Labor Requirement For Various Construction Works
Labor Requirement For Various Construction Works
Labor Requirement For Various Construction Works
The cost of construction project highly depends on the requirements of labor for various activities during
construction.
There are direct and indirect costs associated with the labor. They are the salary of labors, their accommodat
food, insurance cost etc. Thus it is essential to understand the number labors required for each activity of the
construction to estimate the final cost of project.
There are different types of labors that are required for the construction:
Skilled labors
Semi-skilled labors
Unskilled labors
All these types of labors have different skills and different salaries. Their optimum use in every work in
construction is essential to minimize the construction cost.
The table below shows the recommended labor requirement for various civil
engineering/building/construction works:
S. Recommended
Description of work Unit Labor constant in
No. days.
Excavation over
areas (hard/dense Mate 0.06
1) soil),depth up to 1.5m M3
and removal (up to Labor 0.62
one meter from edge)
Excavation in
trenches (soft/ loose
soil),for foundations
not exceeding 1.5m in
width and for shafts, Mate 0.05
wells, cesspits and the
2) M3
like, not exceeding
Labor 0.50
10m3 and on plan,
depth up to 1.5m and
removal(up to one
meter away from
edge)
mason
0.10
Labor
1.63
bhisti
0.70
Mixer mixed cement 3
5) M mixer
concrete
0.07
operator
0.07
mixer
0.07
vibrator
mason
0.17
Reinforced cement
Labor
concrete in situ in 2.00
foundations, footings,
bases for columns, etc bhisti
0.90
excluding form work
6) and reinforcement. M3 mixer
(The constants for 0.07
items include mixing, operator
pouring, consolidating
0.07
and curing. This does mixer
not include fair finish.)
0.07
vibrator
mason
0.24
Labor
2.50
0.07
mixer
0.07
vibrator
mason 0.94
Brick work in walls
exceeding one brick Labor 1.80
9) M3
thick, in cement / lime
mortar (The constants bhisti 0.20
include labor involved
in scaffolding.)
Formwork /
Shuttering:
a) fabrication and
erection with all Carpenter 0.25
supports, struts,
braces, etc, and Labor 0.20
Plastering and
pointing: mason 0.08
(exterior) including
M2 bhisti 0.10
mixing of mortar
mason 0.10
c) Tuck pointing to
random rubble Labor 0.15
masonry in cement
mortar including bhisti 0.10
mixing mortar.
Damping proof
course:
Mason 0.10
a) Laying damp proof
course 40mm thick Labor 0.10
14) M3
cement concrete
including form work bhisti 0.01
and fair finishing to
edges and mixing.