) Reinforced cement concrete in

situ in columns, pillars inground floor excluding formwork and reinforcement


0.233.500.900.100.100.10

—

—

—

—

—m) Reinforced cement concrete in

situ in stairs excluding formwork and reinforcement


0.304.300.900.070.070.07

—

—

—

—

—iii) Mortars

a) Mixing by hand, cementmortar of any mix/proportions

m3 MazdoorBhisti

0.750.07

Labour re-quired will beapproximatelys a m e fordifferent mixproportions

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REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

b) Mixing by hand, cement-limemortar:

Cement: Lime: Sand of anyproportions

m3 MazdoorBhistiBullock withdriver

1.330.100.33

———

iv) Brick work (Straight Walls)

a) Brick work in walls exceedingone brick thick, in cement/lime mortar

m3 Mason Mazdoor Bhisti

0.941.800.20

i) The con-stants in-clude la-bour in-volved inscaffolding

b) Brick work in walls, one brickthick, in cement/lime mortar


0.250.400.10

ii) The cons-tants couldbe adoptedfor brickwork withany mix ormortar

c) Half brick walls (with or with-out hoop iron reinforcement)in cement mortar


0.120.200.07

iii) L a b o u rfor mix-ing mor-tar will beextra

d) Tile work in super-structurein cement mortar


1.801.800.20

———

v) Formwork (with wooden planks)

a) Fabrication and erection withall supports, struts, braces,etc, and dressing with oil ascleaning of formwork:1) Rectangular column and

wallsm2 Carpenter

Mazdoor0.250.20

——

2) Suspended floors/roofs m2 Carpenter Mazdoor

0.230.20

——

3) Sides and soffits of beams m2 Carpenter Mazdoor

0.300.20

——

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SL NO.



REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)vi) Reinforcement

Bar reinforcement includingcutting to length, hooked ends,cranking or bending, hoistingand placing in any position,binding with binding wire andholding firmly so as not to bedisturbed while placing andramming of concrete

Quintal Bar-bender Mazdoor

1.001.00

——

vii) Plastering and Pointinga) 15 mm thick cement plaster to

ceiling including mixing ofmortar


0.080.100.10

Labour constantsfor Bhisti includes

labour for curing.

b) 15 mm thick cement plaster onbrick walls (exterior) includ-ing mixing of mortar


0.060.100.10

c) 15 mm thick cement plaster onbrick walls (exterior). Underlayer 10 mm cement sandplaster and top layer 5 mm,cement : Marble powder : stonegrit, including mixing


0.150.150.15

d) 15 mm thick cement plaster onbrick walls (interior) includingmixing mortar


0.080.100.10

e) Struck pointing to brick workin cement mortar includingmixing mortar


0.080.100.10

f) Tuck pointing to random rub-ble masonry in cement mortarincluding mixing mortar


0.100.150.10

viii) Paving and Floor Finisha) Laying of PCC 40 mm thick in

alternate bays with side formsand templates and finishedsmooth


0.080.120.10

Labour for mixing

concrete for items (a) to (e) will be extra.

Labour constants for

Bhisti includes

labour for curing.

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SL NO.



REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)b) Laying of PCC 25 mm thick in

alternate bays with side formsand templates and finishedsmooth


0.070.100.10

Labour for mixing

concrete for items (a) to (e) will be extra.

Labour constantsfor Bhisti includes

labour for curing.

c) Laying of 40 mm thick in situterrazo flooring, under layer30 mm thick cement concreteand top layer of 10 mm thickmarble chips laid in cementwith dividing strips of glass,metal or asbestos to form baysincluding cutting, grindingand polishing:1) Laying m2 Mason

Mazdoor Bhisti

0.220.220.10

2) Cutting, g r i n d i n g andpolishing

m2 Mazdoor Machine

0.500.40

d) Laying of 20 mm thick in situterrazo skirting/dado under-layer 13 mm thick cementplaster and top layer 7 mmthick marble chips laid incement including rounding ofjunctions with floor cutting,grinding and polishing:1) Laying m2 Mason

Mazdoor Bhisti

0.300.300.10


m2 Mazdoor 0.70

e) Precast terrazo tile flooring 20mm thick laid over 10 mmthick cement mortar:1) Laying m3 Mason

Mazdoor Bhisti

0.120.200.10


m2 Mazdoor Machine

0.500.40

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SL NO.



REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)ix) Damp-proof Course

a) Laying damp-proof course 40mm thick cement concrete in-cluding formwork and fairfinishing to edges and mixing


0.100.100.01

Labour constants for

Bhisti includes

labour for curing.

b) Laying damp-proof course 20mm thick in cement mortarintegral water-proofing com-pound including mixing


0.100.100.01

x) Joinerya) Door and window CHOKHATS

coniferous and teak woodwrought and rebated

m2 Carpenter Mazdoor

20.002.00

——

b) Panelled/glazed joinery inconiferous and teak wood 30 to40 mm thick framed withpanels or space left out for glassor fixing of mesh wire (with ten-noned joints)

m2 CarpenterMazdoor

0.900.10

——

c) Fixing of readymade shuttersto frames including fixing offittings

m2 CarpenterMazdoor

0.250.25

——

xi) GlazingFixing glass panes on steel orwood work bedded with putty

m2 Glazier Mazdoor

0.200.01

——

xii) Painting and PolishingFrench polishing complete in-cluding a coat of wood filler onnew work

m2 Polisher 0.35 —

xiii) White Washing and Colour Washing (for Walls and Flat Ceilings)a) White washing with lime 3

coats on new surfacem2 Washer

Mazdoor0.020.01

Items (a) to (e) do not include

labour for erection of scaffolding

and dismantling

the same.

b) Two coats of colour wash overan undercoat of white wash onnew work

m2 Washer Mazdoor

0.030.01

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SL NO.



REMARKS

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)c) Distempering with dry distem-

per 3 coats on new surfaceincluding a priming coat ofwhiting

m2 Painter Mazdoor

0.080.04

Items (a) to (e) do not include

labour for erection of scaffolding

and dismantling

the same.

d) Cement based paint 2 or morecoats on new work (for eachcoat)

m2 Painter Mazdoor Bhisti

0.150.010.10

e) Cement wash one coat on newwork

m2 Washer 0.02

xiv) Terraced Roofinga) 10 cm thick (average) mud

PHUSKA of clay mixed withBHUSA at 8 kg per m3 of clayon roofs laid to slope andconsolidated


0.010.200.01

———

b) 10 mm thick mud plaster andGOBRI leeping with mudGOBRI mortar over mudPHUSKA

m2 Mazdoor 0.01 —

c) One layer of tile brick laid overGOBRI leeping and groutedwith cement mortar includingmixing and finished neat


0.120.150.10

———

d) Lime concrete terracing com-prising of lime, surkhi, brickballast — 20 mm and downaverage consolidated thickness10 cm, finished with gur andbelgiri treatment complete:1) Laying m2 Mason

Mazdoor Bhisti

0.100.300.05

———

2) Beating and finishing m2 Mazdoor Bhisti

0.070.10

——

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