The Material Take Off (MTO) concept in the building activity

HMarte | BIM Managers ®
3 min readSep 10, 2020

Programs like “Mtrixsc” facilitate the process of cubing through algorithms and intelligent systemic processes.

Building performing Material Take Off (MTO) means to determine a body capacity or volume by knowing its proportions. Therefore, in the building industry, the Material Take Off (MTO) is very useful to calculate the total material that will be needed to perform a job. However, the way to do an object Material Take Off (MTO) will vary according to its material.

In the architecture field, we can use this technique to project the amounts of concrete that will be used during the building process.

Furthermore, we can also use it in the wood industry, for commercial purposes; thus simplifying the wood purchase and sale according to cubic meters.

Why Material Take Off (MTO)?

For the Material Take Off (MTO) process, we use arithmetic and basic geometry obtaining measurements expressed in m, m2, m3, kg, etc. as results.

For different objects’ Material Take Off (MTO) process, their volumes must be calculated according to their geometric shapes to know the amounts of the needed materials.

Therefore, Material Take Off (MTO) simplifies the issuance of a building budget. It has become an indispensable technique for forecasting the materials amounts and monetary value that will be used in such work.

Its relevance in building.

Material Take Off (MTO) is of great value, as carrying out a Material Take Off (MTO) is a big part of a building budget. And that method will help to know how much of each material will be needed and its corresponding value.

We can also obtain the estimated costs for natural gas, electricity, and drinking water utilities. This data is equally useful for designing new construction projects.

The improving of Material Take Off (MTO) in the building industry has brought great advances in building and improvements for everyone’s way of life, because thanks to this system, it is possible to build at a lower cost, both economically and in terms of time.

Fuente: Lifeder

Originally published at https://mtrixsc.com on September 10, 2020.

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HMarte | BIM Managers ®

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