Commercial · Institutional · Residential · Structural engineering · Dehradun & Uttarakhand

Planning a building that matters? Let's engineer it right, together.

Hotels, schools, clinics, commercial buildings and family homes: designed for your site and soil, priced openly in a BOQ, and shown to you in a photo update every Saturday. We follow the same checklists on every site, so the important checks are written down, not left to memory.

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Our one-page capability statement

20+ structures since 2020 · Designed to IS codes · BOQ before work starts · Weekly update every Saturday

A four-storey hillside resort building with carved timber balconies above an open ground floor

Weekly update every Saturday

Checked before every pour Reinforcement checked against your drawings, with a signed checklist.

The BrickVriksh Promise

Four commitments we work to on every site.

We'd like you to build nishchint hokar (निश्चिंत होकर): with complete peace of mind. So here are four things you can see and check for yourself on any BrickVriksh project.

  1. आपकी भूमि को समझकर किया गया डिज़ाइन

    Engineered for your site

    Structural design from a site and soil study, to IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893 and IS 13920.

    How we keep it A site-visit checklist, a soil report before design where the site needs one, and an engineering review of every drawing. Soil testing is done by a testing agency and charged at actuals.

    See the method

  2. हर ख़र्च का साफ़ हिसाब, आपके सामने

    Priced in the open

    A project BOQ before work starts. Significant changes are priced in writing and approved by you before the work goes ahead.

    How we keep it A BOQ with written assumptions and exclusions, and a variation record for every change.

    See a BOQ page

  3. हर सप्ताह, आपके भवन का हाल आप तक

    Visible every week

    A photo update from site every Saturday. Larger projects also get a monthly management report.

    How we keep it Our site reporting app, a Saturday reporting rule, and a monthly report template.

    See a weekly update

  4. हर चरण की जाँच, हर जाँच का रिकॉर्ड

    Tested and documented

    A signed check before every structural concrete pour, cube samples sent to a testing lab, and a handover file at the end.

    How we keep it A pour checklist, a cube test register and a handover checklist. Lab tests are charged at actuals unless your BOQ includes them.

    See a pour checklist

Who we build for

Buildings that have to be right the first time.

We work best with owners who see their building as an investment worth looking after. Choose the one closest to yours, and we'll take it from there together.

  • Resort buildings with timber balconies around a lawn on a misty hillside

    Hotels, resorts & homestays

    Buildings stepped into the hillside, engineered for the slope, with a programme you can follow every week.

    Discuss a Hospitality Project
  • A three-storey institutional building with open corridors around a landscaped courtyard, hills behind

    Schools, clinics & institutions

    Structures designed to the earthquake code (IS 1893) for buildings people depend on, with records your trustees can read.

    Discuss an Institutional Building
  • A finished five-storey apartment building with a dark facade and glass balcony rails

    Commercial buildings & developers

    Showrooms, offices, mixed-use and apartment buildings, built to your drawings and your programme, with cost tracked against the BOQ.

    Discuss a Commercial Building
  • A finished two-storey home with a stone-clad facade and a blue gate

    Homes built to a higher standard

    For families who want it right the first time, including those building from outside Dehradun. घर अक्सर जीवन में एक ही बार बनता है। आइए, उसे मिलकर सही बनाएँ।

    Plan My Home

Structural engineering or steel (PEB) only? Discuss Structural Requirements

Existing building with cracks, seepage or a change of use? Discuss a Condition Assessment

Already have drawings? Discuss My Drawings

How we work

The BrickVriksh Way

Six steps, the same on every site, run by trained BrickVriksh engineers using our checklists. The important checks are written down, so they don't depend on anyone's memory.

  1. 01 Understand

    What happens

    A first conversation (free), and a site visit if we're a fit. For commercial work, your architect or consultant is welcome.

    What you receive

    A starting brief and an honest view of whether we're the right team.

    The standard we use

    First-conversation checklist

  2. 02 Engineer

    What happens

    Site and soil information gathered (a soil investigation, where needed, is done by a testing agency and charged separately). Layout and structure developed together to IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893 and IS 13920, with future floors and services planned in.

    What you receive

    Structural drawings and a design basis note.

    The standard we use

    Design review checklist

  3. 03 Price

    What happens

    Specifications, quantities and the project BOQ, with assumptions, exclusions, payment milestones and the change rule.

