MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION

HARARE POLYTECHNIC

COURSE : NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEYING

SUBJECT : MEASUREMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS CODE : 575/SO5

TOPIC : UNDERPINNING TAKE-OFF

The length of an office block to be underpinned is 12,000 mm . Use fig below to answer the question by taking off all items

230

1500

1100
150

250

2550
900

20 mm c/s blinding
300

700
E : 575/SO5
 UNDERPINING TAKE- OFF

Take off List

1 Excavate for working space & Return fill and ram

2 Extra over for hard pickable material & Ditto hardrock
3 Excavation for underpinning pits & R.F.R
4 Extra over for hard pickable material & Ditto hardrock
5 Scarify and compact bottom of excavations
6 Timbering
7 Storm and Surface water
8 Concrete to footing
9 Scarify and compact bottom of excavations
10 Blinding
11 Common bricwork 230
12 Brickforce after every 3rd course
13 Concrete filling
14 Final Pinning
15 Cut of existing foundation and cataway
16 Ddt R.F.R & add cartaway

Excavation for working space

Width
1500
Add 115
1615
less 2 700 350
1265

12.00 Excavate in pickable material for working space comencing from natural ground level exceedin
1.27 2m but not exeeeding 4m deep
2.55 &
38.71 Return ,Fill and Ram
&
Extra over for excavation in hard pickable material
x 0.15 ………………………………………………………………………... 5.81 m3 (Cubic)
&
Ditto Rock
x 0.10 ………………………………………………………………………... 3.87 m3 (Cubic)
 Excavation for underpinning pits
235

85

700

Section A
Width
1500
Less 1265
235
Section B
Width
235
Less 150
85
Section C
Depth
900
Add 300
1200

12.00 Excavate in pickable material for underpinning pits comencing from natural ground level
0.24 exceeding 2m but not exeeeding 4m deep
1.10 3.10 &
12.00 Return ,Fill and Ram
0.09 &
0.25 0.26 Extra over for excavation in hard pickable material
12.00 x 0.15 ………………………………………………………………………... 2.02 m3 (Cubic)
0.70 &
 1.20 10.08 Ditto Rock
13.44 x 0.10 ………………………………………………………………………... 1.34 m3 (Cubic)

Scarify & Compact Bottom of Excavations

12.00 Scarify and Compact Bottom of Excavations

0.70 &
8.40 30 mm Nominal size blinding

Timbering
Trench inner face
Depth
900
300
1200

12.00
2.55 30.60 Allow for maintaining and supporting sides of all excavations and making good all slips.
12.00
1.20 14.40
45.00

Storm and Surface water

Allow for keeping the excavation free from storm, surface water and mud by pumbing and
Item baling.

Concrete to footing
Thickness
300
Less 20
280

12.00 Plain in-situ concrete grade 30 Mpa to footings

 0.70 &
0.28 Deduct Return ,Fill and Ram
2.35 &
Add Cartaway

Formwork to sides of strip footings

12.00 Formwork to sides of strip footings

0.28
3.36

Brickwork
Brickforce after every 3 rd Course
.= 1
3 0.085 .=

12.00 One brick wall in commons as underpinning to existing foundations in cement sand morta mix
0.90 1:3
10.80 &
Deduct Return ,Fill and Ram
x 0.23 m3 per m2………………………………………………………………………....
2.48 m3 (Cubic)
&
Add Cartaway
x 0.23 m3 per m2……………………………………………………………………….... 2.48 m3 (Cubic)
&
Brickforce suitable for one brickwalls cotts ref C2
x 3.92 m per m2………………………………………………………………………....
42.35 m3 (Cubic)

Concrete filling

12.00 Hand placed Concrete infill grade 30 Mpa

0.35 &
0.90 Deduct Return ,Fill and Ram
3.78 &
Add Cartaway
 Final Pinning

12.00 Dry packing material to suite 230 mm brick walls

12.00

Trimming

12.00 Trimming of exisisting foundation in concrete

0.15
0.25
0.45
atural ground level exceeding

aterial
 1100
250
1200

from natural ground level

ep

aterial
 ons

ench inner face

making good all slips.

and mud by pumbing and

tings
 3.92 m per m2

ns in cement sand morta mix

ef C2

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