CEPE10

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES &

EQUIPMENTS

1. COURSE CONTENT
2. INTRODUCTION
Course Content
Unit 1: Principles of Construction
1. Masonry : Introduction
 Stone masonry
 Brick masonry
 Reinforced brick work
 Hollow block masonry
 Composite masonry
 Cavity walls
2. Flooring, Formwork, Centering and Shuttering
3. Sheet piles, under pinning, Submerge Structures.
4. Roofs and roof covering, Joints in Concrete, Plastering and Pointing
5. Shoring and Scaffolding, Slip and moving forms
Course Content
Unit 2: Prefabricated structures & Building Services
1. Prefabricated Structures
- Prefabricated panels & structures
- Production
- Transportation and Erection of structures
2. Building services
- Sound insulations
- Ventilation
- Fire resisting construction
- Damp proofing & Termite proofing
Course Content
Unit 3: Construction damages & repair techniques
1. Causes of damage and deterioration in masonry and concrete
structures
2. Symptoms & Diagnosis
3. Types of repair and rehabilitation techniques

Unit 4: Basics of construction equipment:

1. Factors affecting the selection of equipment
2. Economic life of equipment
3. Cost of equipment
4. Maintenance of equipment
Course Content
Unit 5: Construction Equipment and Machinery
1. Earthwork equipment
2. Hoisting and lifting equipment
3. Material handling equipment
4. Concrete equipment
5. Dewatering equipment.
References
1. Arora, S.P. and Bindra, S.P. A Text Book of Building
Construction, Dhanpat Rai Publications, New Delhi, 2005
2. Varghese, P.C., Building Constructions, Prentice Hall, 2007
3. Sharma & Kaul, Building Construction, S.Chand & Company
Pvt, New Delhi, 1998
4. Peurifoy, R.L., Schexnayder, J.C., and Shapira, A,
Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2010
5. Sharma S.C. Construction Equipment and Management,
Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2013