Estimating & Costing
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Estimating & Costing Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Estimating & Costing (subject code 4355003) as prescribed for DS · Semester 5 divides the course into 4 units, covering 33 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4355003)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Estimating and Costing
- 1.1. Definition: Estimating and Costing.
- 1.2. Objectives of Estimating.
- 1.3. Types of Estimating:
- 1.3.1. Approximate Estimate.
- 1.3.2. Detailed Estimate.
- 1.4. Roles and responsibility of Estimator.
- 1.5. Modes of measurement and desired accuracy in measurements for different items of work as per prevailing IS Code.
- 1.6. Rules for deduction in different items of work as per prevailing IS Code.
- 1.7. Specifications: Importance and types
- 1.7.1. Principles of drafting specifications.
- 1.7.2. Detailed specifications of items of building work as per PWD.
Unit 2 Unit II
- 2.1. Definition and purpose of approximate estimates.
- 2.2. Methods of preparing approximate Estimating & Costing Course Code: 4355003 Approximate Estimates
- 2.2.1. Service unit method.
- 2.2.2. Plinth area method.
- 2.2.3. Cubical content method.
- 2.2.4. Typical bay method.
Unit 3 Detailed Estimates
- 3.1. Detailed Estimate: Definition and Purpose.
- 3.2. Data required for detailed estimate.
- 3.3. Methods of detailed estimate:
- 3.3.1. Long wall and short wall method.
- 3.3.2. Center line method.
- 3.4. Bar bending schedule.
- 3.5. Detailed estimate of RCC slab, RCC beam, RCC column with footing.
- 3.6. Detailed estimate of a bungalow.
- 3.7. Billing – Abstract sheet – Measurement Sheet – Excel Sheet.
Unit 4 Rate Analysis
- 4.1. Rate analysis: Definition, purpose and importance.
- 4.2. Factors affecting rate analysis.
- 4.3. Task work:
- 4.3.1. Factors affecting task work.
- 4.3.2. Task work for various skilled and unskilled labour.
- 4.4. Schedule of rates and market survey.
- 4.5. Rate analysis of various building items.
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