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Concrete Quantities
User Guide
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User Guide

Contents Page

Concrete Quantities
About This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Description of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1

Take Off Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1

Run the Nuclear Concrete Quantities Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1
Material Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:3
Limitations Applicable to Object Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:3
Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5
Execution Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5
Results List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5
Display Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:6
Save Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:9

Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1
Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:2
Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:3
Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4
Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:5
Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:6

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Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:7
Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:8
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:8
Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:9
Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:10
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:10
Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:11
Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:12
Results Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:12
Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:13

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1 About This User Guide

1.1 Description of the Manual

This is the user manual for the Nuclear Concrete Quantities application. This application is
valid for civil engineering concrete design work.
Therefore, the user will be able to view the following results:
• Calculation of the volume of civil engineering concrete objects.
• Calculation of formwork surface areas for civil engineering concrete objects.
• Calculation of slab usable surface areas.
The user will be able to view results in a variety of ways and also save them to a text file.

1.2 Glossary
WORLD World

SITE Building

ZONE Construction material (concrete and metal)

STRU Concrete civil engineering level

FRMW Object group (slab, wall, etc.)

SBFR Sub-group applicable to beam and column type objects

CWALL Wall owner

CFLOOR Floor slab owner

CSCREE Screed slab owner

STWALL Catalogued straight wall

WALL Catalogued curved wall

GWALL General wall

FLOOD Floor slab

SCREED Screed slab

GENSEC Object catalogued in a general manner

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SCTN Catalogued object

PANE PDMS primitive

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2 Take Off Calculations

2.1 Run the Nuclear Concrete Quantities Application

In PDMS 12.0, navigate to the element you want to include in the calculations and click
on the Nuclear Applications toolbar.

The main dialogue box for Nuclear Concrete Quantities will then be displayed.

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The main dialogue box provides you with the following (from top down):

Type Name Functionalities

List Material The list provides all materials options established in the
project parameterisation list and is used to carry out
calculations based on the ’Material’ selected for any type of
object defined below.
Checkbox Floor Activates or de-activates calculations for floor type objects.
Checkbox Wall Activates or de-activates calculations for wall type objects.
Checkbox Column Activates or de-activates calculations for column type objects.
Checkbox Beam Activates or de-activates calculations for beam type objects.
Checkbox Base Activates or de-activates calculations for base type objects.
Checkbox Stairs Activates or de-activates calculations for stairs type objects.
Button Validates the definition and runs the simulation.

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Type Name Functionalities

Results list Results list Displays results.
Button Used to open a dialogue box to view results and save them to
an external file.

2.2 Material Limitations

By running the Nuclear Concrete Quantities application, you automatically load the list of
materials used for the current project and it is displayed in the main interface list:

The limitation defined will apply to the concrete take off as a function of the MATREF
attribute content. To run this option, you need to select a material from the Material list.

Note: All is the default value that provides no limitations with regard to material when
concrete take off is calculated.

2.3 Limitations Applicable to Object Types

As a rule, you have a choice of six types of concrete civil engineering objects:

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• Floors (Floor and Screed)

• Walls
• Columns
• Beams
• Bases (Floor and Screed)
• Stairs (Flight + Upper landing + Lower landing)

Each type is linked to a element that works as follows:

Object type FLOOR WALL COLUMN BEAM BASE STAIRS

WORLD
SITE active active active active active active
ZONE active active active active active active
STRU active active active active active active
FRMW active active active active active active
SBFR active active active
CFLOOR active active
CSCREE active active
CWALL active
STWALL active
WALL active
GWALL active

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Object type FLOOR WALL COLUMN BEAM BASE STAIRS

FLOOR active active active
SCREED active active
GENSEC active active
SCTN active active
PANE active active active

Note: When the Nuclear Concrete Quantities application is run, all types will be activated
as the default. You can activate / deactivate the relevant checkboxes as required.

2.4 Validation
When the preceding steps have been properly completed, you can validate your simulation
by just click . This will begin the calculation and will show the Progress Bar.

The calculation process can be interrupted at any time by click .

2.5 Execution Messages

While the calculation is being carried out, the application automatically manages the
procedure and displays all intermediate messages (if there are any) at the end in the
Execution messages and error display window:

Note: The messages displayed in the above window are also displayed on the Results
form and will also be saved at the end of the savework file.

2.6 Results List

After the calculation progress has completed the Results List will be populated with a
summary of the results.

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2.7 Display Results

The detailed results of concrete quantities are given in the Result form at the end of the
calculation.

The Results form can be opened by activating . From here the user can view
the results for the various objects and save the results to an external file (see Results for a
description of the results for all types of objects):

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2.8 Save Results

To save any result to a file, you can select the Savework - File menu from the Results form
to display the File Browser window.

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The File Browser dialogue box provides you with the following (from top down):

Type Name Operation

Text inputting field Path Displays current pathway
List Sub-Directory Displays existing sub-directories
Text inputting field Filter Used to filter out existing files according to
requirements
List Displays existing files

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Type Name Operation

Text inputting field Selection Displays file selected
Option button Type Defines the write type: Overwrite will replace all
existing file contents with new texts Add is used to
add new texts from the final line of the file. Create is
used to write new texts to a file that had previously
not existed
Button Opens the file that has been defined

How to save results to a file:

• Define the file name by either selecting it from the list or creating a new name.
• Define the write mode by selecting one of the Type option.

