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Indian Standard
METHOD OF MEASUREMENT OF
BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS
PART 15 PAINTING, POLISHING, VERNISHING, ETC

( Fourth Revision)
Fourth Reprint JUNE 2008
(Including Amendment No. 1)

UDC 69.003.12 : 698.12

Copyright 1987
BUR E AU OF I NDI AN S TA N D A R D
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

Gr 3 October 1987
 IS : 1200 ( Part IS ) - 1987

Indian Standard
METIIOD OF MEASUREMENT OF
BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK
PART 15 PAINTING, POLISHING, VARNISHING, ETC

( Fourth Revision)

Method of Measurement of Works of Civil Engineering ( Excluding

River Yaney Project), BDC 44

Chairman' Representing
SHIH A. C. PANCHDHAJU Central Public Works Department, Bombay

Members
ADHISHASI ABliA YANTA Public Works Department, Government of Uttar
( PARSIlIKSAN ) Pradesh, Lucknow
DEPUTY l)I[{[CrOR ( GA\\TSfV\N )
( Alternate)
SHRI B. G. AHUJA Builders Association of India, Bombay
SHRI K. D. ARCOT Engineers India Limited, New Delhi
SHRI T. V. SITARAM ( Alternate)
SURI N. K. ARORA Bhakra Management Board, Nangal Township,
Chandigarh
SHRI R. M. lOLLY ( Alternate)
SURI G. B. BAJAJ Bombay Port Trust, Bombay
SHIU P. BANERJEE Ministry of Shipping and Transport (Roads
Wing)
SHRI R. G. THAWANI (Alterllate)
SHRI G. K. DESHPAND)~ Public Works Department, Government of
Maharashtra, Bombay
DIRECTOR ( IRI ) Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar
Pradesh, Lucknow
DIRECTOR ( RATES AND COSTS) Central Water Commission, New Delhi
DEPUTY DIRBCTOR ( RATES AND
COSTS) ( Alternate)

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(Continued/rompage 1 )
Members Represensing
SHRI P. N. GADI Institution of Surveyors, New Delhi
SHRI D. S. TAMBANKAR (Alternate)
SHRI N. M. DASTANB Hindustan Construction Company Limited,
Bombay
SHRI G. B. JAHAOfRDAR National Industrial Development Corporation
Limited. New Delhi
JOINT DIRECTOR ( D ) National Buildings Organization, New Delhi
SHRI A. K. LAL ( Alternate)
SHRI AsHIT RANJAN KAR Calcutta Port Trust, Calcutta
SURf H. K. KHOSLA Haryana Irrigation Department, Chandigarh
SUPERINTENDING ENGJNB'ER ( DESIGN)
( A lternate )
SHRI S. K. LARA Institution of Engineers ( India ), Calcutta
SURI R. P. LAHIRI Gammon Dunkerley and Company Limited,
Bombay
SHRI K. K. MADHOK MES Builders Association of India (Regd ),
New Delhi
SHRI R. K. BAHL ( Alternate)
SHRI DATTA S. MALIK Indian Institute of Architects, Bombay
SHRI R. S. MURTHY Gammon India Limited, BOIDbay
SHRI H. D. MATANGE ( Alternate)
SURt C. B. PATEL M. N. Dastur and Company Private Limited,
Calcutta
SHRI B. C. PATEL ( Alternate)
SHRI K. A. PATNAIK Bureau of Public Enterprises (Ministry of
Finance), New Delhi
SHRIV.G.PATWARDHAN Engineer-in-Chief's Branch ( Ministry of Defence ).
New Delhi
SHRI C. G. KARMARKAR ( Alternate)
DR. R. B. S,NOH Banaras Hindu University, Banaras
SHRJ R. A. SUBRAMANIAM Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd, Calcutta
SUPERINTHNDfNO SURVEYOR OP Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
WORKS ( AVJATION )
SURVEYOR OP WORKS I ( AVIA'I10N )
( Alternate)
SKRt G. RAMAN, Director General, DIS ( Ex-officio Member)
Director ( Civ Engg )
Secretary
SURt K. M. MATHUR
Joint Director ( Civ Eng ), BIS

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 Al\'IENDMENT NO. 1 MAY 2002
TO
IS 1200 (Part 15): 1987 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT
OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS
PART 15 PAINTING, POLISHING, VARNISHING,ETC
( Fourth Revision)

[ Page 6, clause 3.6(a) J - Substitute the following for the existing:

a) M.S. and Ci.I. corrugated sheets 14 percent
r Page 6. clause 3.6(e) ] - Insert the following after (e):
f) Aluminiurn corrugated sheet 12 percent
(Page 8. Table 1, Note 6 ) - Insert the following after Note 6:
'N()TE 7 -- Multiplication factors which may be needed for other intermediate cases
which are not covered in above, may be arrived at in line with the factors recommended
in the table.'

