CENGR 3210– QUANTITY SURVEYING

Presentation 2 :
ESTIMATES
Formworks , Scaffolding Works

Engr. Ruel V. Vergara

 FORMS
Form is a temporary boarding, sheathing, or pan to produce the desired shape
and size of concrete. The structural members of a building are built – up into its
desired shapes and dimensions through the use of form.

Common Types of Form:

Board Foot of Wood Frame For Column and Beam Per Plywood Form

Note: Size of 1 sheet of plywood is 4’ x 8’, that is 1.2 meters ( width ) by

2.4 meter ( length ) or 2.88 sq.m. of area per piece.
UNIT MEASURE OF LUMBER
Board Foot is the unit of measure used in computing the volume of lumber. Despite
the adoption of Metric System ( SI ), board foot for lumber is still in use for convenience
and practical use. One board foot simply mean, one square foot by one inch thick lumber
or an equivalent of 144 cubic inches.
The width and thickness of commercial lumber are expressed in inches while the
length is in feet of even numbers.
Board foot is found by dividing the product of the thickness, the width, and the
length by 12.
Example, to find the total board feet of 5 pieces 2” x 6” x 14 ft. lumber, that is:
5 ( 2 x 6 x 14 ) = 70 bd. ft.
12
 SCAFFOLDING AND STAGING
Scaffolding is a temporary structure of wooden poles and planks providing
platforms for workers to stand on while erecting or repairing of building. It is
further defined as temporary framework for other purposes.
Staging on the other hand is more substantial framework progressively built
up as tall building rises up. The term staging is applied because it is built up in
stages one storey at a time.
The different parts of scaffolding to consider are:
1. Vertical Support
2. Base of Vertical Support ( if needed )
3. Horizontal Member
4. Diagonal Braces
5. Block and Wedges
6. Nails or Bolts
Quantity of Lumber for Scaffolding or Staging
From the foundation plan of a 5m x 4m storage house, column
and column footing detail, and beam detail shown, determine
the following:
a. Compute for the quantity of ¼” marine plywood form for
columns.
b. Compute for the quantity in bd. ft. of 2” x 2” wood frame for
columns.
c. Compute for the quantity of ¼” marine plywood form for
beams.
d. Compute for the quantity in bd. ft. of 2” x 2” wood frame for
beams.
e. Compute for the quantity in bd. ft. of 2” x 3” wood scaffolding
for columns
f. Compute for the quantity in bd. ft. of 2” x 3” wood scaffolding
for beams.

The depth of col. ftg. and wall ftg. are 1.0m and 0.6m
respectively from NGL, and the top of beam and column are
located 3 m from the FFL.