In a project budget, the toughest thing is to identify the source of material and required manpower calculation. We have to deploy adequate manpower to complete a certain activity without any chaos.
In this post, we had listed out the approx labour requirement for civil works and also Labour output per day for different works.
In the earlier post, we had seen the material calculation for different construction work.
Labour Requirement for Civil Works
| Scope of Work | Labour Requirement | Quantity (Nos) |
| Excavation up to 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead up to 50m- 28.3 m3 – Soft Rock | Mason | 0.15 |
| Male Coolie | 5 | |
| Female coolie | 4 | |
| Excavation Upto 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead up to 50m- 28.3 m3 – Soft Rock | Mason | 0.15 |
| Male Coolie | 6.5 | |
| Female coolie | 5 | |
| Excavation Upto 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead up to 50m- 28.3 m3 – Soft Rock | Mason | 0.2 |
| Male Coolie | 8 | |
| Female coolie | 6 | |
| Soil backfilling including watering and hammering – 10 m3 | Male Coolie | 1.5 |
| Female coolie | 1.35 | |
| Plain Cement Concrete – 1 m3 | Male Coolie | 0.7 |
| Female coolie | 0.7 | |
| Mason | 0.13 | |
| Foreman | 0.13 | |
| Reinforced Cement Concrete – 1 m3 | Male Coolie | 1 |
| Female coolie | 1 | |
| Mason | 0.3 | |
| Foreman | 0.15 | |
| Formwork – 11.16 Sqm including fixing and deshuttering | Carpenter | 2.25 |
| Foreman | 0.2 | |
| Helper | 2.25 | |
| Brick Masonry – 1 m3 | Mason | 0.4 |
| Male Coolie | 0.5 | |
| Female coolie | 0.5 | |
| Waterman | 0.2 | |
| Half Brick Masonry -10 Sqm | Mason | 0.9 |
| Male Coolie | 0.6 | |
| Female coolie | 0.4 | |
| Waterman | 0.2 | |
| Solid Block Masonry -1.89 m3 | Mason | 2.5 |
| Male Coolie | 1.75 | |
| Female coolie | 1.75 | |
| Waterman | 0.2 | |
| Concrete Flooring 25mm Thk 10 Sqm | Mason | 1 |
| Male Coolie | 1 | |
| Female coolie | 1 | |
| Waterman | 0.1 | |
| Tile Skirting on Steps and dados – 1 Sqm | Mason | 0.6 |
| Male Coolie | 0.5 | |
| Waterman | 0.25 | |
| Tile Flooring – 1 Sqm | Mason | 0.4 |
| Male Coolie | 0.4 | |
| Waterman | 0.1 | |
| Smooth Finish Plastering – 10 Sqm and 12mm Thk | Mason | 0.75 |
| Male Coolie | 1.5 | |
| Female coolie | 1.5 | |
| Waterman | 0.15 | |
| Distemper Painting including Prime coat – 10 Sqm | Painter | 0.45 |
| Helper | 0.45 | |
| Steel reinforcement – 100 Kg including cutting and laying | Barbender | 0.8 |
| Helper | 0.8 |
Labour Output per day in Construction
| Manpower | Activity | Output (8 Hours) |
| Mason – 1 Male mazdoor – 0.75 Female Mazdoor – 0.5 |
Brick Work | 45 Cft |
| Mason – 1 Male mazdoor – 1 Female Mazdoor – 0.5 |
Wall plastering | 120 Sft |
| Mason – 1 Male mazdoor – 0.75 Female Mazdoor – 0.5 |
Ceiling Plastering | 90 Sft |
| Carpenter-2.25 Foreman- 0.2 Helper- 2.25 |
Shuttering Work | 11 Sqm |
| Bar Bender – 1 Nos Helper – 1 Nos |
Steel Work | 100 Kg |
| Tile Mason – 1 Nos Helper – 1 Nos |
Tile Work | 10 Sqm |
| Mason – 2 Male mazdoor – 1.75 Female Mazdoor – 1.75 |
Block Work | 2 m3 |
| Male Coolie – 5 Nos Female Coolie – 4 Nos |
Earth Digging | 1000 Cft |
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12 Comments
thanks……… agreed ….. Hats off
Always welcome..
Mason 0.13 means
please define me to use about labour escalation formula and labour weightage, material weightage .
please give an explanation….how you get those values….?
HI mahesh,
Based on the Practical experience those values are approximately arrived for estimation purpose.
How to calculate labours quantity for particular works
The approx manpower estimation may come from the practical manpower usage of particular work.
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In some works, masons have the values in points…. for ex 0.13! What this actually means
In-terms of Days