BN Materials: Recent Episodes
Jose Kurian
Simple and easy podcasts to know what to talk to clients when you are pitching the materials to a client
Red bricks: They are mainly used for super structure. MOQ is 2500. Three types are country brick, semi wire cut, wire cut. Rates differ upon market , quantity and quality
Hollow brick: They are also used for super structure . MOQ is 8 inch : 350, 6 inch: 400, 4inch: 550. Rates differ according to market , quantity and quality
AAC: Autoclaved Aerated concrete . Autoclaved Aerated Concrete is a Lightweight, Load-bearing, High-insulating, Durable building product, which is produced in a wide range of sizes and strengths.AAC Blocks is lightweight when compared to the red bricks AAC blocks are three times lighter than other bricks . They are mainlty used for colomn type construction.
Wires A wire is a single conductor with one strand or sometimes multiple strands composed of copper or aluminum conductive material to assure low resistance and cost and maintains its own identity for conducting electricity. Whereas a cable is a group of two or more insulated conductors used for transmission of electrical power or signals. "Each application requires a certain wire size for installation, and the right size for a specific application is determined by the wire size.
Switches The switch is an electrical device that is used to break or make an electrical circuit manually or automatically. They are generally classified on the basis of number of circuits they control as one way and two way switch. One way switches are used when you need to simply turn something on or off, from a single location. (for example: fan, light etc). Two way switches are often used in stairways, sitout ,bedroom where we can control from two locations ( Eg: Turn on the light from downstairs while going up and turn off the light from the first floor) One way switch is the most used type of switch in a house or building. Mainly there are two types of switches which are modular and non modular.
Steel is otherwise called TMT Rebar . There are mainly for structure building. There are 2 types of steel
Primary steel : They are made out of grade 1 iron ore which are exported from other countries.
( vizag, jsw, kamachi, sail, tata tiscon)
Secondary steel : They are made out of the wastage of primary steel. ( kairali, kalliyath, etc….)
Grades of steel : Fe is for ferrous ( chemical name of iron)
Fe500, fe500D
Fe550, fe550D
Fe415
Steel comes in 2 forms
1) Bend material : They are used for normal structures and are available for retail.
2) Staright bar : mostly used for big columns and are procured only in full container. They are not available for retail
When we meet a client, the details which we need is
Split up of dimensions of total requirement
Vehicle accessibility
Location of the project
Straight or bend
Grade of steel
Brand of steel
Minimum order quantity : 1 ton ( 1000kg)
Cement is mainly a mixture of gypsum, volcanic ashes, fly ash,and lime stone.
There are mainly 3 types of cement
PPC : Portland Porzolana cement ( they are mostly used for normal household concretes
Brands: Ramco, Ultratech, Ambhuja, Chettinad, Sankar
OPC : ordinary Portland cement ( They are mainly used for 3 storage or more building , mainly commercial, government projects etc…)
Brands: Ramco, Chettinad, Ultratech (Need company special approval)
4mm: is otherwise called baby metal
6mm: This is otherwise called ¼ inch
12mm: This is otherwise called ½ inch
20mm: This is otherwise called ¾ inch
40mm: This is otherwise called 1 ½ inch
All there are used mainly for concreteing.
When we meet a client we should ask
How many cubic feet he need?
Location of the project?
Vehicle accessibility?
Minimum order quantity is 150
Dust is mainly used for filling purpose/ levelling purpose. They are measured in cubic feet.
When we meet a client we should ask
How many cubic feet he need?
Location of the project?
Vehicle accessibility?
Minimum order quantity is 150
Psand is mostly used for plastering of buildings They are measured in cubic feet. There are 2 grades of p-sand
1st quality (double wash)
2nd quality ( single wash)
When we meet a client we should ask
How many cubic feet he need?
Location of the project?
Vehicle accessibility?
Which grade they prefer?
Minimum order quantity is 150
Msand is used mainly in concreting. It is measured in Cft ( cubic feet). Three grades are available
Double wash : 1 st quality
Single wash : 2nd quality ( this is mostly used)
When we meet a client we should ask
How many cubic feet he need?
Location of the project?
Vehicle accessibility?
Which grade they prefer?
Minimum order quantity is 150
Boulder is other wise called rubble ( karingalle). Mostly used for foundation. Its measured in loads. When we meet a client we should ask
How many loads he need?
Location of the project?
Vehicle accessibility?
It is not measured in cft like other quarry marerials
Minimum order quantity is 150