Cost estimation of formwork

• Materials
• Labor for making formwork
• Labor for erection and dismantling
• Repair of formwork
• Labor for transporting and shifting formwork
materials
• Plant and equipment used for making, erecting,
dismantling, repair, and transport
• Cleaning and storage
 Materials
• Direct Materials: Timber, Steel
• Consumables: Nail, shuttering oil
• The allocation of cost of direct materials to a particular item or project
depends on the life, scrap value of the material at the end of the project
• Cost of materials per use = (cost of materials-scrap value) number of
repetitions
• Cost of materials for the item/project = (Cost of material-scrap
value)*period of use for item/project life of materials
• First equation is used for items like timber and plywood while second
one is used for items like steel, metal components, aluminum etc.
 Requirement of formwork material depends on

• The total area of shuttering

• The total value of staging for the entire project
• Period of completion and the construction
program
• Striking time for various parts of structures
• The strength requirements of permanent structures
• The type of structure
 Guidelines for selection of formwork material
Multistoried building with Prop system with steel plates
story height less than about 4 or ply depending on repetition
m
Factory, Shed with floor Tower system of staging with
height more than 4 m steel plates or ply depending
on repetition
Tall structures like Silo, Climbing formwork or
Chimney slipforming
Shell roof Tower with ply/timber
Bridge or Dam Study different possibilities
and choose

Repetition of the order of 100-200, choose steel/aluminum

Repetition of the order of 10-12, choose ply/timber
 Shuttering

Type of elements Possible uses

Footings/Raft 8 uses / month
Walls 5 uses/ month
Columns 8 uses / month
Beams and Slabs 2 uses/month
 Some norms
Item Description Labor man-hour/sqm Steel Timber H-16
Kg/sqm Cft/sqm Rm/sqm
Footings/Raft/Pile caps 0.9 20 3

Walls 1.7 60 0.2 3.5

Columns 1.8 100 0.2 7.0
Beams and Slabwith floor 1.5 (Slab and Beam) 25 1 4.0
height up to 4.5 m
0.8 (Flat slab)

Beams and Slabwith floor 2 (Slab and Beam) 75 1 3.5

height 6m Ht

Access scaffolding (Area 0.2 16

in elevation) Assembly of
HDT
 Sample sheet for calculating steel requirement
Calculation for wall dimension of 2.4m x 6m

Sl. No. Item Nos./length Unit Wt Total wt

1 Steel waler 2 nos. 6m

length
2 Alignment props (size 3 m)
3 Alignment props (size 2m)

4 Foot adaptor assembly

5 Head adaptor assembly
6 Bracket
7 Lifting device
8 Hand rails
Grand total X

Wt per sqm= X (2.4x6)

 Sample sheet for calculating timber requirement
Calculation for wall dimension of 2.4m x 6m-CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM

Sl. Item Nos./len Unit Total

No gth Vol volume
. cft cft
1 Timber 2”x4”
@150 c/c
2 Timber 4”x4”
(2 nos.)@450
c/c
3 Timber 6”x4”
@450 c/c
4 --------

5 --------

Grand total X Timber in cft per sqm= X (2.4x6)

Sample sheet for calculating H-16 requirement
Calculation for wall dimension of 2.4m x 6m-DOKA SYSTEM

Sl. Item Nos./length Total

No. length m

1 H-16 @300 (6/0.3+1)nos.

c/c of 2.4 m
length
H-BEAMS 2 H-16 3 Nos. 6m
length
12 MM THK PLY.
Grand total X

H-16 in Rm per sqm= X (2.4x6)

 Plywood costing-Three cases
Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
• Area to be catered • Area to be catered •Area to be catered
1000sqm 1000sqm 1000sqm
• Area mobilized for • Area mobilized for •Area mobilized for 200
40 sqm based on 200 sqm based on
cycle time and total cycle time and total sqm based on cycle time
duration available duration available and total duration
• Total repetition • Total repetition available
possible possible •Total repetition
=100040=25 =1000200=5 possible =1000200=5
• Since plywood • In case you are not In case this plywood is
cannot last for this able to make use of
many repetition, this plywood at the further used for some
take cost of plywood project site, Take other application at the
per sqm as: cost of plywood per project, take cost of
1.05*plywood cost sqm as: 1.05* plywood per sqm as:
12, where 5% is plywood cost 5,
the wastage and 12 where 5% is the 1.05*plywood cost 12,
is the reptn. wastage and 5 is where 5% is the wastage
the reptn. and 12 is the total reptn.
 Formwork Material Planning
Type of elements Total M1 M2 M3 …… Mn