    What you receive

    A proposal you, your partners or your lender can read and compare.

    The standard we use

    BOQ template and change rule

  4. 04 Build

    What happens

    Work follows a milestone programme and our site standards. Reinforcement is checked before every pour, and concrete cubes are cast and sent to a lab for testing (charged at actuals).

    What you receive

    Inspection and test records as the building rises.

    The standard we use

    Pour checklist, cube register, site standards

  5. 05 Show

    What happens

    A photo update every Saturday. Larger projects also get a monthly management report.

    What you receive

    Progress, photos, decisions needed, quality notes and approved changes; programme and cost against plan.

    The standard we use

    Weekly and monthly report templates

  6. 06 Hand over

    What happens

    Final checks, snags closed, and handover.

    What you receive

    Your building and its handover file, with maintenance notes.

    The standard we use

    Handover checklist

How your building grows

  1. A wide view of foundations with column starters in their formwork across a building plot

    01 Foundations and column starters

  2. Timber shuttering and props for a beam and slab above a concrete column

    02 Shuttering for beams and slabs

  3. A crew placing concrete on a reinforced slab from a pump hose, with hills behind

    03 Slab concreting, under supervision

  4. A two-storey reinforced concrete frame with scaffolding and column bars rising for the next floor

    04 The RC frame takes shape

  5. A concrete staircase inside a building frame, with a worker climbing it

    05 Stairs, masonry and finishes follow

Management in proportion to your project

How we manage a project depends on its size, complexity and agreed scope. We use the simplest system that gives you real control.

A home or smaller building

  • Project brief and milestone plan
  • Saturday photo updates
  • Simple approvals and variation record
  • Inspection checklist
  • Billing milestones

A commercial, institutional or larger project

  • All of these, plus a detailed schedule
  • Monthly management report
  • Procurement plan
  • Coordination meetings
  • Decision register and risk tracking
  • Structured billing

Not on site every day?

Many of our clients live away from Dehradun, or run a business that keeps them off site. Your Saturday update and the decisions that need you reach you wherever you are. On larger projects, so does a monthly report you can forward to partners or your lender.

Illustration: a weekly site update with photos arriving on a phone BrickVriksh Engineers Weekly site update WEEK 14 DECISION NEEDED
Illustration: your weekly update, with site photos.

The first conversation is free. Feasibility, design, BOQ preparation and surveys are carried out under a formal engagement.

Plan My Project

The proof

See it before you trust it.

Engineered to stand. Shown to you as it grows.

These are the documents you'll receive. The entries below are samples, not a real client's project.

Sample weekly update

Your Saturday update

Key site photographs

  • Slab reinforcement laid across a floor, with column bars rising and hills behindSlab steel laid
  • A reinforced concrete frame rising with scaffolding and column barsFrame rising
  • Finished columns and slab soffit on an upper floor, with hills beyondColumns and slab done
Work completed
Example: ground-floor columns cast; curing in progress.
Work planned next
Example: shuttering and reinforcement for the first-floor slab.
Decisions needed from you
Example: confirm the staircase tile selection by Friday.
Quality observations
Example: cover blocks adjusted at two column bases before the pour.
Approved changes
Example: extra window on the east wall, cost and time effect approved.
Next milestone
Example: first-floor slab casting.

Sent every Saturday from our site reporting app. Photos above are samples.

Sample monthly report

Monthly management report (larger projects)

Programme

Planned62%
Actual58%
Cost against BOQ
Work done: 54% of BOQ value. Approved variations: +1.8%.
Decisions needed
Confirm the lift make before the third-floor slab.
Risks
Monsoon: roof slab planned before mid-June; covered cement storage in place.

Written to be forwarded to your partners, board or lender.

Sample pour checklist

Before the concrete goes in

  • Formwork levels, joints and props checked
  • Bar sizes and spacing as per drawing
  • Cover blocks, laps and anchorage in place
  • Sleeves and embedded services fixed
  • Concrete grade and slump recorded
  • Cubes cast for testing

Signed by the site engineer before the pour begins.

Sample BOQ page

Every item, with its quantity and assumptions

ItemUnitQty
PCC 1:4:8 below footings, 75 mmcum12.40
RCC M25 in columns, pumpedcum18.50
Reinforcement Fe 500D, as per bar bending schedulekg4,850
Brick masonry 230 mm in CM 1:6 (plaster excluded)cum46.00

A real BOQ also carries rates and amounts; they're left out of this sample.

