Assignment 6

The total construction cost of a 4-storey office building renovation (not new construction) (plan shown
in fig. 1, height of each storey is 4.0 m) is Rs.20.0 lac (45% is materials cost = Rs.9 lac).

The construction team decides the construction of the shaded part of the whole building to reuse (i.e.
shaded portion will stay), and to demolish and reconstruct the rest of the building.

During the construction, it was found that the total 25-ton (25,000 kg) waste was sent to the landfill
and the density of the waste generated due to demolition of the non-shaded part was 900 kg/m3-
construction.

The 25% of the bricks of masonry work (assuming 1 cu m brickwork = 500 bricks) of the non-shaded
part is reused in new construction.
(1st --- calculate total no. of cubic meter brick work required,
(2nd ---calculate total no. of bricks required Nt, by multiplying total cubic meter by 500)
(3rd ---25% of total no. of bricks Nt will be re-used)

The rest 75% bricks (0.75 X Nt) were replaced with fly ash bricks of 30 % fly ash content with Rs.6/-
per unit brick price and Rs.3/- for unit conventional brick.

As per IGBC Material and Resource category:

A. How many points the team may get under MRC 1.1: Building Reuse

1.1 Building Reuse: (1-2 Points)

Ensure at least 50% (by area) of the structural and/or at least 25% (by area) of the non-
structural (interiors) elements of the existing building are retained.

Points are awarded as below:

Building Elements Percentage Retained Points

Structural - including columns, > 50% 1
beams, floor slabs, exterior walls,
structural glazing, etc
Non-structural (Interiors) – including > 25% 1
interior walls, ceiling, flooring
materials, doors, windows, etc.

B. How many points may be achieved under MRC 1.3: Recycled content

1.3 Materials with Recycled Content: (1-2 Points)

Use materials with recycled content in the building (as per owner / developer’s scope) such
that the total recycled content constitutes at least 10% of the total cost of building materials.

Points are awarded as below:

Percentage of Materials with Recycled Content Points

> 10% 1
> 20% 2
 (Hint: use the table given below)

Reused part Demolished part Total

Slab+roof area= 180
Wall area = 508.8
Door and window deduction= 51.8
Net masonry area = 457
Foundation plan area= 36
A. MRC1=
Fly ash bricks cost
RCV
B. MRC4=

(Ans: A 69 % 1 point, B 2% 0 point)