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What is Built up area and Super built up area?
Gopal Mishra
Built-up area and super built-up area is generally used in real-estate. It is used to calculate the cost of property per square feet or square meter. The built-up area is the carpet area plus the thickness of the outer walls and the balcony. The Super built-up area is the built-up area plus a proporRead more
Built-up area and super built-up area is generally used in real-estate. It is used to calculate the cost of property per square feet or square meter.
The built-up area is the carpet area plus the thickness of the outer walls and the balcony. The Super built-up area is the built-up area plus a proportionate area of common areas such as the lobby, lifts shaft, stairs, etc. Sometimes it may also include the common areas such, swimming pool, garden, clubhouse, etc.
The carpet area is the covered area of the usable spaces of rooms in the building. It is measured between walls to walls within the building and is the sum of the actual areas of the rooms where you can carpet.
Now, when the total cost of construction of a building including the cost of land or plot, is lets say, USD 10,000 and its carpet area is 1000 sqft, built-up area is 1250 sqft and super built-up area is 1500 sqft, then the cost of the building per square feet can be calculated as:
Cost per sqft of carpet area = USD 100,000/1000 = USD 100
Cost per sqft of built-up area = USD 100,000/1250 = USD 80
Cost per sqft of super built-up area = USD 100,000/1250 = USD 66.67
In this way, you can arrive at the actual cost of construction per square feet including the cost of land or plot. This can also be used to calculate the selling cost of the property.
See lessWhat are the Benifits of Chemical Resistant Floors, Walls, and Linings?
Neenu S K
Hi amr Soliman, Chemical Resistant Floors, Walls, and Linings own a property to protect them from the attack of acids, alkalis, stains, and corrosion. The main advantages of having this system are: Increase in Durability: A typically constructed floor without any protection against chemical attack iRead more
Hi amr Soliman,
Chemical Resistant Floors, Walls, and Linings own a property to protect them from the attack of acids, alkalis, stains, and corrosion. The main advantages of having this system are:
Thank You
What are the common Roof Types?
Fasi Ur Rahman
There are many types of roof differentiated based upon the size, shape and uses. Some of the types of roof are listed below, Gable Hip Mansard Gambrel Flat Skillion Jerkinhead Butterfly Bonnet Saltbox Sawtooth Curved Pyramid Dome Combination
There are many types of roof differentiated based upon the size, shape and uses. Some of the types of roof are listed below,
Form work stripping time Vs Compressive strength of Concrete
Gopal Mishra
Dear Seshachalam, the compressive strength of concrete does not depend on the formwork stripping time. Formwork stripping time is specified in order to prevent deflection and stability of the structural member. Compressive strength of concrete mainly depends on the quality control during mixing, traRead more
Dear Seshachalam, the compressive strength of concrete does not depend on the formwork stripping time. Formwork stripping time is specified in order to prevent deflection and stability of the structural member.
Compressive strength of concrete mainly depends on the quality control during mixing, transporting, placing, compacting, and curing of the concrete.
Early removal of formwork from concrete section may lead to:
Kindly refer this article: Concrete Formwork Removal Time, Specifications and Calculations
See lessWhat is the difference between Additional work and Extra work?
Gopal Mishra
Additional work and extra work with reference to what? In any construction contract?
Additional work and extra work with reference to what? In any construction contract?
See lessSketches of types of scaffolding used in building construction
Thomas Munene Namu
There two main types of scafolds usd in construction industy 1:Putlog scafold 2:independent scafold their difference is easly seen since the putlog will support itself on the wall where else the independent scafold will support itself am sorry i couldn't get a good sketch of the same at the moment
There two main types of scafolds usd in construction industy
1:Putlog scafold
2:independent scafold
their difference is easly seen since the putlog will support itself on the wall where else the independent scafold will support itself
am sorry i couldn’t get a good sketch of the same at the moment
See lessWhat are Different Stages of Construction and requirements of Building Material like Steel Bar Size, Cement, Sand and Aggregate
JUNAID.A.KAWOOSA
We have diffrent stages in construction project of building , nowadays we use diffrent tyes of materials which byepass certian materials used 30 years ago Normally construction of building starts from sub -structure and it moves on to super structure and finishes. We use different dia steels for foRead more
We have diffrent stages in construction project of building , nowadays we use diffrent tyes of materials which byepass certian materials used 30 years ago
Normally construction of building starts from sub -structure and it moves on to super structure and finishes.
We use different dia steels for foundation it depends upon the height of structure how much load it carry so for that the designer design the structure, as we go higher if it is a tower building load Goes down.so the area of coloums and dia of steel reduces.
Concrete in sub structure is usually used as SRC concrete which is a sulpher resistant concrete and the concrete used in super structure is normally an ordinary port land cement.
slabs are nowadays of various kinds used , solid one way slab solid two way slab, hourdi slab, post tension slab , hourdi and post tension reduces the quantity of steel.
Blocks used are insulated blocks , normal blocks and solid block, in sub structure the normal blocks solid are used while as in super structure outer areas heat insulated material is used while as inner sides or internal walls hollow blocks are used the size of blocks is 4 inch 6 inch and 8 inch as per standard sizes
plaster is normally done before by masonary but now spray plaster is being used which pumps up plaster on wet surface .
Finishes
Tiles : procilen , clay tiles
thresholds : Marble: doors : wood marinte, teak, : Almunium: stick system/ unitized system
paint: emulsion paint with premir, : external walls texture
roof: terrazo tiles
Steps/ Stair case : Marble : Rosa Tea, Granite , White Marble,
Lifts: toshiba, mitsubish
sanitaryware: hind ware, grohy. jumbo etc
kitchen cabinet: Marintee wood/ plyboard/ stainless steel / almunium
These are certain basic structural elements we use in construction
Junaid Kawoosa
Construction managment
Oxford university England.
What are the Books to Refer for Prefabricated Structures?
BUILD CODES
Books and authors for prefabricated structures: Gerostiza C.Z., Hendrikson C. and Rehat D.R., "Knowledge based process planning for construction and manufacturing", Academic Press Inc. Koncz T., "Manual of precast concrete construction", Vol. I, II and III, Bauverlag, GMBH. Kim s. elliott., "PrecasRead more
Books and authors for prefabricated structures:
construction and manufacturing”, Academic Press Inc.
Local author books: