Industry Overview
Paving blocks, also known as paver blocks, are widely used for exterior pavement and surface treatment applications because they offer durability, ease of maintenance, aesthetic versatility, and comfortable walking surfaces. The report covers two principal types: concrete paving blocks and clay paving blocks. Concrete pavers are manufactured in standardized sizes and are suitable for driveways, pavements, and heavy-duty applications where substantial loads and braking forces may occur. They are available in various colors and surface finishes. Clay paving blocks are generally rectangular or brick-shaped, with custom shapes available for specific applications, and are commonly used for walls and pillars.
The report also classifies paver blocks into four generic shapes based on their interlocking characteristics, covering plain-faced, corrugated, curved, L-shaped, and X-shaped configurations. Their interlocking construction provides durability and resistance to vehicular loads, while their range of shapes, colors, textures, and patterns makes them suitable for residential and commercial applications. Paver blocks can be installed without specialized equipment, require relatively simple maintenance, and can be cleaned through water washing. The report further examines materials, design mix, manufacturing technologies, quality standards, testing, curing, laying methods, pavement design, plant layout, project implementation, market considerations, and suppliers associated with paver block manufacturing.
Cost Estimation
| Particulars | Value |
|---|---|
| Plant Capacity | 17,000 Nos/Day |
| Land & Building (4000 sq.mt.) | Rs. 4.70 Cr |
| Plant & Machinery | Rs. 66 Lac |
| Working Capital for 3 Months | Rs. 75 Lac |
| Total Capital Investment | Rs. 6.20 Cr |
| Rate of Return | 36% |
| Break Even Point | 42% |
Content Index
- INTRODUCTION
- ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
- HOWEVER, IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNIQUE ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- APPLICATION OF ICBP TECHNOLOGY
- SHAPES AND CLASSIFICATIONS
- MATERIALS
- PAVING BLOCKS
- BEDDING AND JOINT FILLING SAND
- BASE AND SUB BASE MATERIALS
- CONSTRUCTION OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENT
- SEQUENCING OF OPERATIONS
- PAVEMENT TYPES
- PAVER PROPERTIES
- PAVER DIMENSIONS
- PAVING STRENGTH
- MINIMUM BREAKING LOAD
- COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF PAVERS
- DURABILITY
- SLIP RESISTANCE
- ABRASION RESISTANCE
- MOISTURE EXPANSION
- EFFLORESCENCE
- PITTING DUE TO LIME
- COLD WATER ABSORPTION
- RAW MATERIALS FOR CONCRETE PAVER
- DETAILS AND COMPARISON OF PAVER BLOCKS
- PAVER BLOCKS
- COMPARISON OF PAVERS TO IPS
- B.I.S. SPECIFICATION
- SPECIFICATION OF PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR PAVING
- 1 SCOPE
- 2 REFERENCES
- 3 TERMINOLOGY
- FIG. 1 EXAMPLES OF ARRIS (BEVELLED, ROUNDED, CHAMFERED) CHASED SIDE FACE AND DRAW
- 4 MATERIALS
- 4.1 CEMENT AND CEMENT ADMIXTURES
- 4.2 AGGREGATES
- 4.3 ADMIXTURES
- 4.4 PIGMENTS
- 4.5 WATER
- 5 GRADE DESIGNATIONS OF PAVER BLOCKS AND DESIGN OF CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENT
- TABLE 1: RECOMMENDED GRADES OF PAVER BLOCKS FOR DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CATEGORIES (CLAUSES 5 AND 9.1.4)
- NOTES
- 6 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- 6.1 GENERAL
- 6.2 OBLIGATORY REQUIREMENTS
- TABLE 2: RECOMMENDED DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCE FOR PAVER BLOCKS (CLAUSES 6.2.2.1, 6.2.2.2, 6.2.3 AND 9.1.2)
- TABLE 3: COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS OF CONCRETE PAVER BLOCKS (CLAUSES 6.2.5.2 AND 9.L.4)