Sample handover file

What you keep when we hand over

  • Drawings as issued and as revised
  • Structural design basis note
  • Pour checklists and cube test results
  • Main materials list
  • Variation record
  • Maintenance notes: roof, waterproofing, drainage

What gets checked, stage by stage

Six checks we carry out as your structure goes up. Key photos and observations from them reach you in your weekly update.

  1. An engineer checking levels on site with an automatic level on a tripod

    01 Setting out and levels

    Before anything is built, grid lines, levels and alignment are checked with a levelling instrument against the drawings.

  2. An engineer measuring bar spacing on a reinforcement mesh, with the structural drawing beside him

    02 Reinforcement

    Bar sizes, spacing, laps and cover are checked against the structural drawings before any concrete goes in.

  3. A slump test: a cone of fresh concrete measured with a tape beside the slump cone

    03 Workability (slump test)

    A slump test on the fresh concrete confirms it will place and compact properly, with no extra water added to weaken it.

  4. Workers placing and levelling concrete on a reinforced slab from a pump hose

    04 The pour

    Concrete is placed and compacted under supervision, so beams and slabs come out dense, without honeycombing.

  5. Steel cube moulds filled with fresh concrete for strength testing

    05 Strength (cube tests)

    Cubes are cast from the same concrete and tested for compressive strength, so the grade is confirmed, not assumed.

  6. Engineers reviewing a building frame against the drawings on site

    06 Progress against the drawings

    The engineer reviews the work against the drawings and the plan, and the week's photos go into your update.

Site standards

Walk onto any BrickVriksh site and you'll find the same things.

An orderly site tells you more about a builder than any brochure. These are the standards our sites run to.

  • A site board with the project engineer's name and contact
  • Helmets and safety vests on site
  • Materials stacked and the site cleared at the end of each day
  • A signed pour checklist before every concrete pour
  • Concrete cubes cast from structural pours and lab-tested (lab charges at actuals)
  • A photo update to you every Saturday
  • A variation record for every priced change
  • A handover file when the building is complete

From our own sites:

  • Column reinforcement checked in the footing before concreting.

  • Slab reinforcement laid and inspected before the pour.

  • Concrete cubes cast on site, ready for strength testing.

  • Setting out checked with a string line and measuring tape.

Project stories

Where our clients were stuck, and how we helped

Resorts on steep slopes, steel that had to fit to the millimetre, homes built for families. Each story shows where the client was stuck, how we helped, and where the building stands now, with photos from the site. Every photo here is from our own sites. We don't name our clients: their privacy matters to us as much as their buildings.

HospitalityHill siteRC frame

A resort on a steep hillside

A resort · the hills near Dehradun

Where they were stuck

The site falls steeply away from a mountain road, so every building sits at a different level. A design drawn for flat ground wouldn't work here. The foundations, frames and roofs all had to be engineered for the slope, then built carefully on it, without losing the valley views that guests come for.

How we helped 11 photos

We started with the slope, not the drawing board. Each building's foundations were set to the levels of the hillside, so the structure steps down the slope instead of cutting the whole hill flat. A grid of plinth beams then ties the column footings together at ground level, so each building works as one on uneven ground.

As the frames rose, nothing was concreted until it had been checked. Before every slab and column pour, the bar sizes, spacing, cover and laps were checked against the structural drawings. Test cubes were cast from the concrete and sent to a lab, so its strength is on record rather than assumed, and props stayed under each new slab until the concrete could carry itself.

On the roofs, the pavilions were framed in light steel. That keeps the extra load on the concrete frame below small, and opens each building up to the valley views the owner wanted guests to enjoy.

Where it stands

The main block now stands finished, its carved timber balconies looking out over the valley, with timber cottages and rooftop pavilions around it on the slope.

Photos from the site

Tap a photo to see it larger, with a note on what it shows.

Steel structuresFoundationsCommercialHealthcare

A steel building that had to fit to the millimetre

A vehicle workshop, Maletha (Srinagar Garhwal) · A healthcare building, Dehradun · An adventure park beyond Mussoorie

Where they were stuck

A pre-engineered steel building is made in a factory and arrives as finished parts. It can only be bolted down if every anchor bolt in the foundation is exactly where the drawings say. If the bolts are out of line, erection stops, and the fix is slow and costly.

How we helped 11 photos

Each of these steel buildings started the same way: with foundations built to fit parts that hadn't arrived yet. Every pit was taken down to firm ground and the footing cast with its column cage standing true. The pedestals were then boxed in with formwork and checked for plumb and level before any concrete went in.

The anchor bolts are where millimetres matter. Each group was held in a steel template that matched the column's base plate, so the spacing couldn't drift during the pour, and every bolt's position, projection and level was checked against the drawings before the concrete went in around it. The pedestals were handed over ready for erection, and the factory-made columns and beams were bolted straight down onto them.

At the vehicle workshop in Maletha, our work carried on inside the finished steel shell: we built the offices and stores in blockwork, and laid and tiled the floor of the service bays, so the workshop was ready for its lifts and paint booth.

Where it stands

Near Srinagar Garhwal, the vehicle workshop is finished and in use, with its service bays, vehicle lifts, paint booth and offices under one steel roof. In Dehradun, the healthcare building's steel frame is up and its walls are going in. High in the hills beyond Mussoorie, the same method set the bolts for a giant swing, whose twin steel towers now stand on the foundations we built.

Photos from the site

Tap a photo to see it larger, with a note on what it shows.

Steel structuresHospitalityStructural design

Guest cottages raised on light steel frames

Guest cottages · near Ramnagar, Uttarakhand

Where they were stuck

The owner wanted a row of guest cottages lifted above the ground among the trees: quick to put up, light on the land, and without a heavy concrete frame under each one.

How we helped 3 photos

We kept the structure as light as the brief. The cottages were framed in steel, with A-shaped frames for the roofs, and beams and bracing sized for a raised floor and for the wind.

Each column stands on a steel base plate bolted to a small concrete pedestal, so most of the ground under the cottages is left untouched. As the frames went up, the floor frames were set out and checked for line and level, ready for the decking.

Where it stands

The frames and floor decks are up among the trees, ready for the cottages to be closed in.

Photos from the site

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ApartmentsRC frame

Many homes on one frame, checked at every pour

An apartment building · Rishikesh

Where they were stuck

An apartment building is many families' homes stacked on one frame. The project's consultants needed a construction team that would build it exactly to their drawings, floor after floor, and check every stage before moving on.

How we helped 4 photos

We built the frame exactly as the consultants drew it, one floor at a time. Before every slab pour, our supervisors checked the shuttering below and the steel above against the drawings: bar sizes, spacing, cover blocks and laps. The concrete went in only once those checks were done, with our supervisor on the deck through the pour.

Each floor was checked before the next one began. Once a floor of the frame was complete, the brick infill walls followed, then the plaster, inside and out, ready for the facade and the finishes.

Where it stands

The building stands complete, with its dark facade and glass balcony rails.

Photos from the site

Tap a photo to see it larger, with a note on what it shows.

RetrofittingRenovationSteel

Stronger, not rebuilt: new life for two buildings

Two existing buildings · Dehradun

Where they were stuck

One owner had damaged concrete and masonry in their building and needed it made safe again, without pulling it down. A family elsewhere wanted more outdoor space on their upper floors, without overloading the structure below.

How we helped 3 photos

For the damaged building, we didn't judge from the plaster. We opened up the damaged member and the masonry around it to see the real condition of the concrete and steel. Damaged concrete was cut back to sound material, and the member rebuilt and strengthened before the finishes went back on. That's structural retrofitting: making an existing building stronger without starting again.

For the family home, we added steel-framed terraces, canopies and a spiral stair, kept light so the existing structure could carry them. Translucent roofing over the terraces gives the family open-air space they can use in any weather.

Where it stands

Both buildings are back in use. The family home has gained terraces they use in sun or rain, and it glows at night.

Photos from the site

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HomesFrame to finish

Three homes, from bare frame to front door

Family homes · Dehradun

Where they were stuck

A home is usually the biggest thing a family ever builds, and most families build only once. Each of them needed a team that would get the structure right, keep them informed, and see the house through.

How we helped 8 photos

Each home started with careful setting out. We marked the plan with string lines and checked every footing's size, depth and mesh before the concrete was placed and compacted around it.

