STUDENT COURSE NOTES

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME: BACHELOR OF CONSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERING: ANALYSIS OF PRICES & ESTIMATING III

MODULE CODE: APECOY3

RATE BUILD - UP: BRICKWORK

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

Department of Construction management and Quantity Surveying
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
MASONARY
1. MORTAR MIXING

2. BRICKWORK
- Stockbrick
- Facekbrick
- Brickwork Sundries

Compiled by: LM AGHIMIEN - MTech (CM)

Date of last revision: July 2020

Copyright reserved
First edition 2018
 BRICKWORK

Mortar Mixing
Use 30% compression factor, therefore 1.3
There are 33 litres in one bag of cement. Therefore 33l/1000=0.033m3
Bag of Cement - R85.00
m3 of Sand - R280.00

A mortar team of two labourers mixes a 1m3 of a 1:5 mix ratio of in 3 hours. Calculate the rate for mortar mixing
on site, assuming that one semi-skilled labourer costs R45.00/hr, and unskilled costs R35.00/hr.

Material
1 part cement x 0.217 = 0.217 /0.033 = 6.67 7 bags x R 85.00 = R 595.00
5 part sand x 0.217 = 1.083 = 1.08 m3 x R 280.00 = R 303.33
6

Factor =1.3 / 6 = 0.217

Material
898.33 {R595.00 + R303.33}
Waste 5% 44.92 {R898.33 x 5%}
943.25 {R898.33 + R44.92}
Labourers
Semi-skilled 135.00 {R45.00 x 3hrs}
Unskilled 105.00 {R35.00 x 3hrs}
240.00
Oncost 30% 72.00 {R240.00 x 30%}
Labour Cost per Shift 312.00 {R240.00 + R72.00}
312.00
1 Given Production per m3
312.00 {R312.00 / 1}

Material + Labour Cost 1255.25 {R943.25 + R312.00}

Markup 10% 125.53 {R1255.25 x 10%} Profit
Rate/m3 1380.78 {R1255.25 + R125.53}
BRICKWORK

Example 1 - Half Brickwall

A team of bricklayers lay 600 bricks per day in a half brick wall. One skilled labourer costs R55.00/hr, one semi-skilled
costs R45.00/hr and one unskilled costs R35.00/hr. Calculate the rate per m2 for a half brickwall.

Price of Ready Mix mortar per m3 - R1200.00

Standard Stock Brick Size - 220mm x 110mm x 75mm
Price of a 1000 stock bricks - R2500.00
Mortar Thickness - 10mm
Allow 10% of wastage for mortar and 50% for bricks

Volume of mortar required for a 1000 bricks

1000 bricks x [( 0.220 x 0.110 x 0.01) + (0.110 x 0.075 x 0.01)]= 0.325 m3

Number of bricks for 1m2 half brickwall

1000mm x 1000mm
230mm x 85mm (220mm + 10mm) x (75mm + 10mm)
=51.15, say 52 bricks

Material
Ready Mix Mortar 1200.00
Waste 10% 120.00 {R1200.00 x 10%}
1320.00 {R1200.00 + R120.00}
1000 bricks as delivered
to site 2500.00
Waste 50% 1250.00 {R2500.00 x 50%}
3750.00 {R2500.00 + R1250.00}

Cost of Mortar for 1000 bricks 428.34 {R1320 x 0.325 m3}

Cost for 1000 bricks incld. Mortar 4178.34 {3750.00 + 428.34}

Cost of bricks per m2 217.27 {4178.4 x (52bricks/1000bricks)}

Labourers
1 skilled 440.00 {R55.00 x 8hrs}
1 semi-skilled 360.00 {R45.00 x 8hrs}
1 unskilled 280.00 {R35.00 x 8hrs}
1080.00
Oncost 30% 324.00 {R1080.00 x 30%}
Labour Cost per Shift 1404.00 {R1080.00 + R324.00}
600 Given Production per day
Labour Cost per brick 2.34 {R1404.00 / 600}
52 No. of bricks in 1m2
Cost of labour for 52 bricks 121.68 {R2.34 x 52 bricks}

Labour + Material Cost 338.95 {217.27 + R121.68}

Markup 10% 33.90 {R338.95 x 10%} Profit
Selling Rate/m2 372.85 {R338.95 + R33.90}
Example 2 - One Brickwall

A team of bricklayers lay 600 bricks per day in a one brick wall. One skilled labourer costs R55.00/hr, one semi-skilled
costs R45.00/hr and one unskilled costs R35.00/hr. Calculate the rate per m2 for one brick wall.

