‘TYPES OF ESTIMATE 463 The following shall be included in the Plinth area—() Altfloors, aren of walls tthe floor level excluding plinth offsets, if any, (i) Internal shatts for sanitary installations provided these do not exceed 25q min area nircondition ducts, lifisete. (i) The aren of barsati nd the arew of munya terrace lve. i) Area of porches other thin easier ‘The following shall not be included in the Plinth arca.—(i) Area of loft, (i) Internal sanitary shafts provided these are more than 2 sq min area, (ii) Unenclosed balconies (i¥) Towers, turrets, domes etc, projecting above the terrace level, not forming a storey at the terrace level, (¥) Architectural bands, cornices etc. (vi) Sunshades, Vertical sun breakers or box louvers projecting out, Floor Aréa.— Floor area of a buildingis the total area of floor in between walls and consists oF floor of all rooms verandahs passages corridors staircase room, entrance halls, kitehen,stores, bath and latrine (W. Cs.) ete. Sills of doors and openings are not ineluded in the Floor area. Arc occupied by walls, pillars, pilaster, and other intermediate supports are not included in the Moor area. In short, Floor area is equal to Plinth area minus area occupied by wall walls exceeding 300 sq cm in area (iv) Flues which are within excluded from the walls area () Pilaster along walls not exceeding 30 projecting beyond the face of wall in living rooms, (i) Chulla platforms projecting beyond the face of wall in kitchens. The floor of each storey and different types of floor should be measured and taken separately. The floor area of basement, mezzanines, barsaties, mumties, porches, etc. should be measured separately. n Aren.—Circulation Area is the floor area of verandahs, passages, corridos balconies, entrance hail, porches, staircases, etc., which are used for movements of persons using, the building, The circulation Area of any floor shall comprise ofthe following : dors, (c) Entrance h (a) Verandahs and balconies, (b) Passages and co .(d) Stair case and mumties, (¢) Shafts for lift, The circulation area may be divided into two parts: (I) Horizontal circulation aren and (2) Vertical circulation area. Horizontal area of a building is the aren of ve " é eranda ete, which are required forthe horizontal movement oft e 15% of the plinth area of the building, fi Horizontal Circulatic n_ Ares passages, corridors, balconies. porches, users of the building. This may be 10% to Vertical circulation area of a building is the ares range halls adjacent to them which are required for vee This may be 4% 05% ofthe plinth area of the buildings, Vertical Circulat Area- occupied by stair cases, lifts and the ent ‘movement of the users of the building. aeat ESTIMATING AND COSTING Carpet Area — Carpet Arca of building is the useful area or liveable area or ae a Thisis the total oor area minus the Circulation ares, verandahs, corridors, passa, AT lifts, entrance hall, ete, and minus other non-useable areas as sanitary accommodations (B ao and W.Cs,), air conditioning room ete, For office building Carpet area is the leah ® Hire ht useable area and for residential building Carpet area is the liveable area and should ex Kitchen, pantry, stores and similar other room which are not usedfor living purposes. . ‘The carpet atea of a building for any storey shall be the floor area excluding the following = (a) Sanitary accommodation, (b) Verandahs, (c) Corridors and passages, (d) Kitchen and pantries, (€) Stores in domestic buildings, (f) Entrance hall and porches, (g) Stair cases and mums, (h) Shafts for lifts, i) Barsaties, (f) Garages, (k) Canteens, (I) Air conditioning ducts and air conditioning plant room. The Carpet area of an office building may be 60% to 75% of plinth area of the building with a target of 75%. The planners should aim to achieve a target to 75% of the plinth area. The carpet area of residential building may be 50% t6 65% of the plinth area of building with a target of 65%. For a framed multistoreyed building the area occupied by wall may be 5% to 10% of the plinth area (a standard 3% for external walls and 2% for internal walls). For ordinary building ‘without frame, the area occupied by walls may be 10% to 15% of the plinth area, Note — The plinth area, Circulation area, Floor area, Carpet area, etc., should be measured or taken separately for each storey or floor. (The description of the different area dealt above are based on the India 15: 3861). in Standard External services — In a project besides the building structure, certain outside required which come under External services. External service or work include the follecge lowing : (i) Digging Gilling, levelling and dressing of road, (ii) Road inélud ii) External sewerage, sewage, disposal of works, (iv) External seas E read if any, line, tube well and storage tank, pump se, if any, (¥) External electrical sevice ye gene PE if any, (03) Storm water drains, fencing or compound wall, gate, ete, (ui) gett POS plantation of trees. The cost of external service works should be insta a Teericulture, estimate. The cost of external service works shoUld be included in the avers,” {te Complete ost of external service works may vary from 10% to 20% dependinn ge rr et® estimate, The ae Mg On the nature and size of “Capital Cost — Capital cost of work is the total cost of ’ expenditure incurred from the beginning upto the end of the comple ot ineluding. all the cost of building as structure the cost of external services and vit aoeset the Work: Besides included. The Capital Cost also includes the cost of Preliminary monet sae involved are , miscellaneous items,— ee ~ . ESTIMATING AND COSTING ervations and investigations inary obs isition and legal expenses, (i) The cost of preliminary works as surveying PFC! jiminar g, its acquisil and other preliminary works, (ii) The cost of land includin sition and legal Gi) Cost of faapaeemedl of ian by levelling, digging and filling if required. (iv) Cost of planning, designing, preparation of estimate et. (V) ‘Cost of building of structure, including remal cectriaten, sacitary and water supply works, (#) Cost for SuPer” charges during execution of works, (vi) Cost of temporary accommodation or staf labour and other amenis (for big project only), (viii) Cost of water supply and electric connection during construction, (x) Cost of external services as roads, electric ‘service lines, storm water drains, external water supply and sanitary works etc. (x) Cost of maintenance and /ep2it works and other running expenditures during the constructions (if the construction run for a number of Years), (xi) For Eondioy designed and supervised during construction by an Architect the fees of Architect should also be included in the estimate. For different stages of preparation of Project and the Execution of Major work, see Chapter 17 — 'P.W.D. Accounts and Procedure for Works: EXAMPLES OF PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE project with a total plinth area Example 1 — Prepare a preliminary estimate of a building of all buildings of 1500 sq m. Given that — (i) Plinth area rate — Rs. 950.00 per sq m. Gi) Extra for special Architectural treatment — 114% of the building cost. (i) Extra for Water supply ahd Sanitary Installations — 5% of the building cost. (Gv) Extra for internal installations 14% of the building cost (w) Extra for services — 6% of the building cost. (vi) Contingencies — 3% (vii) Supervision charges — 8%. Q. 1964 Suppl. Tech. Boacd U.P. (Modified) Building cost — 1500 sq m @ Rs. 950.00 per sq m = 1500950 ='Re (Moai) ‘Special Architectural treatment — 14% of building cost 1425000x1.5/100 Rs. 21375.00 Water Supply and Sanitary installation — 5% of building cost = 1425000x5/100 = Rs. 71250.00 Internal Electrical Installations — 14% of building cost =1425000*14/100=Rs. 199500.00 Other services — 6% of building cost = 1425000%6/ 100 a . Rs. . a Total Rs. 1802625.00 i . Saeer shipeg = 1802625.00x3/100= Rs. $4078.75 vision charges — : : shalt 1802625.00%8/100 = Rs. 144210.00 Grand Total Rs. 2000913.75