Before each roof slab, the main bars, distribution bars, chairs and cover blocks were checked against the drawings. Each slab was cast in one continuous pour and then kept wet while it cured. The RC stair went in with the frame, so every floor could be reached safely as the house rose.

Brick walls followed the frame. Depending on each family's brief, we stopped at the structure or took the home all the way to its finishes, keeping the family informed at every stage.

Where it stands

All three homes are complete: one with a stone-clad facade and a blue gate, one bright blue and white home in the city, and one with a bold modern elevation.

Photos from the site

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Groundwork, frames, steel and finishes from our projects. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Facing something similar? Tell us where you're stuck. The first conversation is always free.

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Fit

Is BrickVriksh right for your project?

We're a good fit when

  • Your project is a commercial, institutional or hospitality building, or a home where quality and safety come before the lowest rate
  • You want drawings, a BOQ and records you can keep
  • You'd like to see progress every week
  • You value an engineer's judgement on site

We may not be the right fit when

  • The main goal is the lowest per-sq-ft rate, without drawings or a BOQ
  • You need labour-only work
  • The programme needs checks skipped to save time

If you're not sure, tell us about the project. We'll say honestly whether we're the right team.

Understanding cost

A budget becomes more reliable as the project becomes clearer.

We'd rather give you an honest range early than a neat number that changes later. Here's how an early figure grows into a proposal you can rely on.

  1. Level 1

    Early planning range

    Built from area and a planning rate, with limited information. Good for early budgeting only.

  2. Level 2

    Preliminary estimate

    Once drawings, site information, specification level and structural requirements are known.

  3. Level 3

    Detailed proposal and BOQ

    Based on defined scope, drawings, specifications, assumptions and exclusions.

Starting Budget Planner

A Level 1 planning range to help you start thinking about budget.

Use the combined floor area, not the plot area.

A sample planning rate. Change it to test your own assumptions.

Illustrative planning range (±10%)

₹58.05 lakh – ₹70.95 lakh

3,000 sq ft × ₹2,150 per sq ft

Commercial and institutional rates vary widely with use and services; treat this as early budgeting only.

This tool gives an early planning indication only. Actual construction cost depends on design, structural requirements, site conditions, services, specifications and final project scope. The sample rate is not a BrickVriksh quotation. The range excludes land, approvals, design fees and exceptional site conditions.

Discuss My Project Budget

What's included, and what's charged separately

We'd rather you know this now than discover it later. Your proposal lists every item clearly.

Free

  • Your first conversation with us

Agreed in writing before work starts

  • Feasibility, design and drawings
  • BOQ preparation and detailed estimates
  • Site visits outside Dehradun

Charged at actuals, unless your BOQ includes them

  • Soil investigation and geotechnical report
  • Concrete cube tests and other material tests at an independent lab
  • Topographic and site surveys
  • Approval, authority and utility connection fees
  • Specialist consultants: fire, MEP, lifts

A clear scope protects both of us

Clear scope and specifications make quotations easier to understand and help avoid disagreements later. A professional agreement may define:

  • Scope
  • Specifications
  • Assumptions
  • Exclusions
  • Responsibilities
  • Payment milestones
  • Timeline basis
  • Approvals
  • Change process

When plans change

It's natural for plans to evolve as your building takes shape. What matters is knowing how a change affects scope, cost and time before it's carried out.

Typical changes include drawing changes, specification changes, quantity changes, additions you request and unforeseen site conditions. Each is recorded, priced and approved before the work goes ahead.

Before you build

Good construction begins before construction.

Most cost and schedule surprises start when important decisions are left until the work has begun. These are the things we'll think through with you first.

Illustration: a hillside building site in section A two-storey RC frame building on a levelled platform cut into a slope, with a retaining wall on the uphill side, footings in the soil, a service line to a chamber, the setback to the plot boundary and the sun's path for orientation. SLOPE SUN & ORIENTATION RC FRAME SETBACK RETAINING WALL FOOTINGS SERVICES SOIL STRATA
Illustration: site, soil, structure and services are best understood before drawings are final.
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Site
Slope, soil, access and setbacks.
Requirements
How you'll use the building, now and in the years ahead.
Design
Layouts and elevations that fit your site, budget and Vastu preferences.
Structure
A structural system suited to the loads, soil and seismic conditions.
Services
Water, drainage and electrical routes planned early.
Specifications
Materials and finishes, which drive much of the cost.
Budget
Assumptions and exclusions clear before you compare rates.
Execution
Sequence, responsibilities and inspection points agreed.

