International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 03 | Mar-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1139 Efficient Techniques of Construction Material Management in Construction Projects Deepak Karoriya 1 , Dr. Mukesh Pandey 2 ¹PG scholar’s, Civil Engineering Department, ITM University, Gwalior ²HOD, Civil Engineering Department, ITM University, Gwalior ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Construction industry is an industry, which is involved in the planning, execution and evaluation (monitoring) of all types of civil works. Physical infrastructures such as buildings, communication & energy related construction works, water supply & sewerage civil works etc. are some of the major projects in the construction industry. Construction industry plays an important role in social, economical & political development of a country. The industry has been experiencing such problems as managing and minimizing wastage of construction materials due to lack of effective management and planning. One of the very important sections that should specify in the construction project management is managing and minimizing wastage of construction materials at construction projects. The successful execution of construction projects within given cost, time and quality, good handling of construction materials on construction site requires systematic planning and controlling of the construction works. This explains also that the management of materials becomes the most pertinent source of construction waste. The main tools for the collection of data included questionnaires, and site visit were used to identify the annual requirement of the construction materials. Simple EOQ analysis involving tables of the annual requirement of the construction materials were used in analyze the results from the questionnaire. Secondary sources of data were obtained from relevant literature that covered thesis related to the construction materials management and research paper. Key Words: Materials management, Wastes management, Construction Sites 1. INTRODUCTION Management of Construction materials is very important as materials are the major cost component in any construction project and site. The total cost of used material may be 50% or more of the total cost. The aim of the materials management is to make sure that the materials are available at their point of use when requirement hence, efficient of materialǯs procurement represents a key role in the successful completion of the work of construction project and site. Materials Management is the need to be more efficient in the construction industries. Management of materials must be effectively managed or taken care of the materials to avoid incurring losses and administrative costs, which affect the construction projects cost. However, material waste is a major problem in the Indian construction industry that has important implications in both the efficiency of the industry and the environmental impact of construction projects due to lack of effective materials management and planning. In this study management of the material is done by the EOQ analysis. The EOQ analysis is the most importance methodology to avoiding the construction materials west on site. There are many difference between the project that planed with EOQ analysis and without EOQ analysis. The cost of the project may be decreases by EOQ analysis. In my study, the questionnaire survey is done from four construction projects in Gwalior division. The opinion of the experts in terms of construction materials (cement, steel, bricks, sand, aggregate and tiles) is collected and according to this data find out the minimum cost of the construction materials. To make sure a flow with time of materials is an important to involve of material management. Planning of material and inventory control technique are the two most important measures as per as Material management is concerned. This study is focusing on the difference between planned and actual cost of the materials. Planning and control of materials, lack of materials when needed, materials of poor identification, re-handling and not enough storage cause losses in labor growing crops and overall delays that can indirectly increase total cost of project. Effective management of materials can less these costs and contributes significantly to the success of the project. 2. NEED FOR MATERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The purpose of material management is to assure that the right materials are in the right place, in the right quantity when needed. In a construction project, time and accurate information is vitally important in order to accomplish scheduled completion. The main reason is that there is no direct link between the head office and the regional site office and there is no Dzquickdz link between site office and site engineers who are out in the field for most of the time. This study proposes the design of and information system to address the following issues: (i) Time and cost can be saved. (ii) Improved productivity in conjunction with cost savings.