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SECTION-A


Unit -I
Introduction, various terms used, stone masonry-Dressing of stones, Classifications of stone masonry, safe permissible loads, Introduction to green building concept and methods, Brick masonry-bonds in brick work, laying brick work, structural brick work-cavity and hollow walls, reinforced brick work, Defects in brick masonry, composite stone and brick masonry, glass block masonry.

Unit-II: Cavity and Partition Walls
Advantages, position of cavity, types of non -bearing partitions, constructional details and precautions, construction of masonry cavity wall.

Unit-III:   Foundation
Functions, types of shallow foundations, sub-surface investigations, geophysical methods, general  feature  of  shallow  foundation,  foundations  in  water  logged  areas,  design  of masonry wall foundation, introduction to deep foundations i.e. pile and pier foundations.

SECTION-B

Unit-IV: Roofs and Floors
Types of roofs, various terms used, roof trusses -king post truss, queen post truss etc. Floor structures, ground, basement and upper floors, various types of floorings.


Unit-V: Doors and Windows
Locations, sizes, types of doors and windows, fixtures and fasteners for doors and windows.

SECTION-C

 Unit-VI: Damp-Proofing and Water -Proofing
Defects and causes of dampness, prevention of dampness, materials used, damp-proofing treatment in buildings, water- proofing treatment of roofs including pitched roofs.

 

Unit-VII: Acoustics, Sound Insulations and Fire Protection
Classification,  measurement  and  transmission  of  sound,  sound  absorber, classification of absorbers, sound insulation of buildings, wall construction and acoustical design of auditorium, fire-resisting properties of materials, fire resistant construction and fire protection requirements for buildings.

SECTION-D

Unit-VIII: Material for green building,Stones

Classification, requirements of good structural stone, quarrying, blasting and sorting out of stones, dressing, sawing and polishing, prevention and seasoning of stone.

Unit-IX: Brick and Tiles

BRICK: DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
Classification of bricks, constituents of good brick earth, harmful ingradients, manufacturing of bricks, testing of bricks,Bricks prepared from fly ash.
Tiles:DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
Terra -cotta, manufacturing of tiles and terra-cotta, types of terra-cotta, uses of terra-cotta.

 

Unit-X: Limes, cement and mortars
Lime: DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

Classification of lime, manufacturing, artificial hydraulic lime, pozzolona, testing of lime, storage of lime,

Cements: DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
cements composition, types of cement, manufacturing of ordinary portland cement, testing of cement, special types of cement, storage of cement. 

Mortars: DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
Definition, proportions of lime and cement mortars, mortars for masonry and plastering.

Unit-XI: Timber DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
Classification of timber, structure of timber, seasoning of timber, defects in timber, fire proofing of timber, plywood, fiber boards, masonite and its manufacturing, important Indian timbers.

 

Unit-XII: Paints and Varnishes
Basic constituents of paints, types of paints, painting of wood, constituents of varnishes, characteristics and types of varnishes.

 

 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

 

1         Building Construction, Sushil Kumar, Standard Pub., N. Delhi

2         Building Material, Rangawala

3         Construction Engineering, Y.S. Sane

4         Building Construction, Gurcharan Singh, Standard  Pub., N. Delhi.