(CEO 44)
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indian Standard
METHOD OF MEASUREMENT OF
BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK
PART 16 PAINTING, POLISHING, VARNISHING. ETC

( Fourth Revision)
o. FOR E W 0 R 0
0.1 This Indian Standard ( Part 15 ) (Fourth Revision) was adopted by
the Indian Standards Institution on 20 March 1987, after the draft finalized
by the Civil Works Measurement Sectional Committee had been approved
by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
0.2 Measurement occupies a very important place in planning and execu-
tion of any civil engineering work from the time of first estimates to final
completion and settlement of payments of the subject. The methods follow-
ed for measurement are not uniform and considerable differences exist
between practices followed by one construction agency and another and
also between various Central and State Government departments. While
it is recognized that each system of measurement has to be specifically
related to the administrative and financial organizations within the depart-
ment responsible for work, a unification of the various systems at technical
level has been accepted as very desirable, specially as it permits a wider
circle of operation for civil engineering contractors and eliminates ambigui-
ties and misunderstandings arising out of inadequate understanding of
various systems followed.
0.3 Among the various civil engineering items, measurement of building
had been first to be taken up for standardization and this standard, having
provisions relating to aU building works, was first published in J958 and
then revised in 1964.
0.4 In the course of usage of this standard (IS: 1200-1964*) by various
construction agencies in the country, several clarifications and suggestions
for modifications were received and, as a result of study, the Committee
decided that its scope, besides being applicable to buildings, should be
expanded so as to cover method of measurement applicable to civil
engineering works, such as industrial project works.

*Mtthod of measun:ment of building works ( revised ).

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0.5 Since various trades are not related to one another, the Committee
decided that each type of trade as given in IS: 1200-1964* be issued
separately as a different part, which will be helpful to specific users in
various trades. This part covering method of measurement of painting,
polishing, varnishing, etc, applicable to building as well as civil engineer-
ing works was, therefore, issued as a second revision in 1968 and third
revision in 1976.
0.6 In the course of use of this standard in the past ten years, suggestions
for improvement of some of the clauses were received. This fourth revision
covers modifications in respect of painting of steel work and inclusion of
painting of flush doors, besides updating the requirement so as to bring it
in line with revisions of relevant Indian Standards.
0.7 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this
standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expres-
sing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with
IS : 2-1960t. The number of significant places retained in the rounded oIT
value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard (Part 15 ) covers the method of measurement of paint-
ing, polishing, varnishing, etc, in buildings and civil engineering works.
NOTE - Method of measurement of painting of building surfaces are covered in
IS : 1200 ( Part 13 ).

2. GENERAL RULES
2.1 Clubbing of Items -- Items may be clubbed together provided these are
on the basis of detailed description of items stated in this standard.

2.2 Booking of Dimensions --- I n booking of dimensions, the order shall be

consistent. and generally in sequence of length, width and height or depth
or thickness.
2.3 Description of Item - Description of each item shall, unless otherwise
stated, be held to include, where necessary, conveyance; delivery; handling;
unloading; storing; waste; return of packings; necessary scaffolding; protec-
tive cover; and cleaning stains from floors, walls, glass panes, etc.

-Method of measurement of building works ( revised ).

tRules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ).

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2.4 Measurement - All work shall be measured net in the decimal system,
as executed and as given below:
a) Dimensions shall be measured to the nearest 0-01 m, and
b) Areas shall be worked out to the nearest 0-01 m 2
2.5 Bill of Quantities -- Items of works shall fully describe materials and
truly represent the work to be executed.
2.6 Preparatory work, such as knotting, priming, stopping and rubbing
down, burning off or stripping shall be described and the number of coats
shall be stated, Work on surfaces previously painted shall be measured
separately.
2.6.1 Where: special colours or other special finishes are required, it shall
be so stated.
2.7 Work on different surfaces shall be measured separately classified
as follows and the preparatory work shall be described and included in the
items:
a) Non-absorbent surfaces, such as on steel and other metals; and
b) Semi-absorbent surfaces, such as wood, fibre-board.

