College of Engineering

Visayas State University

Deparment of Civil Engineering
VSU, Baybay City 6521, Leyte, Philippines

Title: Estimating Building Materials by the Use of Mathcad or Spreadsheet

EXERCISE No.
(CEng 157)

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 Using Mathcad or Spreadsheet, estimate the materials (steel rebars, cement, sand, and gravel) for a two storey building
shown in the figure.

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the development of the country.
Vision: The premier university of science and technology in the Visayas.
Mission: Provide excellent instruction, conduct relevant research and foster community engagement that produce highly competent graduate necessary for
the development of the country.
Calculation Procedure used on the MatCad (Image =>)
Solving for Volumes:
*Vol. for Foundation
tf= nf x f where:
tf = total vol. for footings
nf = total number of footings
f = vol. of per footing
*Vol. for Lean Concrete
tlc= nf x lc where:
tlc = total vol. for lean conrete
nf = total number of footings
lc = vol. per lean conrete
*Vol. for Beams
tb= nb x b where:
tb = total vol. for beams
nb = total number of beams
b = vol. per beam
*Vol. for Columns
tc= nc x c where:
tc = total vol. for columns
nc = total number of columns
c = vol. per column

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*Vol. for Slabs

ts= ns x s where:
ts = total vol. for slabs
ns = total number of slabs
s = vol. per slab

*Total Vol. for Concrete (2000psi)

TV1= tlc where:

TV1 = total vol. for lean concrete

tlc = sum of tot. lean concrete

*Total Vol. for Concrete (3000psi)

TV2= tf where:

TV2 = total vol. for footings

tf = sum of tot. footings

*Total Vol. for Concrete (4000psi)

TV3= (tb+tc+ts) where:

TV3 = total vol. for beams,

columns, and slabs
tlc = sum of tot. tb,tc, & ts

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*Total Vol. for Rebars

R= 0.10TV2 + 0.20tb + 0.20tc + 0.15ts2 + 0.05ts1

where:
0.10TV2 = 10% of the vol. of foundation
0.20tb = 20% of the summation of vol. of beams

0.20tc = 20% of the vol. of columns

0.15ts2 = 15% of the vol. of slab (2nd and 3rd floor)
0.05ts1 = 5% of the vol. of groundfloor slab

Strength Mixture Cement Sand Gravel

2000psi 1x4x8 1(TV1) 4(TV1) 8(TV1)
3000psi 1x3x5 1(TV2) 3(TV2) 5(TV2)
4000psi 1x2x3 1(TV3) 2(TV3) 3(TV3)
Total Volume (m3 ) =133.094 =291.738 =452.207
Total Volume w/ 10% wastage (m3 ) 146.40 320.91 497.43
TOTAL ESTIMATE:
Total Volume of Sand: 321 m3
Total Volume of Gravel: 498 m3
Total No. of bags of cement:
Tot. No. of bags = 146.40 m3 x 3.5 x 1000kg/ m3 x (1bag/ 40 kg)
Tot. No. of bags = 12,810 bags (4o kgs)

Total Weight of steel bar : (including 5% of wastage)

Tot. Weight of steel bar = 1.05 x 19.466 m3 x 7850kg/ m3 x (1 ton/ 1000kg)
Tot. Weight of steel bar = 160.45 tons

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