Price of Ready Mix mortar per m3 - R1200.00

Standard Stock Brick Size - 220mm x 110mm x 75mm
Price of a 1000 stock bricks - R2500.00
Mortar Thickness - 10mm
Allow 10% of wastage for mortar and 50% for bricks

Volume of motar required for a 1000 bricks

1000 bricks x [( 0.220 x 0.110 x 0.01) + (0.110 x 0.075 x 0.01) + (0.220 x 0.075 x 0.01)]= 0.490 m3

Number of bricks for 1m2 one brickwall

1000mm x 1000mm
230mm x 85mm (220mm + 10mm) x (75mm + 10mm)
=51.15, say 52 bricks
52 x 2 = 104 bricks

Material
Ready Mix Mortar 1200.00
Waste 10% 120 {R1200.00 x 10%}
1320.00 {R1200.00 + R120.00}
1000 bricks as delivered
to site 2500.00
Waste 50% 1250.00 {R2500.00 x 50%}
3750.00 {R2500.00 +R1250.00}

Motar for 1000 bricks 646.14 {R1320 x 0.490}

Cost for 1000 bricks incld. Mortar 4396.14 {R3750.00 + R646.14}

Cost of bricks per m2 457.20 {R4396.14 x (104bricks/1000bricks)}

Labourers
1 skilled 440.00 {R55.00 x 8hrs}
1 semi-skilled 360.00 {R45.00 x 8hrs}
1 unskilled 280.00 {R35.00 x 8hrs}
1080.00
Oncost 30% 324.00 {R1080.00 x R324.00}
Labour Cost per Shift 1404.00 {R1080.00 + R324.00}
600 Given Production per day
Labour Cost per brick 2.34 {R1404.00 / 600}
104.00 No. of bricks in 1 m2
Cost of labour for 104 bricks 243.36 {R2.34 x 104 bricks}

Labour + Material Cost 700.56 {R457.20 + R243.36}

Markup 10% 70.06 {R700.56 x 10%} Profit
Selling Rate/m2 770.61 {R700.56 + R70.06}

Note: Overhead cost is allowed in Preliminary and General

BRICKWORK

Face Brick
A team of bricklayers lay 450 bricks per day in a face brick wall. One skilled labourer costs R55.00/hr, one semi-skilled costs
R45.00/hr and one unskilled costs R35.00/hr, and a semi-skilled labourer does 30m2 of jointing per day. Allow a production
rate of 600 bricks per day fro the stock brick.

Price of Ready Mix mortar per m3 - R1200.00

Standard Stock Brick Size - 220mm x 110mm x 75mm
Price of a 1000 stock bricks - R2500.00
Price of a 1000 face bricks - R3500.00
Mortar Thickness - 10mm
Allow 10% of wastage for mortar and 50% for bricks

Volume of motar required for a 1000 bricks

1000 bricks x [( 0.220 x 0.110 x 0.01) + (0.110 x 0.075 x 0.01)]= 0.325 m3

Number of bricks for 1m2 half brickwall

1000mm x 1000mm
230mm x 85mm (220mm + 10mm) x (75mm + 10mm)
=51.15, say 52 bricks

Material
Ready Mix Mortar 1200.00
Waste 10% 120 {R1200.00 x 10%}
1320.00 {R1200.00 + R120.00}
1000 bricks as delivered to
site 2500.00
Waste 50% 1250.00 {R2500.00 x 50%}
3750.00 {R2500.00 +R1250.00}

Cost of Mortar for 1000 bricks 428.34 {R1320 x 0.325 m3}

Cost for 1000 bricks incld. Mortar 4178.34 {3750.00 + 428.34}

Cost of bricks per m2 217.27 {4178.34 x (52bricks/1000bricks)}

Labourers
1 skilled 440.00 {R55.00 x 8hrs}
1 semi-skilled 360.00 {R45.00 x 8hrs}
1 unskilled 280.00 {R35.00 x 8hrs}
1080.00
Oncost 30% 324.00 {R1080.00 x 30%}
Labour Cost per Shift 1404.00 {R1080.00 + R324.00}
600 Given Production per day
Labour Cost per brick 2.34 {R1404.00 / 600}
52 No. of bricks in 1m2
Cost of labour for 52 bricks 121.68 {R2.34 x 52}
Labour + Material Cost 338.95 {R217.27 + R121.68}
Extra over for facebrick

Volume of motar required for a 1000 bricks

1000 bricks x [( 0.220 x 0.110 x 0.01) + (0.110 x 0.075 x 0.01)+ (0.220 x 0.075 x 0.01)]= 0.490 m3

Number of bricks for 1m2 half brickwall

1000mm x 1000mm
230mm x 85mm (220mm + 10mm) x (75mm + 10mm)
=51.15, say 52 bricks

Material
Ready Mix Mortar 1200.00
Waste 10% 120 {R1200.00 x 10%}
1320.00 {R1200.00 + R120.00}

1000 bricks as delivered to site 3500.00

Waste 50% 1750.00 {R3500.00 x 50%}
5250.00 {R3500.00 +R1750.00}

Cost of Mortar for 1000 bricks 646.14 {R1320 x 0.490 m3}

Cost for 1000 bricks incld. Mortar 5896.14 {5250.00 + 646.14}

Cost of bricks per m2 306.60 {5896.14 x (52bricks/1000bricks)}

Labourers
Jointing
1 semi-skilled 360.00 {R45.00 x 8hrs}
Oncost 30% 108.00
Labour Cost per Shift 468.00 {R360.00 + R108.00}
30 Given Production per day
m2 per day for jointing 15.60 {R468.00 / 30}

