BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

1 Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Opposite Amul Dairy, Old Civil Court Road, Anand 388 001 India +91 2692 256237, 240089, +91 99249 78998 us:/in/charotar//charotarpub/cphpl1511/c harotarThis well-known text-book provides an up-to-date account of the basic knowledge of BUILDING CONSTRUCTION . The subject matter is expressed in a simple language and practical manner. The treatment is clear, methodical as well as interesting and easy to entire subject matter is systematically arranged in the chapters like: Introduction; Functional Planning of Buildings; Important BUILDING Components; Site Investigation and Ground Techniques; Foundations; Deep Excavations; Deep Foundations ( pile Foundations); Cofferdams; Caissons; Stone Masonry; Brick Masonry; Structures in Brickwork; Partitions; Scaffolding, Shoring and Underpinning; Damp-proofing, Water-proofing and Termite-proofing; Cement Concrete CONSTRUCTION ; Arches; Lintels; Stairs; Formwork; Doors, Windows and Ventilators.

2 Carpentry and Joinery; Floors and Flooring; Roofs; Pointing and Plastering; Painting, Varnishing and Distempering etc.; Structural Steelwork; Acoustics; Fire Protection in Buildings; Ventilation and Air-conditioning; CONSTRUCTION Equipments; CPM and 1 and Part 2 of this book is merged and all the chapters are rearranged to maintain continuity. The chapters Introduction, Functional Planning of Buildings and Important BUILDING Components are totally new and are included as per new syllabus. Also chapter of Site investigation and ground techniques is separated from the chapter of Foundation. In the chapter of CONSTRUCTION Equipments, almost all the types of CONSTRUCTION equipments and machineries which are normally used in civil engineering projects have been included.

3 A few new problems on CPM and PERT are also book in its 32 chapters now contains:* 860 Self-explanatory and neatly drawn sketches* 115 Useful tables* 60 Solved problems* 575 Questions at the ends of all the book should prove to be extremely useful to the Engineering students preparing for the Degree Examinations of all the Indian Universities, Diploma Examinations conducted by various Boards of Technical Education, Certificate Courses as well as for the , , , and other similar competitive and professional examinations. It is also useful for the preparation of NATA (National Aptitude Test for Architecture), CEPT (Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology), SBST (School of BUILDING Science and Technology), SID (School of Interior Design), AIEEE (Architecture), etc.

4 It should also prove of interest to the practising THE BOOKCONTENT 1 : INTRODUCTION 2 : FUNCTIONAL PLANNING OF BUILDINGS 3 : IMPORTANT BUILDINGS COMPONENTS 4 : SITE INVESTIGATION AND GROUND TECHNIQUES 5 : FOUNDATIONS 6 : DEEP EXCAVATIONS 7 : DEEP FOUNDATIONS ( pile FOUNDATIONS) 8 : COFFERDAMS 9 : CAISSONS10 : STONE MASONRY11 : BRICK MASONRY12 : STRUCTURES IN BRICKWORK13 : PARTITIONS14 : SCAFFOLDING, SHORING AND UNDERPINNING15 : DAMP-PROOFING, WATER-PROOFING AND TERMITE-PROOFING16 : CEMENT CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION17 : ARCHES18 : LINTELS19 : STAIRS20 : FORMWORK21 : DOORS, WINDOWS AND VENTILATORS22 : CARPENTRY AND JOINERY23 : FLOORS AND FLOORING24 : ROOFS25 : POINTING AND PLASTERING26 : PAINTING, VARNISHING AND DISTEMPERING, : STRUCTURAL STEELWORK28 : ACOUSTICS29 : FIRE PROTECTION IN BUILDINGS30 : VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING31 : CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS32 : CPM AND PERTBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX` CONSTRUCTIONE dition : 34th Edition : 2022 ISBN : 9789385039522 Binding : PaperbackPages : 752 + 16 = 768 Size (mm) : 235 30 170 Weight : 930 g BestSellerNEWC harotar Publishing House Pvt.

