How much cement is needed per cubic metre of concrete?
It depends on the concrete grade and mix design. Structural concrete commonly uses roughly 300 to 450 kg of cement per cubic metre, which is about 6 to 9 bags of 50 kg. Take the figure from your approved mix design, then use it as the standard to measure actual issues against.
Also called: Cement per m³, Cement consumption norm, Cement coefficient.
The mix design fixes the cement content for each grade. Multiply it by the volume poured to get the cement the work needed that day.
Compare that with what the store issued. The difference, beyond your wastage allowance, is material that cannot be accounted for.
Cement needed = volume poured (m³) × cement content of the mix (bags per m³)
A mix with 6.5 bags per m³, 120 m³ poured: 780 bags needed. If 842 were issued, 62 bags are over.
In ERP Infra
Average consumption per unit of work is set per material and used every day as the yardstick; anything issued above it is tracked as leakage.
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