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.
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 | ||||
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 DSR 2021 (CPWD), edition 2025 — apply your local market / cost-index variation.
- Generated 2026-08-01.