Who stands behind the method

Engineering, a trained site team, and records you can read.

When you build with BrickVriksh, the engineers who design your structure work hand in hand with the team that builds it, and everything is written down.

Engineers marking up structural drawings beside reference books on RCC design, steel design, structural dynamics and foundation engineering

Engineering

Structural design to IS codes, done in-house, with the site, soil, loads and buildability thought through before drawings are final.

Four engineers in safety helmets reviewing a drawing together on a building site

The site team

Trained site engineers and supervisors working to our checklists. Our team has built resorts, apartments, steel foundations and homes across Dehradun and the hills.

Two engineers checking a concrete column marked C1 300x600 against the schedule on a clipboard

Management

Records, the Saturday update, monthly reports on larger projects, and a variation record for every change, all shared with you.

The engineer behind the method

From Kedarnath to the BrickVriksh Way

BrickVriksh was started in 2020 by a civil engineer whose career began on one of the hardest sites there is: the rebuilding of Kedarnath after the 2013 flood. Four years as a project engineer with Soilex Consultants followed, and then a master's in structural engineering, studied alongside the first BrickVriksh projects.

What those sites taught is now written into the BrickVriksh Way: understand the ground first, check before every pour, and write everything down. It was built so that every site runs to the same standard, with or without the founder standing on it.

  1. 2015Kedarnath Site and quality engineer on the rebuilding after the 2013 flood
  2. 2016–20Project engineer Four years with Soilex Consultants
  3. 2020BrickVriksh Engineers Founded in Dehradun; a master's in structural engineering alongside
  4. Today20+ structures RC and steel, and a written method any trained engineer can run

Track record

  • Founded September 2020, Dehradun
  • Track record 20+ RC and steel structure projects delivered
  • Engineering Structural design in-house, led by a civil engineer with a master's in structural engineering
  • Reporting BrickVriksh's own site reporting app for weekly photo updates

Who does what

We're open about what we do ourselves and what we coordinate.

BrickVriksh performs
Structural design; construction execution; project planning, reporting and billing records
BrickVriksh coordinates
Architectural design (in-house or with a partner architect); soil investigation and testing with testing agencies; statutory approvals (such as the development authority and the fire NOC) with your architect or consultant
Specialists and consultants
Fire, HVAC, lifts, specialist MEP and façade work, coordinated within the agreed scope

For architects, consultants and developers

A builder you can put your name next to.

Our one-page capability statement

Supplier or contractor? Partner with us

  1. We build to your drawings. Structural or buildability questions are raised early, in writing.
  2. You see what your client sees. The same Saturday update goes to you and to them.
  3. Our sites are orderly. We keep them the way you'd want your name on them.
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Next steps

What happens after you message us

  1. 1

    Reply

    Within one working day.

  2. 2

    First conversation

    Free, in a weekly slot, by phone or video. Your architect is welcome.

  3. 3

    Site visit

    If we're a fit for your project.

  4. 4

    Proposal and BOQ review

    We walk you and your partners through every line.

  5. 5

    Agreement

    Then the BrickVriksh Way begins.

Common questions

Questions owners ask us

Commercial, institutional and hospitality projects

Can you work to our architect's drawings and our programme?

Yes. We review the drawings for structure, buildability and cost, raise questions in writing early, and agree a milestone programme with you and your architect before work starts.

How do you report progress to partners, a board or a lender?

Every project gets a photo update every Saturday. Larger projects also get a monthly management report: progress against the programme, cost against the BOQ, approved variations, decisions needed and risks. It's written to be forwarded.

How do you control cost on a large project?

Through the project BOQ with its assumptions and exclusions, a variation record that prices every change before it's built, and, on larger projects, a monthly view of cost against the BOQ.

Who handles approvals and the fire NOC?

Statutory approvals are coordinated with your architect or consultant, and we provide the structural drawings and information they need. We don't control approval authorities or their timelines.

Can the structure allow for future floors or a change of use?

Yes, if it's planned at the design stage. Tell us what you might add later, and the structure, foundations and services can be designed for it now.

