ARC 203 : BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS – III : [2 0 2 3]

Course Contents:

Construction Detailing:

Floors - timber floors - single, double joist floors, jack arch floors; Stairs - definition design issues, Construction methods of timber, metal/RCC/masonry stairs; Wooden stairs - Types, construction details, support systems, baluster and handrail fixing. Metal stairs - Types and construction details of MS (mild steel) staircases, Stone and masonry stairs - types, support systems, construction details; Simple foundation (masonry), spread footing, RCC foundation, classification - shallow foundation, Principles, isolated – combined and grillage footing; Deep Foundation – Pile foundation – types – methods of construction and bearing – friction – sheet piles; Temporary constructions, Timbering for trenches – shoring – underpinning – scaffolding - form-work for RCC column and beam, slab, stairs.

Building Materials study:Types of flooring finishes - mosaic, marble, stone etc.; Ferrous and non-ferrous metals - iron, steel, alloys, various forms and their applications in buildings - aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, tin; Polymeric materials, plastics, rubbers, Asbestos products.

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Publishers Private Limited, Bombay.3. Gurucharan Singh. (1981). Building Construction Engineering. Standard

Book House, New Delhi.4. Dr.T.S.Balagopal Prabhu. (1987). Building Drawing and Detailing. Spades

Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Calicut.5. Sushil Kumar. (1991). Building Construction. Standard Publishers and

Distributors, New Delhi.6. Chudley R. (1998). Construction technology. ELBS England. 7. Ambrose James. (1987). Building construction. Van Nostrand Reinhold,

New York   8. Rangwala S C. (1998). Engineering materials. Charotar Publishing House,

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9. Relevant IS Codes.