Basic Civil Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Basic Civil Engineering (subject code BE01000101) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 60 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 (BE01000101)Unit 1 Introduction of Civil Engineering and Building materials
- branches of civil engineering
- role of a civil engineer
- units of measurements and its conversion
- properties and applicability of building materials: cement
- metal slags
- optical fiber
- wires and cables
- FRP and emerging smart and recycled materials
Unit 2 Building planning and construction
- Definitions of terminologies related to building plan
- working drawings
- principles of planning
- types of building
- preparation of plan elevation and section of a residential building
- symbols used for electrical and sanitary services
- building components and its functions
- loads acting on the building
- elementary concepts of brick and stone masonry
- Town planning
- necessity and principles
- Origin of town
- Growth of town
- Land use, Principles and objects of zoning
- Advantages of zoning
- Low- cost housing
- Building automation
Unit 3 Quality parameters of water and wastewater and sanitary systems
- Sources of water
- quality characteristics of drinking water and domestic wastewater
- drinking water standards
- methods for disposal of wastewater
- types of sewerage system
- types of building services like plumbing & sanitation
- water supply & drainage system
- house drainage system
- elementary concepts of solid waste management
Unit 4 Introduction to surveying and levelling
- Introduction to surveying
- fundamental principles
- Linear measurement: Instruments used
- chaining on plane ground
- Angular measurement: Types of compass
- meridian and bearing
- local attraction
- traverse surveying
- Leveling: Instrument used
- types of leveling
- methods of leveling
- contours and its characteristics
- Modern tools: Introduction to theodolite
- total-station, EDM
- Introduction to GPS survey and Drone survey
Unit 5 Advances in Civil Engineering
- Smart city and it’s features
- green building
- earthquake resistant structures
- mass transportation systems (BRTS
- mono rail
- bullet train
- watershed management
- Sardar Sarovar dam, Kalpsar Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: ALL Course / Subject Code: BE01000101 Course / Subject Name: Basic Civil Engineering project
- Narmada canal network
- Water conservation, and rain water harvesting
- river front development