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Plain answers to the questions clients ask
Costs, plans, estimation and the mistakes worth avoiding — written for people building a house, not for other engineers.
How much does house construction cost in Patna?
A straight answer on rates per square foot in 2026, what those rates include, and the five things that move the number most on a real plot.
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30 × 40 house plan: what actually fits
Room sizes, setbacks and staircase position on a 1,200 sq.ft plot — and the compromise most people do not see coming.
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40 × 60 house plan: planning a wider plot
What a 2,400 sq.ft plot lets you do that a narrow one does not, and where the extra width is usually wasted.
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RCC slab estimation: working out the concrete
How slab thickness, span and reinforcement come together, and how we calculate the cement, sand, aggregate and steel for a pour.
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Cement calculation for a house, explained
Where the 0.4 bags per sq.ft rule of thumb comes from, when it holds, and when it will leave you short.
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Steel estimation: why thumb rules mislead
Per-square-foot steel figures ignore span and storey count. Here is what actually drives the tonnage on a house.
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Foundation planning: choosing the right footing
Isolated, combined, strip or raft — how soil, column load and plot boundary decide which one your house needs.
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Staircase planning: rise, tread and headroom
The three numbers that decide whether a staircase is comfortable, and the headroom mistake we see most often on site.
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North facing house plan: what the facing changes
Entrance position, light through the day, and the planning choices a north-facing plot makes easier.
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East facing house plan: entrance and light
How morning light and entrance placement shape the layout on an east-facing plot.
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Seven construction mistakes we see most often
Curing skipped, cover blocks missing, steel diameter substituted — the errors that cost the most later and are cheapest to avoid now.
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Material selection: where to spend, where to save
Some savings you will never notice. Others you will live with every day. A room-by-room view of which is which.
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