Units of Measurement for Payments of Civil Construction Works
The units of measurement for payment of construction works in civil engineering projects are typically specified in a table, as shown below:
| Sl. No. | Civil Construction Works | Units of measurement | Unit of payment |
| 1 | Earthwork: Excavation, filling, cutting, banking | m3 | 100 m3 |
| 2 | Surface dressing | m2 | m2 |
| 3 | Cutting of trees | Number | Per number |
| 4 | Stones: quarrying, blasting | m3 | m3 |
| 5 | Concrete: PCC, RCC, Precast | m3 | m3 |
| 6 | Jail works | m2 | m2 |
| 7 | Damp proof course | m2 | m2 |
| 8 | Brick work of any description | m3 | m3 |
| 9 | Thin partition wall | m2 | m2 |
| 10 | String course, drip course, water course coping etc. | m | m |
| 11 | Stone work of any description | m3 | m3 |
| 12 | Stone work in wall facing (thickness specified) | m2 | m2 |
| 13 | Wood work: truss, rafter, beam etc. | m3 | m3 |
| 14 | Door, window shutters | m2 | m2 |
| 15 | Door, window fittings | Number | Per number |
| 16 | Timbering, boarding, sawing of timber, timbering of trenches, partition, etc. | m2 | m2 |
| 17 | Steel work | Quintal | Per quintal |
| 18 | Expanded metal, fabric reinforcement, cutting angles, plates, tees | cm2 | cm2 |
| 19 | Threading; welding; solder of sheets | cm | Per cm |
| 20 | Iron gate, grill collapsible gate, rolling shutter | m2 | m2 |
| 21 | Iron railing | m | m |
| 22 | Roofing: tiled, corrugated iron, caves board (thickness specified) | m2 | m2 |
| 23 | Centering, shuttering | m2 | m2 |
| 24 | Ridges; valleys; gutters (girth given) | m | m |
| 25 | Expansion and contraction joints | m | m |
| 26 | Ceiling timber, A.C. sheet, board, etc. | m2 | m2 |
| 27 | Plastering; pointing; white washing; distempering; painting; varnishing; polishing; coal tarring; removing of paints | m2 | m2 |
| 28 | Flooring of any kind | m2 | m2 |
| 29 | Pipes, laying of pipes | m | m |
| 30 | Dismantling of brick masonry | m3 | m3 |
| 31 | Grouting | m2 | m2 |
| 32 | Grouting of cracks, joints | m | m |
| 33 | Supply of sand; brick ballast; aggregates; timber | m3 | m3 |
| 34 | Supply of cement | Bag | Per bag |
| 35 | Supply of steel, G.I. sheet, bare electric line | Quintal | Per quintal |
| 36 | Supply of GI sheet | m2 | m2 |
| 37 | Supply of sanitary items | Number | Per number |
| 38 | Supply of paint, varnishes | Liter | Per liter |
| 39 | Supply of explosives, stiff paint | Kg | Per kg |