Useful Info, Standards, Sizes, Dimension in Buildings/Structure

Some Useful Info, Standards, Sizes, Dimension in Building/Structure:

In this post, we provided some below standards

1.      Minimum Floor Area & Hight for Residential Buildings

2.      Reinforcement (RCC) Concrete Cover.

3.      Standard room sizes

4.      Concrete Grade

5.      Weight of Building construction Materials (Density of some construction Materials)

6.      Weight of steel bar per meter.

7.      Standards Conversion Factors

 

 

1-     Minimum Floor Area & Hight for Residential Building:

 

 

Rooms	Min Floor Area (Square Meter)	Min Hight (Meter)
Drawing Room	9.5	2.75
Bedroom	9.5	2.75
Living Room	9.5	2.75
Dining Room	7.5	2.75
Kitchen	5.5	2.75
Bath & WC	2.8	2.2
Bath (Separate)	1.8	2.2
W.C (Separate)	1.1	2.2
Servants Room	9.5	2.75
Garage	12	2.5

 

2-     Reinforcement Concrete Cover:

Footing	50 mm
Raft Foundation Top	50 mm
Raft Foundation Bottom/ Sides	50 - 75 mm
Strap Beam	50 mm
Grade Slab	20 mm
Column	40 mm
Shear Wall	25 mm
Beams	25 mm
Slabs	15 mm
Flat Slab	20 mm
Staircase	15 mm

 

 

3-     Standard Room Sizes:

Basic Rooms	Small (Min)	Average (Avg)	Large (Max)
Living Room	3.50 x 5.00 Meter	4.50 x 6.00 Meter	6.50 x 8.00 Meter
Dining Room	3.50 x 4.50 Meter	4.50 x 5.00 Meter	5.00 x 7.00 Meter
Kitchen	2.50 x 3.50 Meter	3.50 x 5.00 Meter	3.50 x 6.00 Meter
Utility Room	2.00 x 2.10 Meter	2.00 x 3.00 Meter	2.50 x 3.50 Meter
Bedroom	3.00 x 4.00 Meter	3.50 x 4.50 Meter	5.00 x 6.50 Meter
Bathroom	1.50 x 2.00 Meter	2.00 x 2.75 Meter	2.75 x 4.00 Meter
Servant Room	2.50 x 3.50 Meter	3.00 x 4.00 Meter	3.50 x 4.50 Meter

 

 

4-     Concrete Grade:

 

Concrete Grade:	Mix Ratio
M5 or M50	1 : 4 : 8
M10 or M100	1 : 3 : 6
M15 or M 150	1 : 2 : 4
M20 or M200	1 : 1.5 : 3
M25 or 250	1 : 1 : 2
M30 or M300	1 : 0.75 : 1.5

 

5-     Weight of Building Construction Materials (Density of Some Construction Matls).

 

Cement	1440 Kg/Cu M
Stone	2850 to 2960 Kg/Cu M
Water	1000 Kg/Cu M
PCC	2200 to 2250 Kg/Cu M
RCC	2420 Kg/Cu M – for 2% steel
Bricks	1600 to 1920 Kg/Cu M
Steel	7850 Kg/Cu M

 

6-     Weight of Steel Bar Per Meter:

 

6 mm	0.222 Kg/M
8 mm	0.395 Kg/M
10 mm	0.616 Kg/M
12 mm	0.888 Kg/M
16 mm	1.578 Kg/M
20 mm	2.466 Kg/M

Formula Weight Per Meter = L.D2/162.

 

7-     Standard Conversion Factors:

 

1 Kilo Meter	1000 Meter
1 Kilo Meter	0.62 Mile
1 Meter	100 Centimeter
1 Meter	3.28 Feet
1 Meter	1.093 Yard
1 Meter	1000 Millimeter
1 Centimeter	10 millimeters
1 Centimeter	0.393 Inch
1 Inch	2.54 Centimeter
1 Foot	0.305 Meter
1 Yard	0.913 Meter