- 7 TEST METHODS
- 8 SAMPLING
- TABLE 4: SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS (CLAUSE 8.5)
- 9 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
- 10 MARKING
- OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN INDIA
- THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE (NIP)
- GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
- CONCLUSION
- MARKET OVERVIEW OF PAVER BLOCKS
- PRODUCT MARKETING
- SECTOR & INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- SECTOR CHARACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW
- UNORGANIZED SECTOR – MACHINE BLOCKS
- UNORGANIZED SECTOR – HAND MADE BLOCKS
- ENVIIRONMENTAL & PROTECTION ASPECTS
- MARKET INFORMATION
- MARKET POTENTIAL
- EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF PREFAB CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS
- TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR PAVERS BLOCKS
- DESIGN MIX CONCRETE:
- PAVER BLOCK MAKING MACHINE:
- WEIGH BATCHING & MIXING EQUIPMENT:
- CURING:
- LABORATORY
- RAW MATERIALS
- CEMENT
- AGGREGATES
- WATER
- OTHER MATERIALS
- PAVERS BLOCK CHARACTERISTICS
- PAVER BLOCK DIMENSIONS
- TESTING OF PAVER BLOCKS
- FOR 80MM PAVER TILES
- FOR 60MM GRASS PAVER TILES
- LAYING OF PAVER BLOCKS
- PRIMING
- BEDDING SAND COURSE
- LAYING OF INTERLOCKING PAVER BLOCK:
- INITIAL COMPACTION
- JOINT FILLING AND FINAL COMPACTION
- EDGE RESTRAINT USING KERB BLOCK
- UNIFORM INTERLOCKING SPACES
- SKILLED LABOUR
- LAYING PATTERN:
- DESIGN OF PAVNG BLOCK
- DESCRIPTION OF LAYERS & BASIC ENGINEERING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
- SUBGRADE
- BASE COURSE
- TYPICAL GRADING FOR BASE COURSE MATERIALS
- BEDDING COURSE
- TYPICAL GRADING FOR BEDDING COURSE MATERIALS
- RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS FOR CLAY PAVERS
- EDGE RESTRAINTS
- DRAINAGE
- PAVER LAYING PATTERNS
- JOINTS BETWEEN PAVERS
- TYPICAL GRADING FOR JOINTING SANDS
- TOLERANCE ON COURSE LEVELS
- CROSSFALLS
- STEEP GRADIENTS
- MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF PAVERS BLOCKS
- RAW MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR THE MAKING OF PAVER BLOCKS
- MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF CONCRETE PAVERS
- WET CAST TECHNIQUE
- HYDRAULICALLY PRESSED TECHNIQUE
- QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDS
- A) INDIAN STANDARD SPECIFICATION
- B) QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
- PROS AND CONS OF WET CAST AND HYDRAULIC PRESS TECHNIQUES
- WET CAST PRODUCTION
- IMAGE COURTESY OF ARMCON LTD.
- OTHER WET CAST LANDSCAPE PRODUCTS
- MULTI-TONED TRAVERTINE EFFECT FLAG FROM BRADSTONE
- WET-CAST CHANCERY WALLING FROM MARSHALLS
- WET-CAST SLEEPER-EFFECT PAVING FROM ATLAS/BRETT
- HYDRAULIC PRESS PRODUCTION
- PIMPLE TEXTURE
- SIMPLIFIED MANUFACTURING PROCESS
- CURING AND PACKING
- REKERS CONCRETE BLOCK MACHINE
- PRESS AND MOULD FROM CHANDLA INDUSTRIES
- HOMOGENOUS AND FACE MIX PRODUCTS:
- TYPICAL "THROUGH-COLOUR "BRITISH BLOCK
- FACE-MIX BLOCK
- PAVING TEXTURES
- BARFACE PAVING IN RED
- DIAMOND PATTERN CLAY PAVERS
- HOBNAIL PAVING
- RIVEN SANDSTONE FLAGS - INDIAN IMPORTS
- RIVEN-EFFECT CONCRETE FLAGS FROM WESTMINSTER STONE
- RIVEN-EFFECT CLAY PAVERS FROM BAGGERIDGE
- NATURAL TEXTURES:
- SAWN YORKSTONE FLAGS
- HEAVILY RIVEN STONE FLAGS
- CROPPED GRANITE SETTS
- STANDARD TEXTURES:
- CONCRETE
- CHAMFERED EDGE AND SPACER LUGS MOULD-FORMED ON SMALL ELEMENT PAVER
- VARIOUS SHAPES AND DECORATIVE SURFACE TEXTURE ON MOULDED CONCRETE BLOCK
- BULL-NOSE AND HALF-BATTERED PROFILE TO MOULDED CONCRETE ROAD KERB
- CLAY:
- HANDMADE CLAY PAVERS
- MOULDED STAR-PATTERN CLAY PAVERS
- WIRECUT MIXED-SIZE CLAY PAVERS
- SECONDARY PROCESSES:
- TUMBLED-TYPE PAVERS
