Traditional materials : stone, brick, tiles-roofing and flooring, steel, timber, lime, cement, their
manufacture, properties and codal requirements. Mortar, cement concrete, properties, specifications and
tests for quality control. Reinforced concrete, fibre reinforced concrete and ferrocement applications.
Paints, enamels, varnishes, tar, bitumen, asphalt, properties and use. Modern materials: plastics, rubber,
polymer, fibre reinforced plastics, manufacture, properties and use. Introduction to composites and smart
materials.
Building Construction: Foundations; Stone Masonry - Random rubble and Ashlar,; Brick Masonry -Rules
for bonding, stretcher and header bonds and English Bond for 1 and 1 V brick thickness,; Doors and
Windows; RCC Stairs and design of a dog-legged stair; Pitched Roofs and Simple Trusses; RC
Constructions - Lintels and sunshades, beams and one-way and two-way slabs.