Plinth Area Rates

PAR is…
 Plinth area rates represent cost of a
completed building per sqm. of its
covered area.
 Factors affecting PAR:-
1. Type of building & spaces adopted
2. Date of construction
3. Place of construction
 PAR= total completed cost/total
cover area
CPWD’s Plinth Area Rates
 Based on actual cost of construction, per sqm. Of
covered area, of similar construction in the recent
past
 DPAR categories:
1. Office buildings
2. Institutional
3. Residential
 Rates available for:
1. Civil construction
2. Plumbing & electrical services
3. External services
4. Site development
Procedure for preparation of
preliminary estimate
1. The Architect is appointed to prepare
preliminary architectural drawings based on
users requirement of area, specification, usage
etc.
2. After the preliminary plans are made, the
general specification of the building i.e. type of
foundation system, type of super structure etc.
are identified.
3. The data from the site is collected for external
development, water supply, sanitary, electrical
connections etc.
4. The Plinth Area of the building is calculated.
Procedure (contd.)
5. The preliminary cost is computed on the basis of Delhi
Plinth Area Rates 2007 (DPAR’07).
DPAR’ 07 : Delhi Plinth Area Rate is a document which
is prepared by Central Public Works Department for
preparation of preliminary estimates based on plinth
area.
 (a) According to DPAR’07 the buildings are classified
in various types like Office buildings, School building,
Hostels, Houses (Type – I, Type – II, Type – III &
Type – IV etc.)
Procedure (contd.)
 (b) The standard (Nominal) specifications like Type of
foundation system , Super Structure (load bearing or
RCC framed structure), Flooring (cement concrete,
mosaic, kota, marble, granite stone), Finishing
(External / Internal), Electrical fixtures etc. for each
type of building are given in the documents.
 (c) It further provides rates of other requirements &
special provisions in the building based on either
percentage of Building Cost or Plinth Areas, like Air-
conditioning, Fire fighting, Electrical installations,
Horticulture, Water Supply and Sanitary, External
development Road & Paths etc. and additional cost on
account for specification other than the one adopted
for standard.
Procedure (contd.)
(d) Delhi Plinth Area Rates are based on Market
rates of Materials and Labour for the year 2007 .
The cost index is revised time to time according
to the current Market rates by zonal Chief
Engineer to account for variation in rates due to
location (other than Delhi) & Time.
6. The proposed structure is than compared with the
standard structures with standard specifications
of Delhi Plinth Area Rates 2007.
7. The building is than classified fittings the best
available class in the DPAR 2007.
Procedure (contd.)
8.The Cost of building is computed by adopting the
standard rate of the specific class of building adopting
the rates from DPAR’ 07.
9.The Cost of specifications, which are in deviation to the
standard specifications adopted in DPAR’07, is further
added according to plinth area rates or Market rates
which ever is applicable.
Superior specification normally includes higher class of
floorings (Granite, Marble, Kota stone etc.), finishing
(stone cladding, tile cladding, glazing, superior
paints), special features like Acoustic treatment,
fountain etc. windows and doors of Aluminium etc.
Procedure (contd.)
10. The cost or rate is duly enhanced by the
prevailing cost index.
Cost Index= estimated cost at actual place &
date of construction/estimated cost based
on standard plinth area rates
Current cost of a project at any place=(cost
based on DSR 2007) X current cost index of
that place
C.I is represented as a %.
Procedure (contd.)
11. The architect fees and contingency cost is
further added to it.
12. The sum total of all the cost is called the
preliminary estimate of the project and is
put up to the competent authority
alongwith preliminary architectural
drawings, specification of the building, and
special provisions etc. for accord of
Administrative Approval & Expenditure
Sanction.
Questions
1. What are ‘Plinth Area Rates’. How are these
determined? What are their applications?
2. Write a note on CPWD compilation of PAR.
3. How are the standard ‘PARs’ made applicable for
construction at a particular date and place?
4. What are the general specifications adopted in the
standard PARs for:
(i) non-residential buildings
(ii) residential buildings
5. What adjustments are made in the pre-cost
estimates if specifications adopted in the project are
different for some items as compared to the general
specifications adopted in standard PAR?
Questions (contd.)
6. An architect found from his record that for a
recently completed building (2 storeyed
residential) having a total plinth (covered) area of
1000 sq.m, and with load bearing masonry
construction, had the following break up of
completed cost of construction:

S. no. Sub Head Completed cost

1 Civil const. 90,00,000/-
2 Plumbing works 11,00,000/-
3 Electrical works 10,00,000/-
4 External services 5,00,000/-
Questions (contd.)
The architect has to plan for the
construction of 100 similar buildings
for another client. What will be the
plinth area rate?