5 Ltd. Opposite Amul Dairy, Old Civil Court Road, Anand 388 001 India +91 2692 256237, 240089, +91 99249 78998 us:/in/charotar//charotarpub/cphpl1511/c harotarChapter 1 INTRODUCTION1-1. General1-2. types of buildings1-2-1. Group A: Residential buildings1-2-2. Group B: Educational buildings1-2-3. Group C: Institutional buildings1-2-4. Group D: Assembly buildings1-2-5. Group E: Business buildings1-2-6. Group F: Mercantile buildings1-2-7. Group G: Industrial buildings1-2-8. Group H: Storage buildings1-2-9. Group I: Hazardous buildings1-3. Structural system of building1-4. Comparison of load bearing structure with framed structure1-5.

6 Loads on foundations Questions 1 Chapter 2 FUNCTIONAL PLANNING OF BUILDINGS2-1. General2-2. Principles of Site Selection2-3. Site Plan2-4. Planning regulations and bye-laws2-5. Principles of planning2-6. Modern architecture2-7. Main considerations of architectural design2-7-1. Bye-laws of the locality2-7-2. Climate and its effects2-7-3. Materials and methods of construction2-7-4. People and their requirements2-8. Orientation2-9. Essential factors of planning Questions 2 Chapter 3 IMPORTANT BUILDINGS COMPONENTS3-1. General3-2. Basic functional requirements of a building3-3. Important BUILDING Components Questions 3 Chapter 4 SITE INVESTIGATION AND GROUND TECHNIQUES4-1.

7 General4-2. Depth of exploration4-3. Methods of site exploration4-4. Choice of the method4-5. Bearing Capacity of soil4-6. Methods for determining the bearing capacity of soil4-7. Increasing the bearing capacity of soil Questions 4 Chapter 5 FOUNDATIONS5-1. General5-2. Objects of foundations5-3. Essential requirements of a good foundation5-4. Shallow foundations5-5. Design of shallow foundations5-6. Special foundations5-7. Eccentric loading on foundation5-8. Combined footing5-9. Cantilever footing5-10. Continuous footing5-11. Foundations of black cotton soil5-12. Stepped foundations5-13.

8 Foundations on reclaimed soil or made-up ground5-14. Foundations on cavities and old wells5-15. Foundations near existing adjacent old structures5-16. Foundations for machines5-17. Causes of failure of foundations and Preventive measures5-18. Method of setting out the foundation trenches Questions 5 Chapter 6 DEEP EXCAVATIONS6-1. Definition6-2. Problems of deep excavations6-3. Some terms in timbering6-4. Methods of timbering6-5. Precautions to be taken during timbering6-6. Dewatering of the foundation trenches Questions 6 Chapter 7 DEEP FOUNDATIONS ( pile FOUNDATIONS)7-1. General7-2.

9 Uses of piles7-3. types of piles7-4. Load bearing piles7-5. Materials used in CONSTRUCTION of load bearing piles7-6. Cast-iron piles7-7. Cement concrete piles7-7-1. Cast-in-situ concrete piles7-7-2. Pre-cast concrete piles7-8. Sand piles7-9. Steel piles7-10. Timber piles7-11. Wrought-iron piles7-12. Non-load bearing piles7-13. Choice of type of pile7-14. Composite piles7-15. Screw piles7-16. pile spacing7-17. Group of piles7-18. Efficiency of group of piles7-19. pile cap and pile shoe7-20. Load tests on piles7-21. pile driving7-21-1. pile frames7-21-2. pile hammers7-21-3. Leads7-21-4. Winches7-21-5.

10 Miscellaneous7-22. Pulling of piles7-23. Loads on piles7-24. Causes of failures of piles7-25. pile driving formulas7-26. Typical problems using pile driving formulas Questions 7 Chapter 8 COFFERDAMS8-1. General8-2. Uses of cofferdams8-3. types of cofferdams8-3-1. Dikes8-3-2. Single wall cofferdams8-3-3. Double wall cofferdams8-3-4. Cellular cofferdams8-3-5. Rock-filled crib cofferdams8-3-6. Concrete cofferdams8-3-7. Suspended cofferdams8-4. Prevention of leakage in cofferdams8-5. Puddle for cofferdam8-6. Factors affecting design of a cofferdam Questions 8 Chapter 9 CAISSONS9-1. General9-2.