In a project budget, the toughest thing is to identify the source of material and required manpower calculation. There are kinds of workers has utilised for a project including the engineers. We can easily differentiate the worker by their nature of work.
In this post, we had listed out the approx labour requirement for civil works for different works.
We have to deploy adequate manpower to complete a certain activity. In the earlier post, we had seen the material calculation for different construction work.
Labour Requirement for Civil Works
| Manpower Requirement | |||
| SI | Scope of Work | Unit | Quantity |
| 1 | Excavation Upto 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead upto 50m- 28.3Cum - Soft Rock | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.15 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 5 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 4 | |
| 2 | Excavation Upto 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead upto 50m- 28.3Cum - Soft Rock | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.15 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 6.5 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 5 | |
| 3 | Excavation Upto 1.5m Depth including disposal of soil lead upto 50m- 28.3Cum - Soft Rock | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.2 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 8 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 6 | |
| 4 | Soil backfilling including watering and rammering - 10 Cum | ||
| Male Coolie | Nos | 1.5 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 1.35 | |
| 5 | Plain Cement Concrete - 1Cum | ||
| Male Coolie | Nos | 0.7 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 0.7 | |
| Mason | Nos | 0.13 | |
| Foreman | Nos | 0.13 | |
| 6 | Reinforced Cement Concrete - 1Cum | ||
| Male Coolie | Nos | 1 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 1 | |
| Mason | Nos | 0.3 | |
| Foreman | Nos | 0.15 | |
| 7 | Formwork - 11.16 Sqm including fixing and deshuttering | ||
| Carpenter | Nos | 2.25 | |
| Foreman | Nos | 0.2 | |
| Helper | Nos | 2.25 | |
| 8 | Brick Masonry - 1 Cum | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.4 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 0.5 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 0.5 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.2 | |
| 9 | Half Brick Masonry -10 Sqm | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.9 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 0.6 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 0.4 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.2 | |
| 10 | Solid Block Masonry -1.89 Cum | ||
| Mason | Nos | 2.5 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 1.75 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 1.75 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.2 | |
| 11 | Concrete Flooring 25mm Thk 10 Sqm | ||
| Mason | Nos | 1 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 1 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 1 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.1 | |
| 12 | Tile Skirting on Steps and dados - 1 Sqm | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.6 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 0.5 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.25 | |
| 13 | Tile Flooring - 1 Sqm | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.4 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 0.4 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.1 | |
| 14 | Smooth Finish Plastering - 10 Sqm and 12mm Thk | ||
| Mason | Nos | 0.75 | |
| Male Coolie | Nos | 1.5 | |
| Female coolie | Nos | 1.5 | |
| Waterman | Nos | 0.15 | |
| 15 | Distemper Painting including Prime coat - 10 Sqm | ||
| Painter | Nos | 0.45 | |
| Helper | Nos | 0.45 | |
| 16 | Steel reinforcement - 100 Kg including cutting and laying | ||
| Barbender | Nos | 0.8 | |
| Helper | Nos | 0.8 |
If you want to update the manpower adequacy then don’t forget to comment.
Ilyas
In some works, masons have the values in points…. for ex 0.13! What this actually means
Deepak
Area covered for plinth is 104.5 sm. How much per sm should I pay. Materials and labour is of contractor. He has used tmt bars, acc cement tie beam in it.Mail me on
Mahesh Gurung
Very useful articals
Jaydip v .thawari
How to calculate labours quantity for particular works
Civilplanets
The approx manpower estimation may come from the practical manpower usage of particular work.
Maheshpasupuleti
please give an explanation….how you get those values….?
Civilplanets
HI mahesh,
Based on the Practical experience those values are approximately arrived for estimation purpose.
saleem
thanks……… agreed ….. Hats off
Civilplanets
Always welcome..
Ilyas
Mason 0.13 means