Building Construction Technology
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Building Construction Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Building Construction Technology (subject code 3130607) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3130607)Unit 1 Foundations
- Subsurface Investigation Shallow Foundation : Necessity
- setting out, excavation
- failures of foundation and remedial measures
- Deep Foundation: Pile Foundation: Introduction
- selection of pile
- types of piles
- pile cap and pile shoe
- pile driving/ boring methods
- causes of failures of piles
- IS Code of piling IS2911 (Part I to IV)
- Caissons: Definition
- construction material
- types of caissons
- loads on caisson
- design features of caissons
- floating of caissons
- cutting edges
- sinking of caisson
- tilting of caisson
- shifting of caisson
- caisson diseases
Unit 2 Masonry Construction
- a) Stone masonry: Technical terms
- Classification of Stone masonry. b) Brick masonry: Technical terms
- bonds in brick work. c) Other Masonry: Composite masonry
- Hollow blocks masonry
- Partition Wall
- Cavity walls d) Lintels & arches: Lintels – types
- Arches – technical terms
- construction. e) Wall Finishes: Plastering
- pointing and painting
Unit 3 Plain and Reinforced Concrete Construction
- Pre-cast and cast-in-situ Construction
- Concrete 3D printing Form work: Form work for R.C.C
- beam and column
- centering for arches of large spans
- slip formwork – Horizontal & Vertical
Unit 4 Building Components
- Doors and Windows a) Doors: Location
- technical terms
- suitability. 16 Subject Code: 3130607 w.e.f
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