What's the CPWD DSR rate for a stainless steel railing?
SS-304 railing — tubes, channels and plates, welded, buffed and polished — is priced per kg of stainless steel. A 900 mm high balcony or staircase railing typically works out to 7-9 kg per running metre; this recipe prices one metre at 8 kg.
Preliminary Using CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil) item rates as published, this worked scenario adds up to ₹4,898 (items 10.28). The item rates are CPWD's Delhi base rates; the quantities and the item mix are NirmanDost's scenario, not a CPWD bundle — adjust both to your site and apply your local cost index.
The recipe
| Code | Description | Unit | Rate | Qty | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.28 | Providing and fixing stainless steel ( Grade 304) railing made of Hollow tubes, channels, plates etc., including welding, grinding, buffing, polishing and making curvature (wherever required) and fitting the same with necessary stainless steel nuts and bolts complete, i/c fixing the railing with necessary accessories & stainless steel dash fasteners , stainless steel bolts etc., of required size, on the top of the floor or the side of waist slab with suitable arrangement as per approval of Engineer-in- charge, (for payment purpose only weight of stainless steel members shall be considered excluding fixing accessories such as nuts, bolts, fasteners etc.).~1 running metre of 900 mm railing at 8 kg/m — weigh your actual design | kg | ₹612.25 | 8 | ₹4,898 |
| Total | ₹4,898 | ||||
What goes into one unit
Straight from CPWD's own rate analysis for these items — the material and labour they price into the rate above, per one unit of the item. Multiply by your quantity to get a shopping list. Carriage lines are left out: those pay for moving the material, not for extra material.
One kg of item 10.28 — Providing and fixing stainless steel ( Grade 304) railing ma
| Item | Qty | Unit | In site terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless steel (Grade-304)hollow section round/square tubes | 1.05 | kg | |
| Stainless steel bolts/square bar and plates | 0.5 | kg | |
| Beldar | 0.1 | day | |
| Blacksmith 1st class | 0.03 | day | |
| Bandhani | 0.01 | day |
Rates and quantities are CPWD's published figures, not a market quotation. Local rates differ — you can override them in the BOQ Builder.
Variations
MS tube handrail instead (per kg, primer coat included)
| Code | Description | Unit | Rate | Qty | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.26.1 | Providing and fixing hand rail of approved size by welding etc. to steel ladder railing, balcony railing, staircase railing and similar works, including applying priming coat of approved steel primer. M.S. tube | kg | ₹157.15 | 8 | ₹1,257.20 |
| Total | ₹1,257.20 | ||||
Notes
- Only the weight of stainless members is paid — fixing accessories, nuts and fasteners are included in the rate but not weighed.
- Glass infill panels, if any, are a separate item.
- Rates shown are CPWD Delhi base rates from CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil), as published (our extract of the book is dated 2025) — apply your local market / cost-index variation.
- CPWD has published later editions since (its site lists DSR 2023); the 2021 figures here are reference rates, not the schedule in force for a current tender.
- The item mix and quantities on this page are a NirmanDost worked scenario; the rates, units and descriptions in each row are CPWD's, verbatim. Every code opens in CivicMate for the source row.
- Page last rebuilt 2026-08-17.