Quantity Take Offs
B.Sc. Transportation Engineering
Engineering Practice and Construction
Management (EPCM)
Contents
What is Quantity Take Off
Rules of Quantity Take Off
Methods of Quantity Take Off
Measurement of Walls
Plastering
Concrete
PCC
RCC
Formwork
Understanding some complex drawings
Highways
Bridges
Quantity Take Off
Determining and noting the quantity of different materials in
construction is called quantity take off.
Quantities are taken off from drawings
It is required to understand drawings
Determine any missing dimensions in drawings
Read all the plans, elevations and sections and make sure that
their dimensions make sense in each view.
Order of taking off quantities should follow the sequence of
construction.
Rules of Quantity Take Off
Look at this simple plan
A
D
E
F
G
I
English System of Quantity Take Off (Clock/anticlockwise)
PWD system (Long Walls and Short Walls)
Usually quantities are measured to the two decimal places
Measure the whole area first and then deduct for openings if
needed. Example
Area = (10 x 6) - (4 x2)
10
2
4
PROVISIONAL QUANTITIES Some quantities are
provisional (they can not be accurately measured unless
performed). FOR EXAMPLE EXCAVATION.
PRIME COST The total cost of labour, materials and
contractors profit that is charged from client.
Methods of Taking out Quantities
English Method (used by Military Engineering Services)
2. PWD Method (Used by Public Works Department) PWD
is a federal institution that
1. ENGLISH METHOD
Dimension Paper: Dimensions are taken from drawings on
to Dimension Paper.
It is a sheet divided in to two main sections, each section
with four columns as shown.
1.
Colum 1 is timesing column.
Column 2 is called dimension column
Column 3 is called squaring column = Col 1 x Col 2
Column 4 is Description Column. Extreme right side of
column 4 is called Waste, used for side notes and calculations.
Since English Methods is based on measurements in feet and
inches, dimensions are also taken in feet and inches on
drawings as well as on dimension paper.
A DOT SEPARATES FEET AND INCHES AND SHOULD
NOT BE CONFUSED WITH DECIMAL POINT. (96=9.6)
Examples
2
69.9
3.9
4.3
69.9
4.3
2223.3
Excavation
in
Foundation
A Cubic
Quantity
PWD Method
This method is more commonly used.
Item No.
Particulars
No.
Length
Breadth
Depth/
Height
Quantity
Total
Measurement of Wall
Please Refer to pdf file (Maharashtra Board of Technical
Education) for Short wall and long wall formulas of
measurements
