AKNOWLEDGEMENT

This report would be incomplete without the help and support of many persons. I am
indebted to our principal, Dr. A PASUPATHY who run the institution most efficiently
and has played a major hand in enabling me to do this seminar.

I proudly thank Assistant Professor Mrs. HARITHA V P, HOD, Department of Civil

Engineering who has been an invaluable guide and also a great source of inspiration and
strength to my work.

I would like to thank Assistant Professor Mrs. AKHILA AGNES MATHEW, my

guide who provided me with kind criticism, attention to detail and support in polishing
this work.

I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Assistant Professor Mrs. ANU GEORGE
seminar coordinator for her gracious help in pointing me to the right direction.

I convey my sincere thanks to all the teaching, non-teaching staff and lab assistants for
their support in completing the seminar.

I would like to express my heart-felt gratitude to my parents without whom i would not
have been privileged to achieve and fulfill my dreams.

ARYA P

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 ABSTRACT

Housing is one of the basic needs of society and is an essential component of the
built environment. The Ministry of Rural Development estimated that the rural
housing shortage in India stands at 44 million dwelling units. India’s urban housing
shortage is 18.78 million units, of which 96% pertains to Economically Weaker
Section (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) type, as per the estimate of the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. The demand for conventional
building materials used in the housing sector such as burnt clay bricks, cement and
steel is growing every year. Reduction in the use of these energy intensive
construction materials and speedy delivery of housing units at affordable cost are the
key challenges faced in the mass housing sector today

Buildings using Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) panels (infilled with
reinforced concrete) hold promise as a rapid, affordable and sustainable mass
housing solution It promises such a solution for rapid affordable mass housing in
India . GFRG building system is a rapid building technology composed of
prefabricated wall panel load system. GFRG is also an eco friendly building material
which can be manufactured out of either natural or industrial gypsum. In India these
panels have been manufactured from the fertilizer by- product waste.

In this seminar I presented all details about GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED

GYPSUM PANELS (GFRG) including manufacturing, installation, applications of
panels etc and provide details about the case study

Key Words: GFRG Panels, Rapid walls, Affordable mass housing

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 CONTENTS

Contents Page No.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
ABSTRACT ii

CONTENTS iii
LIST OF FIGURES v

LIST OF TABLES vi

ABBREVIATIONS vii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 General Background 1

1.2 Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG)Panels 1

1.3Classification of GFRG Panels 2

1.3.1 Water resistant grade 2

1.3.2 General Grade 2

1.3.3 Partition Grade 2

CHAPTER 2: GLASS FIBER REINFORCED GYPSUM PANELS 3

2.1General 3

2.2Dimensions of GFRG Panels 3

2.3Physical Properties 4

2.4Manufacturing of GFRG Panels 5

2.5Installation of GFRG Panels 5

2.6Advantages and Disadvantages of GFRG Panels 6

2.6.1Advantages 6

2.6.2Disadvantages 6

2.7Applications of GFRG Panels 7

2.8 Comparison between Rapid wall and building
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CHAPTER 3:CASE STUDY 9

3.1 GFRG Building at IIT Madras 9

3.1.1 Research and development in GFRG panels 9

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3.1.2 Planning of the project
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3.1.3Construction of Super
Structure CHAPTER 4 : CONCLUSION 19
REFERENCES
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 LIST OF FIGURES

No. Title Page No

2.1 Elevation and cross section of GFRG panel 3

2.2 Enlarged view of a typical cell 4
3.1 GFRG building at IIT Madras 9
3.2 Reinforcement laid on the plinth beam 12
3.3 Water proofing 12
3.4 Foundation along with start up bars 13
3.5 Wall panels at the ground floor have been erected 13
3.6 pouring of concrete into the wall panel cavity 14
3.7 Constructing linels and sunshades 15
3.8 Propping done for placement of GFRG slab 16
3.9 Panel lifted using two spreader bar 16
3.10 Concreting the roof slab 17
3.11 GFRG Panels used as waist slab for stair case 18

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 LIST OF TABLES

No Title Page No

2.1 Comparison of cost of construction 7

2.2 Comparison of construction time 8

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 ABBREVIATIONS
GFRG Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum

LIG Low Income Group

EWS Economically Weak Section

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