Building construction -

techniques and materials

Introduction building components and load bearing systems
sub structure
Super Structure
o Foundation
o Basement
Brick
Terracotta
ceramics
o Shallow

o Deep
o Plinth
o Sill
o Wall
o Lintel / Sunshade
o Roof
o Parapet
o Openings
o Staircase
o Ramps
o floor finishes
o Terrace
Door
Window
Ventilator
Lbs
&
fs
Soil : Types / properties / uses (application)
oClay Products

oSand & Products
Products (glass)
marketing products
o Stone
o Lime
o Cement
o concrete
o brick
o Steel
o timber
o Aluminium
o Pvc
o curtain walls & glazing
o paint/coating & finishes
o treatment
o alternative techniques
o smart materials
Plain concrete / rcc ----- load
oCompression

oTensile
Introduction
Application to building industry
To structures / water proofing / insulation /
acoustics
Market products in pvc
Market forms/properties & applications
alco panels
oTypes in market/uses /application
oIndustrial timber ply wood, fiber, etc
ojoinery
t/ms
t/d/s
t
t/ms/rp
t/d (No dwgs)
t/ms/rp
Site clearance & making
Making & excavation
For load bearing (walls)










For rc framed structures
(for a span of max 12 only)
Foundation


Conventional &
alternative foundation
techniques
bricks
o Bonding/types/ English, Flemish
o walls / masondry
o Arches & lintels ------ types
o piers / pillars
o brick ---- roofs --- flat, vaults, domes..

Grade beam

Plinth beam/ sill
beam

Lintel & sunshade
dwgs
Demo + dwgs
Foundation
o Rcc shallow
o Rcc deep

Introduction to steel
Properties & application
t
o Foundation grills

o Steel column fabrication &
erection

o Grade beam fabrication & erection

o Column / grade beam joints,
shuttering & concreting

o Lintel beam & sunshade

o Beams

o Roofs

o staircase
Introduction to steel
Properties & application
Market form of bars

Bar bending techniques
t
demo

(For a span of
max 12 g+1 only)
steel
Introduction of steel as a building material
Types / applications / joints
Market forms of steel section used for building upto 12 span
Doors
Windows
Shutters
staircase
t
Collapsible, rolling, etc
dwgs
Market forms of steel for spans above 12 & steel section used
for industrial structures.
Columns

Beams

Roofs & coverings (truss, angular) dwgs
with various sections
t
t
Market forms of steel for spans above 20 (focusing on
industrial structures)
Steel structure
Steel joist
Trusses / industrial structures
t
dwgs