| Primary value | 500 nos / m³ (Indian conventional brick (190 × 90 × 90 mm) with 10 mm joint) |
| Applies to | Burnt-clay brickwork in cement mortar · 9-inch (230 mm) and 4.5-inch (115 mm) brick walls · Tender estimation per cubic metre of finished masonry |
| Exceptions | Conventional brick (190 × 90 × 90) → 500 nos / m³ |
| Modular brick (190 × 90 × 90 nominal) → 500 – 510 nos / m³ | |
| Old / non-modular brick (200 × 100 × 100) → ≈ 410 nos / m³ | |
| Wastage allowance (site) → +5% for damaged / broken bricks | |
| Mortar volume in 1 m³ brickwork → ≈ 0.30 m³ | |
| Measured as | Number of whole bricks (190 × 90 × 90 mm body) plus 10 mm cement-mortar joints on all sides per cubic metre of finished masonry. Half / closer bricks at corners are counted as wholes. |
| Source | IS 1077 — Clause 4 (size) ✓ Verified |
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500 bricks/m³ is the BIS modular-brick number that every Indian tender uses. With 5% wastage, estimators order ~525/m³ for 230 mm walls and ~540/m³ for 115 mm walls (more cuts at openings). Off-by-10% on brick orders is common when contractors mix conventional and modular bricks on the same job — both look the same on paper but yield different counts per m³.
Material managers procure bricks by truck-load (~2500 nos per truck) and reconcile against the m³ of brickwork executed. Any > 10% slip vs theoretical triggers a check on either wall thickness drift or theft. Modular bricks are increasingly preferred for the cleaner site count.