Estimating and Costing in Environmental Engineering
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Estimating and Costing in Environmental Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Estimating and Costing in Environmental Engineering (subject code 4341302) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 4 divides the course into 4 units, covering 23 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 (4341302)Unit 1 Introduction to Estimation and mode of measureme nt
- 1.1. Importance, Meaning & objectives of estimating & costing.
- 1.2. Types of Projection adopted in Building Drawing.
- 1.3. Skills required for a good estimator
- 1.4. Fundamental component of the drawing
- 1.5. Standard format of measurement sheet, abstract sheet and its use
- 1.6. Purpose, accuracy, units, rules of measurement of various items of civil work. Estimating and Costing in Environmental Engineering Course Code: 4341302
- 1.7. Mode of measurements for civil works items (As per I.S. 1200) Unit – IIDetailed Estimation
- 2.3. Methods of computing the quantities- Center line method, Long wall and short wall method
- 2.4. Estimate of Septic tank and study of its constructional features, advantages and disadvantages, Brick cum RCC type underground water storage tank , Egg shaped sewer, Surface Drain, Aeration Tank, Canal earthwork
Unit 2 Specification and Rate Analysis
- 3.1. Definition, purpose & importance of specifications and its types
- 3.2. Principles of Design and drafting of specifications
- 3.3. Specification writing for some useful items like Excavation, Cement Concrete, Brickwork, Plaster, laying of pipes
- 3.4. Definitions, Importance, purpose & factors affecting the rate analysis.
- 3.5. Rate analysis of various civil works items like excavation for foundation, plain cement concrete in foundation, R.C.C. slab, 1st class brickwork, cement plaster etc.
Unit 3 Tender and Contract
- 4.1. Tenders :Classification , Opening and scrutiny , Modes of acceptance , Powers of accepting , Revocation ,Documents required for inviting tender, Tender form and notice inviting tender, Unbalanced, Informal and Global tender Estimating and Costing in Environmental Engineering Course Code: 4341302
- 4.2. Contract: Types, Elements of validity, Conditions, Termination, Methods for execution of work done in P.W.D, selection of mode of execution Elements of perspective drawing. 4.3Define Earnest money, Retention money, Security deposits and various types of bills.
- 4.4. Difference between Departmental execution and contract system
- 4.5. Termination of contract
Unit 4 Valuation
- 5.3. Mortgage, freehold property, leasehold property, Property income, gross income, net income, outgoing, Depreciation and obsolescence
- 5.4. Characteristics of good valuer
- 5.5. Factors affecting the value of a property.
- 5.6. Sinking fund: its computation and application.
- 5.7. New aspects to be considered in Valuation-Big Data and valuation, Blockchain and valuation, Artificial intelligence and automated valuation.
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