Insights.
Notes from the work — on schedules, reconciliation and where construction cost actually leaks. Written for engineers and quantity surveyors, not for search engines.
- 7 min read
Cutting length and bend deductions, explained properly
Why the dimensioned legs on a drawing never add up to the bar you cut, how bend deductions are derived, and where IS 2502 and BS 8666 part company.
- BBS
- IS 2502
- BS 8666
- 8 min read
Where the missing 5% of your steel actually goes
Cutting loss, over-ordering, unrecorded variation and offcuts that never come back. How to reconcile steel properly, and what a realistic wastage figure looks like.
- Reconciliation
- Wastage
- Cost optimization
- 6 min read
BBS vs BOQ: what each one is actually for
A bar bending schedule and a bill of quantities answer different questions. Confusing them is why steel orders and valuations stop agreeing with each other.
- BBS
- BOQ
- Cost control