3. MEASUREMENT OF PAINTING
3.1 Painting, except where otherwise stated, shall be measured in square
metres.
3.1.1 No deduction shall be made for openings not exceeding 0'5 m 2
each, and no addition shall be made for painting to beading, moulding,
edges, jambs, soffits, sills, etc, of such openings.
3.2 In case of fabricated structural steel and iron work, priming coat of
paint shall be included with fabrication. Subsequent coats of paint shall
be measured separately on the basis of weight of steel work and iron work
or in square metres. The weight/area of steel sheet, plate and strip; rolled
steel sections, steel rods and steel strips forged steel, steel castings and steel
tubes shall be taken from relevant Indian standards. If rivet heads, bolt heads
( with or without washers), nuts ( with or without washers and including
projecting portion of shank) are picked out in a tint different from that of
adjacent work, these shall be enumerated and measured as extra over.
NOTE - No addition shall be made to the weight calculated for the purpose of
measurement of steel and iron work for the paint applied either in shop or at site.
3.3 Painting work up to 10 cm in width or in girth and not in conjunction
with similar painted work shall be measured in running metres and shall
include cutting to line where so required.

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3.3.1 Cutting to line, where not included in the item, shall be measured
separately in running metres.
3.4 Small articles up to 01 m 2 of painted surface, where not in conjunction
with similar painted work, shall be enumerated.
3.5 Painting on different types of work shall be kept separate and surfaces
to be painted shall be described. It shall be stated whether measurements
are flat or girthed. Alternatively, different surfaces may be grouped into
one general item, areas of uneven surfaces being converted into equivalent
plain areas in accordance with Table I.
3.6 Corrugated sheet surfaces and Nainital pattern roof surfaces shalt be
included with plain surfaces after increasing their areas by the following
percentages:
a) Corrugated sheets 14 percent
b) Nainital pattern roof ( plain sheets with rolls) 10 percent
c) Nainital pattern roof with corrugated sheets 25 percent
d) Asbestos cement sheets, corrugated 20 percent
e) Asbestos cement sheets, semi-corrugated 10 percent
3.7 Painting on eaves-gutters, rain-water pipes, soil and ventilating pipes
and steel poles shall be measured in running metres stating the size or
girth. Fittings, such as bends, shoes, branches, heads, etc, shall be included
in the length.
3.8 Painting on small articles, such as gate and turn straps, metal ceiling/
roses, metal switch-blocks, heads and nuts or bolts, articles of builder's
hardware and the like when picked out in different tint or not in conjunc..
tion with similar painted work shall be enumerated.
3.9 Flag staffs, chimneys, aerial masts ( not latticed ), water tanks, flood
light towers, over-head electric masts, spires and the like requiring special
scaffolding shall be measured separately stating the size, height and average
girth.
3.10 Painting in repair work up to 1 m2 shall be enumerated in the follow-
ing categories:
a) Not exceeding 0'1 m2 ,
b) Exceeding 01 m2 and Dot exceeding 05 m2, and
c) Exceeding 05 m2 and not exceeding 1 m2
NOTE - Areas exceedil1l 1 m' shall be measUred as in 2.~.

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TABLE 1 EQUIVALENT PLAIN AREAS OF UNEVEN SURFACES

( Clause 3.5 )
SL DSSCRIPTION OP How MEASURED MULTIPLYING
No. WORK FACTOR
( 1) (2) ( 3) (4)
I) PaneJled or framed and Measured flat (not girthed) l' 30 ( for each side )
braced or ledged and including CHOWKATor frame.
battened or ledged, Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall
battened and braced be deemed to be included in the
joinery item
ii) Flush joinery Measured flat (not girthed) 1-20 ( for each side )
including CHOWKAT or frame.
Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall
be deemed to be included in the
item
iii) Flush shutter Measured flat overall 1-10 ( for each side )
iv) Fully glazed or gauzed Measured flat ( not girthed) in- 0'80 ( for each side)
joinery cluding (~HOWKAT or frame.
Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall
be deemed to be included in the
item
v) Partly panelled and Measured flat (not girthed) 1 ( for each side)
partly glazed or gauzed including CHOWKAT or frame.
joinery Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall
be deemed to be included In the
item
vi) Fully venetianed or Measured flat (not girthed) I' 80 ( for each side )
louvred joinery including CHOWKATor frame.
Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall
be deemed to be included in the
item
vii) Weather boarding Measured fla t (not girthed) I: 20 ( for each side )
supporting frame-work shall
not be measured separately
viii) Wood shingle roofing Measured fiat ( not girthed) l'IO ( for each side)
ix) Boarding with cover Measured flat ( not girthed) 1'05 ( for each side)
fillets and match
boarding
x) Tile and slate battening Measured flat overall; no de- 0'80 ( for painting all
duction shall oc made for open over)
spaces
xi) Trellis ( or JAFFRl ) Measured flat overall; no de.. 2 (or painting all
work one-way or two- duction shall be made for open over)
way spaces; supporting members
shall not be measured separately
xii) Guard bars, bal ustrad- Measured flat overall: no de- 1 (for painting all
es, gates, gratings. duction shall be made fer open over)
grills, expanded metal spaces; supporting members
and railings shall not be measured separa-
tely
( Continued )

