Building Construction and Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Building Construction and Technology (subject code BE03006031) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 55 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 (BE03006031)Unit 1 Foundations
- Requirement and necessity of foundation
- failures of foundation and remedial measures
- Subsurface Investigation for foundation
- Types of foundations - Shallow Foundation: its types and conditions under which they are used
- Deep Foundation: Types of deep foundation-Pile Foundation and its types
- pile driving/ boring methods
- causes of failures of piles
- Well foundation- types of caissons
- loads on caisson
- design features of caissons
- sinking of caisson
- caisson diseases
Unit 2 Masonry Construction
- Stone masonry: Technical terms
- Classification of Stone masonry
- Brick masonry: Technical terms
- bonds in brick work
- Other Masonry: Composite masonry
- Hollow blocks masonry
- Partition Wall
- Cavity walls
- Lintels & arches: its types and construction
- Wall Finishes: Plastering
- pointing and painting
Unit 3 Plain and Reinforced Cement 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 systems
Unit 4 Building Components
- Doors and Windows : technical terms
- fixtures and fastenings
- Ventilators Stairs and Staircases: Definition
- technical terms
- requirements of good stair
- stair design/planning
- Floorings: Introduction
- essential requirements of a floor
- factors affecting selection of flooring material
- Roofs and Roof Coverings: Introduction
- requirements of good roof
- types of roof coverings
- advantages and disadvantages of different types of roofing
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: BE03006031 Subject Name: Building Construction And Technology
Unit 5 Special Works
- Timbering in trenches
- Control of Ground water in excavation
- types of scaffoldings
- Coffer Dams
- Diaphragm Walls
- Demolition of structures and site safety
- Special Treatments: Fire resistant
- water resistant
- thermal insulation
- acoustical construction and anti-termite treatment
Unit 6 Introduction and Principles of Sustainable building and BIM,
- Green Building and rating system for green building
- Examples and some Case studies heory):
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