Brickwork
1 skilled 440.00 {R55.00 x 8hrs}
1 semi-skilled 360.00 {R45.00 x 8hrs}
1 unskilled 280.00 {R35.00 x 8hrs}
1080.00
Oncost 30% 324.00 {R1080.00 x 30%}
Labour Cost per Shift 1404.00 {1080.00 + R324.00}
450 Given Production per day
Labour Cost per brick 3.12 {R1404.00 / 450}
52.00 No. of bricks in 1m2
Cost of labour for 52 bricks 162.24 {R3.12 x 52}
Total labour cost per shift 177.84 {R15.60 + R162.24}
Labour + Material Cost 484.44 {R306.60 + R177.84}

Extra Over 145.49 {R484.44 - R338.95}

Markup 10% 14.55 {R145.49 x 10%} Profit
Selling Rate/m2 160.03 {R145.49 + R14.55}

Note: Overhead cost is allowed in Preliminary and General

BRICKWORK SUNDRIES

Brickforce

Brickforce 75 x 2.20mm (20m long) - R39.00

A team of two labourer lay 20m of brickforce in 1 hour. One skilled labourer
cost of R55.00/hr and one semi-skilled costs R45.00/hr. Calculate the rate per m
for 75mm wide brickforce, bedded in mortar.

Material
Cost of brickforce per roll 39.00
Cost of brickforce per m 1.95 {R39.00 / 20m}
Waste 5% 0.10 {R1.95 x 5%}
Total cost per material 2.05 {R1.95 + R0.10}

Labour
Skilled Labourer 55.00 {R55.00 x 1hr}
Semi-skilled 45.00 {R45.00 x 1hr}
100.00
Oncost 30% 30.00 {R100.00 x 30%}
Labour Cost per Task 130.00 {R100.00 + R30.00}
130.00
20 Given Production
6.50 {R130.00 / 20m}

Material + Labour Cost 8.55 {R2.05 + R6.50}

Markup 10% 0.85 {R8.55 x 10%} Profit
Selling Rate/m 9.40 {R8.55 + R0.85}
APPENDIX A: BILL OF QUANTITIES

Item No. Description Unit Qty Rate Amount

BILL NO 1
EARTHWORKS
SITE CLEARANCE
Digging up and removing rubbish,
A debris, vegetation, hedges, shrubs, m2 25000 12.31 307,633.33
bush, etc. and trees not exceeding
200mm girth
EXCAVATION
B Hand Excavation Not exceeding 2m m3 15 514.80 7,722.00
deep
Hand Excavation exceeding 2m deep
C m3 20 772.20 15,444.00
Exceeding 4m deep but not
D m3 1500 101.56 152,340.00
exceeding 6m deep
Exceeding 6m deep but not
E m3 2000 114.36 228,712.00
exceeding 8m deep
FILLING ETC.
Backfilling from excavated
F material in stages not exceeding m3 540 139.66 75,418.20
150mm, compacted to 95% Mod
AASHTO
CART AWAY
G Cart away surplus material from m3 10000 16.64 166,375.00
excavations to dumping site.
Amount Carried forward 953,644.53

Amount Brought forward 953,644.53

BILL NO 2
CONCRETE
CONCRETE
H m3 8.00 1309.55 10,476.40
10 Mpa concrete to trench footing
I 20 Mpa concrete to surface bed m3 24.00 1841.95 44,206.80
Amount Carried forward 1,008,327.73

Amount Brought forward 1,008,327.73

BILL NO 3
REINFORCEMENT
REINFORCEMENT
J kg 6000.00 15.42 92,505.93
High tensile steel reinforcement
K Square Mesh Fabric m2 100.00 188.76 18,876.29
Amount Carried forward 1,119,709.96

Amount Brought forward 1,119,709.96

BILL NO 4
BRICKWORK
BRICKWORK
L m2 20.00 372.85 7,456.98
Half brickwall
M One brickwall m2 60.00 770.61 46,236.86
N Extra over for facebrick m2 40.00 160.03 6,401.37
Brickwork Sundries
O m 10.00 9.40 94.02
75mm wide Brickforce
Amount Carried forward 1,179,899.19

Amount Brought forward 1,179,899.19

 APPENDIX B: SUMMARY PAGE

BILL NO. SUMMARY AMOUNT

1 Earthworks 953,644.53

2 Concrete 54,683.20

3 Reinforcement 111,382.22

4 Brickwork 60,189.23

TOTAL 1,179,899.19
 REFERENCES
R.D Buchan, FW Fleming & FEK Grant, Estimating for Builders and Surveyors,
Butterworth ISBN 0750642718