JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD 
II Year B.Tech. CE. II-Sem L T/P/D C 
4 -/-/- 4 
(A40109) BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION PLANNING

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UNIT - I 

Stones and Bricks, Tiles: Building Stones - Classification and quarrying - properties - structural requirements - dressing Bricks - Composition of Brick earth - Manufacture and Strutural requirements.

Wood, Aluminium, Glass and Paints: Wood - Structure - Types and Properties - Seasonining - defects; alternate materials for wood - GI/fiber - reinforced glass bricks, steel and aluminum.

UNIT - II 

Cement & Addmixtures: Ingradients of cement, manufacture - Chemical composition - Hydration - field and lab tests Addmixtures - mineral & chemicl addmixtures - uses.

UNIT - III

Building Components: Lintels Arches, walls, vaults, stair cases -  types of floors - types of roofs - flat, curved, trussed; foundations - types; Damp Proof Course; Joinery - doors - windows - materials - types.

Buildind Services: Plumbing Services; Water Distribution, Stationery - Lines & Fitting; Ventilations: Functional requirements systems of ventilations. Air-conditioning - Essentials and Types; Acoustics - characteristic - absorption - Acoustic design; Fire protection - Fire Hazards - Classification of fire resistant materials and constructions.

UNIT - IV 

Masonry and Finishing's: Brick Masonry - types - bonds; Stone masonry - types; Composite Masonry - Brick - Stone - composite; Concrete, Reinforced brick

Finishers: Plastering, Pointing, Painting, Claddings - Types - Tiles - ACP

Form work: Requirements - Standards - Scaffolding - Design; Shoring - Underpinning.

UNIT - V 

Building Planning: Principles of Building Planning, Classification of buildings and Building by laws

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Building Materials and Construction - Arora and Bindra, Dhan Pat Roy Publications
2. Building Constructions by B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain - Lakshmi Publications(P) Ltd., New Delhi.

REFERENCE:

1. ​Building Materials by Duggal, New Age Internationals.
2. Building Construction by PC Verghes PHI.
3. Constrution Technology - Vol - I & II by R. Chuddy, Longman UK.
4. Basics of Civil Engg by Subash Chander; Jain Brothers.
5. Alternate Building material and Technology, K.S. Jagadish, Venkatarama Reddy and Others; New Age Publications.