A Review Study on Optimum Specifications for Middle Income Group Houses

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International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

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A Review Study on Optimum Specifications for Middle Income Group Houses Shubham Singh1, Riyaz2, Stuti Sharma3, Namita Jyoti4, N.K Singh5 1234UG

Student, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

5Asso. Professor, Department

of Civil Engineering, MIT Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Key Words: Optimum specification, Middle income houses, Conventional methods, Walling, Roofing, Allocation, Project losses.

Abstract - Optimum specification for middle income group houses aim to cut down construction cost by using alternatives to conventional methods and Input. “It is

1.INTRODUCTION

effective budgeting and technique which help in reducing cost of construction through use locally available material

In India, the world’s largest democracy and a rapidly

along with improve skills and technology without

growing economy, the emerging middle class is often seen as

sacrificing the strength, performance and life of structure.

an indispensable force for a more accountable and

Optimum specification satisfies the most bottom and

transparent government. This technical note provides new

fundamental human needs for shelter and neglects other

estimates for the size of India’s middle class-defined as

needs that people aspire home including psychological,

having reasonable economic security in today’s globalized

social, and aesthetic needs and ultimately, need for self-

world. Based on data from India’s 2009/2010 National

actualization. This paper examined the cost effectiveness

Sample Survey, Christian Meyer and Nancy Birdsall estimate

of using specification for middle income housing

India’s middle class to constitute around 70 million people,

technologies in comparison with the traditional

or less than 10 percent of the population-much less than

construction methods. Two case studies in India were

often assumed.

conducted. It was found that about 26.11% and 22.68% of

Who constitutes this middle class in India? India’s National

the construction cost, including material and labour cost,

Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has been at

can be saved by using the low cost housing technologies in

the forefront of shaping this debate. NCAER’s current

comparison with traditional construction methods for

definition identifies the middle class as comprising of two

walling and roofing respectively. In this paper we studied

sub –groups: “seekers” with annual household income

about the well managed human resource allocation of the

between Rs.200,000 and Rs. 500,000, and “strivers” with

construction for a middle income houses. these firms

annual household income between Rs. 500,000 and Rs.1

have the strategies between assigning regular staff and

million at 2001/2002 prices. Assuming an average

hiring local temporary employees. This study shows that

household size of 5 people and converting into constant

regular project administrators, who are able to reduce

2005 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollar, these numbers

managerial flaws and cut down project losses, are favored

would be about $8 $20 per capita per day for seekers, and

over local ones.

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$20 to $40 per capita per day for strivers.[1]

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