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TABLE 1 EQUIVALENT PLAIN AREAS OF UNEVEN SURFACES - Contd

SL DESCRIPTION OF How MEASURED MULTIPLYING
No. WORK FACTOR
(1) (2) (3) (4)
xiii) Gates and open pali- Measured flat overall; no de- 1 (for pa inting all
sade fencing including duction shall be made for open over)
standards, braces, rails, spaces; supporting mem hers
stays, etc shall not be measured separa-
tely ( see Note 1 )
xiv) Carved or enriched Measured flat 2 ( for each side )
work
xv) Steel roller shutters Measured flat ( size of open- 1'10 ( for each side )
ing ) overall: jamb guides,
bottom rails and locking
arrangement, etc, shall be in-
cluded in the item ( top cover
shall be measured separately)
xvi) Plain sheet steel doors Measured flat (not girthed) 110 ( for each side )
and windows including frame, edges, etc
xvii) Fully glazed or gauzed Measured flat (not girthed) 0'50 ( for each side)
steel doors and win- including frame edges, etc
dows
xviii) Partly panelled and Measured flat (not girthed) 0-80 ( for each side)
partly glazed or gauzed including frame edges, etc
steel doors
xix) Collapsible gate Measured flat ( size of opening) I-50 ( for painting
all over)
NOTE I -- The height shall be taken from bottom of lowest rail. if palisades, do not
go below it or from lower end of palisades, if they project below lowest rail, up to
top of parisades. but not up to top of standards if they arc higher than palisades.
NOTB 2 - Where doors. windows, etc, are of composite types other tha n those
included in this table, different portions shall be measured separately with their
appropriate coefficients, centre line of common rail being taken as the dividi ng line
between the two portions.
NOTE 3 -- Measurement of painting of doors, window. collapsible gates, rolling
shutters, etc, as given in this table shall be deemed to include painting, if required,
of all iron fittings in the same shade.
NOTE 4 - When two faces of a door, window, etc, are to be treated with different
specified finishes, measurable under separate items, edges of frames and shutters shall
be treated with the one or the other type of finish and measurement thereof shal J be
deemed to be included in the measurement of the face treated with that finish.
NOTE 5 - In case where shutters are fixed on both faces of a frame, measurement
for the door frame and shutter on one face shall be taken in the manner already
described. while the additional shutter on the other face shall be measured exclusive
of the frame.
NOTf-. 6 -- Where shutter is provided with clearance exceeding 15 em at top and/or
at bottom, such openings shall be deducted from the overall measurement and
relevant coefficients applied,

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4. VARNISHING
4.1 Application of sizmg, staining and varnishing on wood-work shall be
measured in accordance with the work provisions contained in 3.

5. POLISHING
5.1 Polishing on wood-work shall be described ali including all preparatory
work and bodying.. in and shall be measured in square metres in accordance
with the provisions contained in 3. Alternatively, articles shall be described
and enumerated.

6. PRESER\TATIVE TREATMENT
6.1 Surface application of wood preservatives shall be measured in square
metres irrespective of girth or size, and the provisions contained in 3 shall
be followed.

7. TARRING
7.1 Tarring shall be measured as for painting in accordance with the
provisions contained in 3.

8. WRITING LETTERS AND .~IGURES

8.1 Letters, figures and similar items shall be enumerated stating height
and form or style, namely, block, italics, etc; stops, commas, hyphens and
the like shall be deemed to be included in the item.

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