Assessment of Household Cement Consumption Pattern in Pokhara Metropolitan City

Abstract

Cement is a major construction material used in civil engineering works due to which its demand is very high. A proper cement brand selection is a tough task. Different brands have different pricing and quality because they are from different origin and industries. The consumers and suppliers of the cement market may feel that every brand they are buying and selling is of good quality. Most of the cement may conform to the minimum standard for use. The study has been focused to assess the consumption of different cement brands available in the Pokhara metropolitan city. To carry out the research, cement supplier’s data and field data were collected. Consumers within the study area were considered during the survey. Visual inspection of maximum sites was done. The different brands of cement in use at the site were examined by field survey and analysis was done on SPSS software to obtain the results. Maximum cement consumers choose Shivam (30%) in OPC type and Brij cement (25%) in PPC type. During the selection of the cement, consumers are mainly affected by contractors with (35%) without any quality test of cement. 15% of the cement consumers don’t know about the brand of cement they are using in their household construction. 77.50% of the consumers don’t do quality assurance with engineers during household construction. 70% of the cement consumers are unknown about the concrete ratio in structural members. 97.5% of the cement consumers are unaware of the manufacturing date. Only 12.50% of the cement consumers are affected by advertisement of cement. 80% of the RMC company uses Shivam cement and 20% uses Argakhachi cement. A positive increasing trend of annual cement consumption is seen from 2070 BS to 2076 BS. Cement consumption forecasting for 2080 BS would be 289942.089 metric ton with upper bound and lower bound consumption being 209742.725 metric ton and 370141.450 metric ton respectively. Cement consumption from RMC suppliers in the study area in 2080 BS would be 49125.005 metric ton with upper bound and lower bound consumption being 59572.830 metric ton and 38677.190 metric ton respectively.