CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(a) Building materials:
(i) Stones: Classification, requirements of good materials, Querying of stones, common building stones.
(ii) Bricks: Classification of bricks‐constituent of a good brick earth, harmful ingredients, manufacturing of bricks,
testing of bricks.
(iii) Tiles, Terra ‐ cotta: Manufacturing of tiles and terra‐cotta, types of terra‐cotta, uses of terra cotta.
(iv) Lime: Classification, manufactures of lime, artificial hydraulic lime, pozzuolana, field‐testing of lime. 3
(v) Cements: Composition, manufactures of Portland cement, field‐testing of cement, special types of cements, storage
of cement.
(vi) Steel: Types of steel, marketable forms, stress‐ strain behavior.
(vii) Cement concrete: Various constituents, preparation and properties of concrete in fresh state, factors affecting
workability, durability and strength, characteristic strength, stress‐ strain behavior, acceptance criteria, mix‐ design and
physical tests.
(ix) Timber: Classification of timber, structure of timber, seasoning of timber, defects in timber, important Indian
timbers.
(x) Paints and varnishes: Constituents of paints, types of paints, types, constituents and characteristics of varnishes,
miscellaneous.
(xi) Introduction to polymers: Polymeric materials, PVC, Polyester, HDPE, CDPE etc. Classification, properties and
applications in civil engineering.
(b) Building Construction:
(i) Brick and stone masonry: Various terms used, types, tools used, bonds in brick work, dressing of stones,
applications for lifting stones.
(ii) Partition and cavity walls: Types of non bearing partition‐ brick partitions, clay block partitions, timber partitions
and glass partitions, construction of a masonry cavity walls.
(iii) Damp prevention: Sources of dampness, effects of dampness, prevention of dampness, materials used in damp
proofing course.
(iv) Roofs: Types, terms used in sloping roof, king post truss, queen post truss, simple steel roof trusses.
(v) Floors: Components of floor, brick floors, cement concrete floors, terrazzo flooring, mosaic floorings, tiled flooring.
(vi) Doors and Windows: Locations, sizes general types of door movement, various types of doors and windows.
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