Do you work on pre-engineered steel buildings?

Yes. We build foundations, pedestals and anchor bolts set precisely to the supplier's drawings, and we offer structural consultancy for steel structures.

Homes

How do I know the steel and concrete inside are right?

The reinforcement (sariya) is checked against the structural drawings before every pour, and a signed pour checklist is kept. Concrete cubes go to a lab for strength testing (lab charges at actuals). You see the photos in your Saturday update.

I live outside Dehradun. How will I know what's happening?

Your Saturday update brings work done, work planned next, photos, decisions needed and the next milestone. You approve decisions and changes in writing, from wherever you are.

Will my home be safe in an earthquake (bhookamp)?

Your structure is designed to the Indian Standard for earthquake-resistant design (IS 1893) and detailed for ductility (IS 13920), with the site and soil taken into account. No builder can promise more than a properly engineered, properly built structure.

How do you handle Vastu?

Tell us your Vastu preferences at the start. The layout and structure are planned with them in mind, and anything that conflicts with structural safety is explained clearly.

What if I want changes midway?

That's normal. Each change is recorded and priced in writing, with its effect on time, and you approve it before it's built.

Working with us

Is the first conversation free?

Yes. It's to understand your project and suggest a sensible next step. Feasibility, design, BOQ preparation and surveys are carried out under a formal engagement.

Can I hire BrickVriksh only for structural engineering?

Yes. Structural engineering can be taken up on its own, with the scope and fee agreed separately.

Are tests included in the price?

Tests such as soil investigation and concrete cube tests are done by independent laboratories. Their charges are billed at actuals unless your BOQ includes them. We list them clearly in the proposal, so there are no surprises later.

How is an early budget different from a quotation?

An early planning range uses area and a planning rate. A preliminary estimate follows once drawings and specifications are known. The detailed proposal and BOQ is based on defined scope, assumptions and exclusions. Accuracy improves at each level.

Short guides

Before you ask for a rate

Short guides to help you compare construction proposals with confidence.

What should be clear before asking for a construction rate?

A rate only means something when both sides are pricing the same building. Before asking, be clear about the built-up area of all floors, the number of floors, the site and its access, and whether drawings exist. Decide the specification level for flooring, doors, windows, fittings and finishes, even roughly. Note what you expect to be included, such as boundary walls, water tanks, electrical fittings or approvals. With this information, two contractors can quote on a comparable basis, and you can see the real difference between them.

Why a rate per sq ft alone cannot define the final cost

A rate per sq ft is an average. It hides the things that move cost most: soil and foundation type, the structural system, the number of floors, the specification of finishes, services, site access and slope. Two buildings of the same area can differ widely in cost. A planning rate is useful for early budgeting, but a reliable figure comes from drawings, specifications and a BOQ that lists quantities, assumptions and exclusions. That's why we treat the planning range as Level 1, not as a quotation.

How to compare two construction quotations

Put the two quotations side by side against the same drawings and specifications. Check that the quantities are similar, and that the same items are included and excluded. Look at the material brands and grades named, the payment milestones, the basis of the timeline and how changes will be priced. A lower total is sometimes a narrower scope, so ask each contractor what isn't included. The quotation that explains its assumptions clearly is usually the easier one to live with.

Damp walls? Find the cause before you pay for repairs
Illustration: where the water was getting in A section through a three-storey house. Water passes through the joints of bathroom floor tiles laid without waterproofing and rises into the walls; rainwater enters through a crack in the roof slab; the terrace drain inlet is badly fitted; and the underside of a chajja has spalled, exposing its steel bars. SLAB CRACK DRAIN INLET SPALLED CHAJJA DAMP RISING NO WATERPROOFING UNDER THE TILES
Illustration: the four places water was getting in, in one home we investigated.

In one Dehradun home, damp (seelan) was spreading through the walls and rainwater was coming in through the roof slab. We traced four separate causes. Bathroom tiles had been laid without waterproofing, so water rose into the walls by capillary action. There was a crack in the RCC roof slab, a badly fitted terrace drain inlet, and a chajja whose concrete cover had spalled, exposing its steel.

Each cause needs a different repair, and the options carry different costs and trade-offs. Damp rarely goes away with a coat of paint. Finding the real source first means you pay for the right repair, once.

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