• Activate to create the file.

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3 Results

3.1 Walls
In PDMS, a mass look-up is used to provide the surface area and volume of an object as
follows:

Volume = !!CE.Nvol

Surface area = !!CE.NSrf

Calculating take off for a concrete civil engineering object can be defined as follows:

Net surface = Surface area above and below area

+ contour surface area

+ contour surface area of openings

- Surface area above and below an opening (full penetration)

+ Surface area above and below an opening (limited penetration

beneath)

+ Surface area below an opening (limited penetration above)

Net volume = Volume - Opening volume

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3.1.2 Explanation

The sleeve and the opening are negative objects. Terms used in the results must be
construed as follows:
The sleeve and the opening are negative objects. Terms used in the results must be
construed as follows:

• Total volume of wall without sleeved = Wall volume

holes + Sleeved holes volume

• Total volume of wall with sleeved = Wall volume

holes

• Total surface area of wall without = Wall surface area

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes surface area

• Total surface area of wall with = Wall surface area

sleeved holes

• Wall formwork surface area = Wall surface area

+ Surface area at bottom of boxed out
section
- Top and bottom surface areas
- Wall (end) side surface area (m2)

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3.2 Floors

3.2.1 Result Types

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3.2.2 Explanation

The sleeved hole and the opening are negative objects. Terms used in the results must be
construed as follows:

• Total volume of slab without = Slab volume

sleeved holes + Sleeved hole volume

• Total volume of slab with sleeved = Slab volume

holes

• Total surface area of slab without = Slab surface area

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes surface area

• Total surface area of slab with = Slab surface area

sleeved holes

• Formwork surface area beneath = Slab bottom surface area

slab + Surface area covered by the
objects beneath the slab
- Surface area of opening (opening,
sleeved holes, etc.)

• Slab surface area (bottom + = Formwork surface area beneath

contours) slab
= Contour surface areas (of the
opening and the slab

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• Usable slab surface area = Surface area above the slab

+ Surface area of bottom of boxed out
section
- Surface area covered by the
objects above the slab

• Slab formwork surface area = Formwork surface area below slab

+ Slab contour surface area
+ Opening contour surface areas

3.3 Columns

3.3.1 Result Types

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3.3.2 Explanation

The sleeve is a negative object. Terms used in the results must be construed as follows:

• Total column volume without = Column volume

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes volume

• Total column volume with sleeved = Column volume

holes

• Total column surface area without = Column surface area

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes surface area

• Total column surface area with = Column surface area

sleeved holes

• Column formwork surface area = Column surface area

Top and bottom surface areas

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3.4.1 Result Types

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The sleeve is a negative object. Terms used in the results must be construed as follows:

• Total beam volume without sleeved = Beam volume

holes + Sleeved holes volume

• Total beam volume with sleeved = Beam volume

holes

• Total beam surface area without = Beam surface areas

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes surface area

• Total beam surface area with = Beam surface area

sleeved holes

• Beam formwork surface area = Beam surface area

- Beam top surface area

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3.5.1 Result Types

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3.5.2 Explanation

The sleeve is a negative object. Terms used in the results must be construed as follows:

• Total base volume without sleeved = Base volume

holes + Sleeved holes volume

• Total base volume with sleeved = Base volume

holes

• Total base surface area without = Base surface areas

sleeved holes + Sleeved holes surface area

• Total base surface area with = Base surface area

sleeved holes

• Base gross upper surface area = Base top surface area

• Base contour surface area = Base formwork surface area

• Opening formwork surface area = Opening formwork surface area

• Formwork surface area = Based formwork surface area

+ Opening formwork surface area

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3.6 Stairs

3.6.1 Results Type

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3.6.2 Explanation

In results, the terms are defined as follows:

• Flight

• Total volume of flight = Volume of flight

• Total surface area of light = Surface area of flight

• Flight formwork surface area = Surface area of flight

- Underside of flight

• Upper landing

• Total volume of upper landing = Volume of upper landing step

step

• Total surface area of upper = Surface area of upper landing

landing step step

• Upper landing step formwork = Surface area of upper landing

surface area step
- Surface area above upper
landing

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• Lower landing

• Total volume of Lower landing = Volume of lower landing step

step

• Total surface area of lower = Surface area of lower landing

landing step step

• Lower landing step formwork = Surface area of lower landing

surface area step
- Surface area above lower upper
landing

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B M
Bases Material Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:3
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:11
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:10 N
Beams
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:9 Nuclear Concrete Quantities Application
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:8 Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1

C O
Columns Object Types
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:7 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:3
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:6
R
D
Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1
Description of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1 Results List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5
Display Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:6
S
E
Save Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:9
Execution Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5 Stairs
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:13
F Results Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:12

Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4 V
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:5
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:4 Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5

G W
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1 Walls
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:3
Result Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:2

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