Footings/Raft/Pile
caps
Walls

Columns

Beams and
Slabwith floor
height up to 4.5 m
Beams and
Slabwith floor
height more than
4.5 m
Access
scaffolding
 Formwork Cost Planning
Type of elements Total Area to Investm Timber Plywood Labor
area be ent in purchas purchas and
catered steel e e plant
cost per
sqm
Footings/Raft/Pile
caps
Walls

Columns

Beams and
Slabwith floor
height up to 4.5 m
Beams and
Slabwith floor
height more than
4.5 m
Access scaffolding
 Formwork Planning
Slab area in plan for floor height up to 4.5 m Column Details

Lower basement 4971.7 2 Lower 142

and Upper (72*66) basement
basement Column
Ground floor and 2326 2 Upper 135
First floor (54*42) basement
column
2nd and 3rd Floor 1890 2 Ground floor 80
4th Floor 1782 2
5th and 6th Floor 1631 2
 Footings/ rafts
Strl steel 40 Kg x Rs. 45/ Kg 6.37
x2.83%/Month/ 8 uses
Timber 1 Cft x Rs 200/12 Uses 16.67
Consumables 1 Sqm x Rs. 20/10 Uses 2.00
Labour Making 1 Sqm x Rs 45/ 10 Uses 2.00
Consumables Oil 1sqm x Rs. 2/ Sqm 2.00
Labour F&R 1 Sqm x Rs 30/ Sqm 30.00
Total per Sqm 61.54
Say Rs. 62/ Sqm
 LIFTING
BRACKET WORKING
PLATFORM

STD. STEEL
TIE SYSTEM WALER

H16 - BEAM

STEEL WALER ALIGNMENT

12 MM SYSTEM
H-BEAMS PLY

12 MM THK PLY.

PLAN C /S ELEVATION

WALL FORMWORK SYSTEM

 Walls
Strl steel 50 Kg x Rs. 45/ Kg x2.83%/Month/ 5 uses 12.74
H-16 Beams 3.7 Rm x Rs 283/M X 2.83%/ M/5 Uses 5.93
Timber 0.18 Cft x Rs 200/12 Uses 3.00
Plywood 1.1 Sqm x Rs 500/ 12Uses 45.83
Consumables 1 Sqm x Rs. 20/12 Uses 1.67
Labour Making 1 Sqm x Rs 45/ 12Uses 2.00
Consumables Oil 1sqm x Rs. 2/ Sqm 2.00
Labour F&R 1 Sqm x Rs 30/ Sqm 30.00
Total per Sqm 104.92
Say Rs. 105/ Sqm
 Columns
Strl steel 98 Kg x Rs. 45/ Kg x2.83%/Month/ 8 uses 15.60
H-16 Beams 5.6 Rm x Rs 283/M X 2.83%/ M/8 Uses 5.60

Timber 0.2 Cft x Rs 200/10 Uses 4.00

Plywood 1.1 Sqm x Rs 500/ 10Uses 55.00

Consumables 1 Sqm x Rs. 20/10 Uses 2.00

Labour Making 1 Sqm x Rs 45/ 10Uses 4.5

Consumables Oil 1sqm x Rs. 2/ Sqm 2.00

Labour F&R 1 Sqm x Rs 30/ Sqm 30.00

Total per Sqm 118.70

Say Rs. 119/ Sqm
 Beams
Strl steel 35Kg x Rs. 45/ Kg x2.83%/Month/ 2 uses 22.29
H-16 Beams 2.2 Rm x Rs 283/M X 2.83%/ M/2 Uses 8.80

Plywood 1.1 Sqm x Rs 500/ 10Uses 55.00

Consumables 1 Sqm x Rs. 20/10 Uses 2.00

Labour Making 1 Sqm x Rs 45/ 10Uses 4.5

Consumables Oil 1sqm x Rs. 2/ Sqm 2.00

Labour F&R 1 Sqm x Rs 35/ Sqm 35.00

Total per Sqm 129.59

Say Rs. 130/ Sqm