- HEAVILY TEXTURED PAVERS
- SECONDARY PROCESSES:
- THE MOST POPULAR SECONDARY PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ARE:
- TUMBLING
- TYPICAL TUMBLED CONCRETE PAVER
- LAID IN COURSES, THE EFFECT IS A 'TRADITIONAL' LOOK
- NEWLY-LAID DIRTY TUMBLED PAVERS
- SHOT BLASTING:
- SHOT-TEXTURED FLAG (MARSHALLS' SAXON)
- SHOT-TEXTURED KERB (MARSHALLS' CONSERVATION)
- SHOT-TEXTURED FLAGS IN 3 COLOURS
- SHOT-TEXTURED BLOCK PAVER
- DISTRESSED MEDITERRANEAN RUSTIC PAVERS FROM STONE & STYLE
- TUMBLED CHINESE GRANITE ON MESH BACKING
- TUMBLED RED GRANITE SETTS
- TUMBLED YORKSTONE SETTS
- BUSH HAMMERING:
- BUSH-HAMMERED GRANITE
- BUSH-HAMMERED CONCRETE
- BUSH-HAMMERED DECO FLAG
- BUSH-HAMMERED "CORNISH" BLOCK PAVERS FROM FORMPAVE
- BUSH-HAMMERED CONCRETE PAVERS LAID TO FOOTPATH
- POLISHING:
- MILANO GROUND/POLISHED PAVING FROM ACHESON-GLOVER
- VERONA GROUND/POLISHED PAVING
- "PERFECTA" HEXAGONAL GROUND PAVING FROM MARSHALLS
- POLISHED GRANITE FLAGS 450X450MM
- POLISHED GRANITE BLOCKS 200X100MM
- WASH-TO-EXPOSE:
- SPECIFICATIONS FOR ORDINARY CONCRETE
- FINE AGGREGATES
- COARSE AGGREGATES
- PRESCRIBED MIXES FOR ORDINARY STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
- FREE WATER: CEMENT RATIO
- PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
- PROCESS OUTLINE OF PAVERS BLOCK (MANUAL PROCESS)
- PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
- MAJOR PROVISIONS IN ROAD PLANNING FOR MULTIPURPOSE SERVICE ARE:
- PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
- PRIMARY FACTORS
- 1. RAW-MATERIAL SUPPLY:
- 2. MARKETS:
- 3. POWER AND FUEL SUPPLY:
- 4. WATER SUPPLY:
- 5. CLIMATE:
- 6. TRANSPORTATION:
- 7. WASTE DISPOSAL:
- 8. LABOR:
- 9. REGULATORY LAWS:
- 10. TAXES:
- 11. SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
- 12. COMMUNITY FACTORS:
- 13. VULNERABILITY TO WARTIME ATTACK:
- 14. FLOOD AND FIRE CONTROL:
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
- 1. DEPRECIATION:
- 2. FIXED ASSETS:
- 3. WORKING CAPITAL:
- 4. BREAK-EVEN POINT:
- 5. OTHER FIXED EXPENSES:
- 6. MARGIN MONEY:
- 7. TOTAL LOAD:
- 8. LAND AREA/MAN POWER RATIO:
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
- INTRODUCTION
- PROJECT HANDLING
- PROJECT SCHEDULING
- PROJECT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
- TIME SCHEDULE
- SUPPLIERS OF PAVING BLOCK
- SUPPLIERS OF PORTLAND CEMENT
- SUPPLIERS OF STONE CHIPS
- SUPPLIERS OF DG SETS
- SUPPLIERS OF WATER PUMP
- SUPPLIERS OF PALLETS
- SUPPLIERS OF MOULDS
- PLANT AND MACHINERY SUPPLIERS FOR PAVERS BLOCKS
- CHINA SUPPLIER OF AUTOMATIC PAVING BLOCK MAKING MACHINE
Appendix
- APPENDIX – A:
- 01. PLANT ECONOMICS
- 02. LAND & BUILDING
- 03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
- 04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
- 05. FIXED CAPITAL
- 06. RAW MATERIAL
- 07. SALARY AND WAGES
- 08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
- 09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
- 10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
- 11. COST OF PRODUCTION
- 12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
- 13. BREAK EVEN POINT
- 14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
- 15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
- 16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
- 17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
- 18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
Frequently Asked Questions
Paver blocks are manufactured paving units used for exterior surfaces such as driveways, pavements, pathways, and other paved areas. They provide a durable and aesthetically versatile alternative to conventional pavement surfaces. The report primarily discusses concrete and clay paving blocks. Concrete pavers are available in standardized sizes, colors, and surface finishes, while clay pavers are generally rectangular or brick-shaped and may also be produced in custom shapes for specific applications.
