BUILDINGS – SoR: 2012-2013

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Preamble – Buildings SoR: 2012-13
p) The rates for unloading of materials except earth, sand, gravel, coarse aggregate, rubble,
size stone and cut stone, are inclusive of stacking wherever applicable.
q) Unless otherwise specified, all material rates shall be inclusive of all taxes, duties, levies,
royalty/seigniorage, transportation and handling costs up to project area, but excluding
‘Works Contract Tax (VAT)’.
r) As envisaged by the High Level Committee in the ‘SSR Guidelines’ appended to the
G.O.Ms.No.49 I&CAD (PW-Reforms) Dept., dt: 02-03-2009, a special software is developed
by National Academy of Construction, Hyderabad for the ‘revised standard data for Building
items’, which shall be adopted for standardization and uniform rates.
s) Any errors, omissions, corrections or suggestions shall be brought to the notice of the
‘COMMITTEE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEERS (Buildings SoR)’ for corrective action.
t) For any new items to be included in the ‘Schedule of Rates’, recommendations with specific
remarks of the respective departments should reach the ‘Committee of Chief Engineers’
well in advance.
u) The CWC (Ministry of Irrigation) has recommended that “where standard or schedule of
rates are revised or where is necessary to do so, the primary guiding principle should be
escalation in labour and material cost and not on trend of rates quoted by the contractors”.
The ‘Committee of Chief engineers’ (Buildings SoR) have considered the practicality and
adoptability of the ‘Buildings-SoR’ in construction of the building projects in finalizing the
‘Buildings-SoR’.
v) Wherever feasible, more emphasis is given to the technical specifications for the SoR items
by removing the brand names of the manufacturers from the specification and list of
approved brands in the respective category for the products is grouped and appended at
the end of the SoR so as to bring to an end of encouraging a particular brand.
w) The estimate preparing authorities are advised to specify the brand names/ manufacturers
in the contract documents as per the requirement.
x) The technical specifications, brand names and the corresponding rates given in the ‘water
proofing and chemical admixtures’ section are for the guidance only. The estimate
preparing authorities are requested to obtain literature for usage / application of
construction / water proofing materials, epoxies etc, from the manufacturers or authorized
suppliers in the contract documents as per the requirement.