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Today we will see how to prepare rate analysis for Reinforced Concrete (RCC) work. First step to rate analysis is the estimation of labour, materials, equipments and miscellaneous items for particular quantity of reinforced concrete. The second step is to determine the component of structure for which the RCC rate analysis is required, as the quantity of reinforcement steel varies with slabs, beams, columns, foundation, RCC Roads etc., though the quantity of other materials like sand, coarse aggregate and cement remain the same with the same mix design (mix proportion) of concrete. Labour rates for reinforcement work changes with type of structural component as the quantity of reinforcement steel changes. The Quantity of materials like sand, cement and coarse aggregates vary with mix design such as M15 (1:2:4), M20 (1:1.5:3), M25, M30 etc..![](https://test.theconstructor.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/reinforced-concrete.jpg)
Contents:
Data required for RCC Rate Analysis:
1. Estimation of materials:
Material estimation include sand, cement, coarse aggregate and steel for a particular mix design. Let us consider a mix design of 1:1.5:3 for our estimation practice. The dry volume of total materials required is considered as 1.54 times the wet volume of concrete, due to voids present in sand and aggregates in dry stage. Therefore, for our calculation, we will consider the total volume of materials required as 1.54 m3 for 1 m3 of wet concrete.a) Bags of cement required:
Volume of cement required for 1m3 of Concrete =![](https://test.theconstructor.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clip_image00113.png)
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c) Volume of Coarse Aggregate Required
Volume of Coarse Aggregate =![](https://test.theconstructor.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clip_image0043.png)
d) Estimation of Reinforced Steel:
Quantity of steel required depends on components of structure, i.e. slabs, beams, columns, foundations, roads etc. To estimate the steel required, there are two methods. First method is, when we have the drawing available, we can calculate the total weight of steel required divided by total volume of concrete for different components. This will give us the weight of reinforcement steel per cubic meter of concrete. Second method is assuming the percentage of reinforcement for different components. Following are the percentage of reinforcement steel generally required per different components. Its values can vary from structure to structure, and can be assumed from past experiences of similar structure.- For slabs = 1.0 % of concrete volume.
- For Beam = 2 % concrete volume.
- For column = 2.5 % of concrete volume.
- For RCC Roads, 0.6% concrete volume.
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