Engineering Approach for selecting Construction Materials for your construction
. House is where you heart lies and our family stays so your small steps can make it a real home because you need to understand every component of it so that it would be easy to take care of it later on and at the same time it will take care of you in utmost extend..
Engineering in construction is not just limited to Design and supervision but also Quality materials and its proper use influence the sustainability of the project. Construction is one of the dynamic places where tremendous components comes in picture and small negligence in such can influence the efficiency in great extent. It is believed that use of materials in unproper ways can influence the construction constitute by more than 60% if the materials are not used properly in the site. This implies that proper planning and time management to handle each component of construction need to be taken care of else, you might be in a great illusion that your structure is safe enough to withstand the catastrophic. It is believed that right from proper planning, its execution and regular monitoring till the final wrap up is equally important and priority is set accordingly for sustainability of the structure.
Its something like, if you buy the low quality rice than how can you expect the good product how expert the chef is and if the rice quality is best but with bad workmanship how can you expect the best product so right from choosing product till last presentation, precise planning and concise supervision and implementation need to be rendered to bring up the best product in your dinning so its somewhat similar that having best design, best engineer, best planning, best material selection, best execution, proper supervision can assure you the efficiency of your structure. There are many parameters that need to be taken care of but today I will be focusing with the one parameter and that is selection of right material or best material as per your budget for the construction. Quality Materials is also one of the key components for the best outcome and I have seen that in many sites these parameters are not taken into consideration and we get trapped in this ambiguity which we might feel reluctant afterward.
Materials have a huge portion in the construction, it is expected that at least 40% of the total construction cost is consumed by the material procurement. Selection of quality material has become one of the pressurizing issues for everyone and many queries about the material and its quality is forward most of the time. For the residentials construction, people do not have sufficient approach and tools to determine the quality of the materials and many people have been trapped as suppliers do not provide the quality products as per the commitment. People have to pay the utmost amount for the materials but the question get evolves is are they getting the quality products in the prescribed budget or not. We can’t doubt every supplier but it’s better to check and cross the one that you are preferring to get approach with. For many cases, house owner gets dependent upon the supervisor or with the sole suppliers so they mightn’t get the product they are actually paying for and looking for. There are some tips that I am going to bring in front of you which can help you tremendously for selecting the best products. The basic things that need to be clear is its your house and you need to get involve and assign some of your time for this task. Just investing money is not going to help you to find the best products, your involvement and dedication helps you to find the best materials suppliers in town. When, you are committed for it, the next step would be Research, this is the powerful tool which can help you determine tremendous things, it helps to enhance your networking with suppliers, understand the service they provide, understand the basic of materials they acquire, understand the unique selling proposition they have and understand the costing of the materials. It is expected that you should not get dependent with one supplier to withstand future ambiguity so always sort two best suppliers which you think can render you the best services. Selecting best suppliers is one of the challenging jobs, but your 2-3 days of research is enough to sort the best for you. I always recommend you need to sort the suppliers which are accessible, helpful and nearby your site. Always commence with selecting one supplier which has a big platform and network where you can get the quality materials in economical budget. You need to understand the principal behind it, that big suppliers always have big demand, so they procure in mass and it become economical for them so they can render you for economical budget than others and they also ensure the quality as many clients are connected with them and reputation means a lot for them. Meanwhile, you also need to sort one small supplier where you can put on your order in case of emergency. Big suppliers have massive demands so their customer approach is less than that of the small one so, linking your supervisor after your negotiation can be beneficial for your overall planning. For the quality of the product, you need to precisely state your terms and conditions to the suppliers, you can tell them, you will have some investigation before the product gets delivered in the site, you can have feel investigation where you can adopt touch investigation, eye investigation and some basic impact assessment to identify the product is good enough or not, if the product do not get up to your and your supervisor expectation, you should be strict enough to return the product so that suppliers get conscious in next delivery. Meanwhile, many products such as steel, cement also have batchwise product quality report which can demanded, this helps you to assure that product would be good enough because many suppliers do not demand such batchwise report to company and those who demand such batch wise report, even Material providing companies take special care of and they always ensure the product is good enough before delivering to the suppliers. In this chain you have not just ensure your site a good product but also ensure the suppliers to be careful and that can help to uplift the stander of the supplier in utmost extend.
Once, the material gets in site, we always recommend the house owner to store some small amount of it for further references, if you have the sample of each product of your house, it would be very beneficial in future, the steel, concrete mixture, Brick etc. need to be stored for future investigation, it can help you to be assure about the quality of the product even in future and can use for insurance claim and many such activities which can provide extra points for your astute approach. You also can pass on those sample products for testing if you have any such doubt in the future. If you can adopt this approach for selecting the materials than you would not get beguiled at any moment. Before, commencing the research, it is also advised to take the proper advice of the experts or engineers and understand the best brands and its comparative analysis from them so that you can be assure about what are the best brands in the town and how you need to approach for the best products. As the last tips, I can offer you is that you always talk to the clients or house owner who have just completed their projects or house, they are the best person who can share you their experiences and you can learn a lot of things from them, learning from them would be the best for collecting some do’s and don’t which can help you for further approach. If you do not want to get scammed or trapped in any kind of ambiguity than I always tell you that its your home and you need to show your interest and involvement at great extent. This would help you to gain knowledge, systemize your budget and make economical approach, get the best result from your small approach. This might reflect to be the simple approach but this can help you for safe construction.
I again want to drag your attention that only quality materials do not assure you for best reflection, your mason and their caliber also have a great influence so always try to make sure that the mason that your supervisor is considering are of great potential and always inspire them to learn and get feedback from the site engineer during the visit. Small feedback from site engineer and their supervision can influence the level of construction at great extent. In many sites, I personally have seen the mason supervisors overlooking the suggestions of site engineers and practicing the unethical pattern of construction so, that every house owner need to ensure that, their mason supervisor is conscious about the method used. You can just imagine that while making a mortar (In Nepali we called it Masala) for wall or for other purpose as slab, Beam Column etc., even use of 10% of excess water or Use of 10% of less water can influence up to 30% of the strength of the structure so best practice is the only key for the building better approach. At last, House is where you heart lies and our family stays so your small steps can make it a real home because you need to understand every component of it so that it would be easy to take care of it later on and at the same time it will take care of you in utmost extend. So, our request is to believe that you are giving birth to a new member which in return gone help you tremendously so be responsible and conscious while building your new house and wish you the best for its sustainability….