Average material quantities

Average material quantities

Average material quantities in typical structures

You can refer to the table below for average material quantities in typical structures.  
These estimations are recommended to use if:
  • Your BIM model includes composite elements which consist of more than one material, but you have no additional info of specific material quantities in the element,
  • You know the area of your construction element, but not a specific quantity of the materials.
Material
Constituents of the entire structure
Share of material of total structure %
Kg of material per m2
m3/m2
liters/m2
m2/l
Reference
Mortar in 130 mm thick brick wall
Brick, mortar
 40
 X




Brick and mortar in brick wall
Brick, mortar
89.35% / 10.65%
90.44 / 10.78




Steel studs in light wall, 100 mm
studs

1,73




Unitech

Steel studs in light wall, 80 mm
studs

1,44




Unitech

 

Wood studs in light wall, 100 mm


6,37



Weight of walls and partitons
Wood studs in external wall


10,25



Weight of walls and partitons
Steel studs in external wall
studs

 8,3




Unitech

Roof trusses of wood
per m2 area of truss (2.2psf)

10,74



Weight of walls and partitons
Roof trusses of steel
per m2 area of truss (1.3 psf)

6,3



Weight of walls and partitons
External plastering & plaster net
glassfiber mesh/plasters
1.25% / 98.75
0.14 / 11.71



ITB Poland
Paint per m2 of wall
paint
100%


0,1015
9,85
EPD Norge
Wooden windows
wood/glass
27% / 61%
9.5 / 21



EPD Norge
Metal windows
metal / glass
26% / 53%
12.3 / 27.5



IBU
PVC windows
PVC / glass
26% / 58%
8.7 / 18.7



IBU


Typical steel kg per m3 in concrete in Finland and UK

UK

Concrete building element

Weight of reinforcement in kg/m3

Weight of reinforcement in lb/ft3

Volume of reinforcement in m3/m3 (dependent on the exact steel)

Share of steel of total structure %

Bases

90–130

5.6–8.1

0.012-0.017

1.2 - 1.7 % 

Beams

250–350

15.6–21.8

0.032-0.045

3.2 - 4.5 %

Capping beams

135

8.4

0.017

1.7 %

Columns

200-450

12.4-28

0.025-0.057

2.5 - 5-7 %

Ground beams

230-330

14.3-20.6

0.029-0.042

2.9 - 4.2 %

Footings

70-100

4.3-6.2

0.009-0.042

0.9 - 4.2 %

Pile Caps

110-150

6.8–9.3

0.014-0.019

1.4 - 1.9 %

Plate slabs

95–135

5.9–8.4

0.012-0.017

1.2 - 1.7 %

Rafts

115

7.1

0.015

1.5 %

Retaining walls

110–150

6.8–9-3

0.014-0.019

1.4 - 1.9 %

Ribbed floor slabs

80–120

5–7.4

0.010-0.015

1 - 1.5 %

Slabs – one way

75–125

4.6–7.8

0.010-0.016

1 - 1.6 %

Slabs – two way

67–135

4.1–8.4

0.009-0.017

0.9 - 1.7 %

Stairs

130–170

8.1–10.6

0.017-0.022

1.7 - 2.2 %

Tie beams

130–170

8.1–10.6

0.017-0.022

1.7 - 2.2 %

Transfer slabs

150

9.3

0.019

1.9 %

Walls – normal

70–100

4.3–6.2

0.009-0.013

0.9 - 1.3 %

Walls – wind

90–150

5.6-9.3

0.011-0.019

1.1 - 1.9 %

Finland


List of typical steel amounts used in different kind of structures and elements (please note that these are average values, in reality there is variance). All the quantities are shown per m3 of concrete. Typical density of concrete is approximately 2400 kg /m3. Tendon* = high strength low alloy steel, typically used for instance in pre-stressed concrete elements, this steel grade is likely to contain more virgin steel Rebar steel* = basic steel used for concrete reinforcement.
  • Pre-stressed concrete beam: 30 kg of tendon and 30 kg of normal rebar steel
  • Reinforced concrete beam: 100 kg of normal rebar steel
  • Column: 100 kg of normal rebar steel
  • Hollow core concrete slab**: 10 kg tendon
  • Wall, internal element (for instance 180 mm): 35 kg of normal rebar steel
  • Wall, external layer (for instance 70 mm): 80 kg of normal rebar steel or stainless steel
  • Balcony (for instance 260 mm): 125 kg of normal rebar steel

* In Finnish: Tendon = jänneteräs, Basic rebar steel = harjateräs ** If you’ll need to estimate this please make sure you’ll have the right amount of concrete taking into account the wholes. Usually, for hollow core concrete slab it is better to use an EPD that includes reinforcement as they usually do.


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