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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing
Example Problem Derivation

A concrete hollow block wall has general dimension of 3.00 meters high by 5.00 meters long. Determine:

a. Total Number CHB

b. Volume of Mortar for 100mm and 150mm thk CHB

c. Number of bags of cement for both thickness

d. Volume of Sand for both thickness

Class Mixture Proportion Cement in Bags Sand

40 kgs. cu.m.
A 1:2 18.0 1.0

B 1:3 12.0 1.0

C 1:4 9.0 1.0

D 1:5 7.5 1.0

Mortar Factor Derivation

Factor derivation per Square Meter:

CHB wall of 3.00 meters high by 5.00 meters long.

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing
Cement100 = 0.6525(12) = 7.83 bags

Cement150 = 1.26(12) = 15.12 bags

Sand100 = 0.6525(1) = 0.6525 m3

Sand150 = 1.26(1) = 1.26 m3

Total Area of Wall is 15.00 m2

Parameters

DESCRIPTION Quantity Unit

MASONRY WORKS

CHB Laying

6” CHB Wall 1 m2

6” x 8” x 16” CHB 12.5 pc

Cement 0.905 bags

Sand 0.043 m3

Gravel 0.05 m3

4” CHB Wall 1 m2
4” x 8” x 16” CHB 12.5 Pc

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing
Cement 0.605 bags
Sand 0.0282 m3
Gravel 0.033 m3

Rebar (Masonry Reinforcement)

Analyze General Notes for Masonry: (Note that this is from the plans, this is the designers note)

Consider 3.00 m x 5.00m wall for Take-off.

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing

Total Weight of 12mm bar = 70.152 kgs.

Dowel Drilling :

No. of Dowels = 42 pcs.

Weight of Dowel= 19.39392 kgs.
Total Weight of Masonry Reinforcement
Totalweight = 70.152+ 19.39392 = 89.54592 kgs.
30Ødb or 400mm
which ever is NOTE 3:
longer
Dowel Labor = 2.8
Rebar factor = 5.969728

Sealants & Backer Rod

Application of Sealants and Backer Rod

Horizontal – CHB and Slab Soffit

Vertical – CHB connections to RC Walls, Shear walls, Columns and the like.

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing

Plastering

Mortar Computation for Plastering

a. Find the two sides area of the wall:

A = (3.00)(5.00)(2 sides) = 30m2

b. Assume 1” of plaster, determine the volume:

V = (30)(0.012) = 0.36m3

c. Using Class B, determine no. of cement and sand:

Cement = (0.36)(12) = 4.32 say 5 bags

Sand = (0.36)(1) = 0.36m2

Class Mixture Proportion Cement in Bags Sand

40 kgs. cu.m.

A 1:2 18.0 1.0

B 1:3 12.0 1.0

C 1:4 9.0 1.0

D 1:5 7.5 1.0

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing
Stiffener Beam, Stiffener Column, Lintel Beam, Lintel Column

1. Derivation for the factors shall be the same for Stiffener Beams, Stiffener Column, Lintel Beam and
Lintel Column.

2. Total Length of Rebars, volume of Concrete and area of formworks basing from the General Notes:

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CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
College of Engineering and Architecture

FINALS
Construction Materials and Testing
3. Solve for the total weight of Bars.

Grade 60 = 9.9456

Grade 40 = 27.43664

4. Derive Factor per square meter.

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