The two main types discussed in the report are concrete paving blocks and clay paving blocks. Concrete paving blocks are standardized and are suitable for applications involving substantial loads and braking forces. Clay paving blocks are typically rectangular or brick-shaped and are used for specific architectural and construction purposes. The report also describes four generic paver shapes, identified as Type A, Type B, Type C, and Type D, according to the geometry of their faces and their ability to interlock when laid in different patterns.
Concrete paver manufacturing primarily uses cement, aggregates, water, and other materials such as admixtures and pigments where required. The report specifically covers cement, fine and coarse aggregates, water, admixtures, and pigments within its materials and technical sections. The selection and proportioning of these materials influence the properties of the finished pavers, including strength, durability, appearance, abrasion resistance, and water absorption. Proper batching and mixing are therefore important parts of consistent paver production.
The report discusses wet cast and hydraulically pressed techniques for manufacturing concrete pavers. Wet cast production uses a concrete mix that is cast into moulds, while hydraulic press production forms pavers through pressing and moulding. The appropriate technique depends on the required product characteristics, production requirements, moulding system, and desired surface finish. The report also covers simplified manufacturing processes, curing and packing, quality control, and the advantages and limitations associated with the two production techniques.
Important paver quality parameters include dimensions, compressive strength, breaking load, durability, slip resistance, abrasion resistance, moisture expansion, efflorescence, resistance to pitting, and cold water absorption. The report provides dedicated sections on physical requirements, test methods, sampling, acceptance criteria, and marking under its BIS specification coverage. Maintaining appropriate raw-material quality, mix consistency, moulding, curing, and testing practices is essential for producing pavers that meet specified performance requirements.
Interlocking paver blocks are laid over a prepared pavement structure using a sequence that includes surface preparation, a bedding sand course, placement of the pavers, initial compaction, joint filling, final compaction, and suitable edge restraints. The report also addresses priming, uniform interlocking spaces, skilled labour, laying patterns, drainage, crossfalls, and the requirements of subgrade and base layers. Correct preparation of the underlying layers and proper joint filling are important for achieving a stable and durable paved surface.
Plant planning should consider raw-material availability, market access, power and fuel supply, water availability, climate, transportation, waste disposal, labour, regulatory requirements, taxes, site characteristics, community factors, and flood and fire control. The report also covers principles of plant layout, project scheduling, construction schedules, machinery requirements, laboratory facilities, curing, and supplier considerations. These factors help determine the suitability of a site and support efficient movement of materials, production operations, quality control, storage, and distribution.
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