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A Study on Estimation and Costing of a Seven Storied Residential Building in Dhaka City

Ayesha Binta Ali, Molla Habibur Rahman

Abstract


It is required to know the probable cost of a construction known as estimation and costing for all engineering works. If it is seen that the estimated cost is greater than the money available then attempts are made to reduce the cost by reducing the work or by changing the specification. In this paper, estimation and costing was done for a 7 storied residential building in Dhaka city using BNBC 1993. The rates in the estimation provided for the complete work consist of the cost of materials, cost of transport, cost of labor, cost of scaffolding, cost of tools and paints, cost of establishment and supervision and reasonable profit of contractor etc. In Bangladesh, the general practice of estimating and costing is done by manually and due to improper way of the process, several mistakes remain in costing, therefore the proper forecasting cannot be done.

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