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    Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut

    CE1002E BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

    Pre-requisites: Nil
    L T P O C
    3 0 0 6 3
    Total lecture sessions: 39

    Course Outcomes:
    CO1: Apply the knowledge about building materials for construction practices.
    CO2: Identify the functions of building components and their construction methods.
    CO3: Apply appropriate construction techniques for different applications.

    Module 1: Building materials and construction (14 Lecture Sessions)


    Stone masonry: Types of stones and classification of stone masonry – Aggregate: Classification, physical,
    mechanical properties, and tests – Brick: manufacturing, classification, properties, and tests – Brick
    masonry: bonds in brick masonry – Composite masonry – Partition Wall – Cavity walls – Reinforced brick
    work – Tiles: types, properties and uses - Lime: classification and properties – Cement: types, chemical
    composition of raw materials, tests – Mortar: types, Steel rebars – Structural steel sections –Timber:
    seasoning, preservation, Industrial timber – Geo-synthetics – Glass.

    Module 2: Building components (12 Lecture Sessions)


    Components of a typical building: Framed and loading bearing structures – Foundations: improvement of
    soil bearing capacity, timbering of foundation trenches, types of Shallow and deep foundations – Floors
    and roofs: Types and applications – Lintels and sunshades – Wall Finishes: Plastering, pointing and
    painting – Doors, windows and ventilators: types and applications.

    Module 3: Concrete and construction techniques (13 Lecture Sessions)


    Concrete: Properties of fresh and hardened concrete, test methods, grades of concrete, proportioning of
    concrete mixes – Mineral and chemical admixtures – Concrete Production: Batching, mixing, placing,
    compacting and curing – Formwork – Plain and reinforced concrete – cast-in-situ, Pre-cast – Introduction
    to special concretes – prestressed construction – slip form and lift slab constructions – Termite proof and
    damp-proof construction – Building repairs: types of scaffoldings, shoring, underpinning.

    References:

    1. Chudley R., Construction Technology, Longman Publishing Group, 1973.


    2. Duggal S. K., Building Materials, Oxford & IBH publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2019
    3. Mehta, Scarborough, and Armpriest, Building Construction: Principles, Materials, and Systems,
    Pearson, 2017.
    4. Neville A. M., Concrete Technology, Pearson Education Ltd., 2019.
    5. Rangwala, S. C., Engineering Materials, Charotar Publishing House, 2019.
    6. Sahu G.C. and Jena J, Building Materials and Construction, McGraw Hill Education, 2017
    7. Varghese, P. C., Building Materials, Prentice Hall of India, 2015.

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