DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

L-T-P
AR41116 1-0-4
Building Construction-III 3 credit

Aim: To learn detailing of floors, roofs covering, stairs, water proofing, damp proofing, termite proofing
and form work.
Unit-1

Components of floor and Materials, (Mud Flooring, Brick Flooring, Flag Flooring, Cement Concrete
Flooring, Terrazzo Flooring, Mosaic Flooring, Tiled Flooring, Marble Flooring, Timber Flooring, Asphalt
Flooring, Rubber Flooring, Linoleum Flooring, Cork Flooring, Glass Flooring, Plastic or P. V. C. Flooring.

Unit-2

Types of Roofs- Pitched Roofs, Perling Roofs, Trussed Roofs, Steel Roof Trusses, Roof Covering for
Pitched Roof, Flat Terraced Roofing.

Unit-3

Classification of Stairs, Technical Terms, Stairs of different materials.

Unit-4

Causes of and effects of Dampness, Method of Damp proofing, Materials used for Damp Proofing, Types
of Termites, Anti-Termite treatment, Site Preparation and Soil treatment, Post construction treatment.

Unit- 5

Introduction, requirements, Indian standard on form-work, Shuttering for column, shuttering for Beam and
slab floor, form-work for stairs and form-work for walls.

Expected Outcome: The course enable students to understand various techniques and methods used to
construct building components.

Reference Books :
1. B.C. Punamia ``Building Construction’’, Laxmi Publications, Delhi, 2008
2. R. Chudley, ``Construction Technology-Vol 1 2’’ 2nd Edition, Longman. UK, 1987.
3. W.B. Mckay, ``Building Construction-Vol 1, 2, 3 and 4,’’ 5th Edition, Orient Longman, UK, 1993.
4. Bureau of Indian Standards “National Building Code of India”, Bureau of Indian Standards, 2016.
5. Stephen E, “Barry′s Introduction to Construction of Buildings”, Wiley–Blackwell, 2010
6. Allen. E, “Fundamentals of building construction materials and methods”, Wiley, 2019